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Manual de gramática y ortografía para hispanos
Maria Elena Francés, Los Angeles Valley College
Ruben Benítez, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Los Angeles

ISBN-10: 0131401319
ISBN-13: 9780131401310

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2004
Format: Paper; 248 pp
Published: 10/24/2003

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For courses in Spanish for Native Speakers.

With a specific focus on grammar and spelling, this text emphasizes the importance of speaking, reading, and writing Spanish correctly for the heritage speaker. The gradual and simple ways in which grammar and spelling rules are presented serve the linguistic and language needs of this audience.

  • Clearly written and simply presented.

    • Enables students to focus on the rules of Spanish grammar and spelling that are particularly challenging for heritage speakers.

  • Appropriate and well-developed exercises.

    • Allows students to apply the rules learned in class in their everday speaking.

  • Three-part chapter organization—Includes I) Gramática (grammar and exercises); II) Ortografía (spelling rules); and III) Lengua ya cultura (reading and composition).

    • Improves students' command of the Spanish language in all aspects: oral expression, writing, and reading ability.

  • Diverse readings—Written by authors who represent different Spanish-speaking countries; the readings are followed by a set of comprehensive exercises.

    • Emphasizes the grammar and spelling rules included in each chapter, and provides students with an opportunity to build vocabulary skills and enhance their mastery of the language.



 1. Vocales y sílabas.


 2. Sujeto y predicado. Frase nominal. Sustantivos.


 3. El artículo.


 4. Adjetivos, adverbios.


 5. La frase verbal. Verbos (I). Presente. El complemento directo.


 6. Verbos (II). Pretérito e imperfecto. Complemento indirecto. Uso de “gustar” y otros verbos similares.


 7. La estructura reflexiva. El gerundio y el infinitivo. Las preposiciones.


 8. Cláusulas de relativo. Pronombre relativos. Conjunciones.


 9. Verbos (III). Futuro. Condicional.


10. Verbos (IV). Participio. Tiempos compuestos del indicativo. Voz pasiva.


11. Verbos (V). Presente del subjuntivo. Subjuntivo en cláusulas nominales, adjetivas y adverbiales. Mandatos. Imperativo.


12. Verbos (VI). Pasado y tiempos compuestos del subjuntivo. Otros usos del subjuntivo.

Manual de gramatica y ortografia para hispanos was written for those students who speak Spanish at home and have some proficiency in oral Spanish, yet have not plastered the written language and related Orammatical usage. The gradual and simple ways in` which grammar and spelling rules are presented serve the linguistic and language needs of heritage speakers.

Highlights:
  • Emphasis is placed on those aspects of the language that are typically ignored or misunderstood by heritage speakers.
  • Appropriate and well-developed exercises allow students to immediately apply the rules learned in class in their everyday speaking.
  • Three-part chapter organization includes: 1) gramatica (grammar and exercises); 2) ortografia (spelling rules); and 3) lengua y cultura (reading and composition).
  • Attention is given to two kinds of spelling problems: Those caused by English interference and those that are typical spelling problems for heritage speakers.
  • Each chapter presents a legend or short story with accessible vocabulary for students at this level, followed by several sets of comprehensive exercises.

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For Spanish for Heritage Speakers


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