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ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR STUDENTS OF SPANISH explains the grammatical terms that are in Spanish textbooks and shows students how they relate to English grammar. Once students have understood the terms and concepts in their own language, it is easier for them to understand their textbook. With simple explanations and numerous examples, this brief handbook compares English and Spanish grammar and points out the similarities and differences.
About the Author
Emily Spinelli received her Ph.D. in Spanish from Ohio State University where she studied Spanish language and Hispanic literature and culture and was exposed toforeign language education and second language acquisition theory. Currently she is Professor of Spanish at the University of Michigan-Dearborn where she teaches courses in all levels of Spanish language, literature, language of business, as well as culture and civilization. She also coordinates the foreign language teacher certification program and teaches courses in foreign language methodology. In addition to her textbooks, she has also published many articles and reviews in scholarly journals. She is a frequent speaker and presenter at local, state, and national conferences and has consulted with school districts and universities throughout the country on issues related to foreign language education and methodology. She has been very active in professional organizations having served on numerous boards and committees as well as the 1999 President of ACTFL and the 2004 President of the AATSP. She is currently the editor of the Foreign Language Annals.
Table of Contents
To the Student. Introduction. 1. What is a Noun? 2. What is Meant by Gender? 3. What is Meant by Number? 4. What are Articles? Definite Articles. Indefinite Articles. 5. What is the Possessive? 6. What is a Verb? 7. What is an Infinitive? 8. What are Auxiliary Verbs? 9. What is a Subject? 10. What is a Pronoun? 11. What is a Subject Pronoun? 12. What is Meant by Familiar and Formal "You"? 13. What is a Verb Conjugation? 14. What are Affirmative and Negative Sentences? Negative Answers. 15. What are Declarative and Interrogative Sentences? 16. What are Some Equivalents of "To Be"? 17. What is Meant by Tense? 18. What is the Present Tense? 19. What is the Past Tense? Preterite. Imperfect. Selection of the Preterite or Imperfect. 20. What is a Participle? Present Participle. Past Participle. 21. What are the Progressive Tenses? Present vs. Progressive Tense. 22. What is Meant by Mood? 23. What is the Subjunctive? 24. What is the Imperative? "You" command. "We" command. 25. What are the Perfect Tenses? Substitutes for the Future Tense. Future of Probability. 26. What is the Future Tense? Substitutes for the Future Tense. Future of Probability. 27. What is the Conditional? Conditional. Conditional Perfect. Sequence of Tenses. 28. What is a Reflexive Verb? 29. What is Meant by Active and Passive Voice? Changing an Active Sentence to a Passive Sentence. Avoiding the Passive in Spanish. 30. What is an Adjective? 31. What is a Descriptive Adjective? Nouns Used as Adjectives. 32. What is a Possessive Adjective? Unstressed Possessive Adjectives. Stressed Possessive Adjectives. 33. What is an Interrogative Adjective? 34. What is a Demonstrative Adjective? 35. What is Meant by Comparison of Adjectives? Comparative. Superlative. 36. What is an Adverb? Adverb or Adjective? 37. What is a Conjunction? 38. What is a Preposition? 39. What are Objects? Direct Object. Indirect Object. Sentences With a Direct and Indirect Object. Object of a Preposition. 40. What is an Object Pronoun? Spanish Direct Object Pronouns. Spanish Indirect Object Pronouns. Spanish Pronouns as Objects of Prepositions. 41. What is an Interrogative Pronoun? "Who, Whom, Whose". "What". "Which one, Which ones". "How much, How many". 42. What is a Demonstrative Pronoun? Neuter Demonstrative Pronouns. "The one, The ones". 43. What is a Possessive Pronoun? 44. What is a Relative Pronoun? Subject of the Relative Clause. Combining Sentences With a Relative. Pronoun Direct Object. Indirect Object or Object of a Preposition in the Relative Clause. Relative Pronouns Without Antecedents. 45. What are Indefinites and Negatives? Answer Key. Index.