An invaluable text in language and linguistics because it has a unique scope: a one-volume description of the Spanish language and its differences from English, and ranges from pronunciation and grammar to word meaning, language use, and social and dialectical variation. Designed for survey courses in Spanish linguistics with technical concepts explained in context for beginners in the field, Spanish/English Contrasts brings out the ways in which insights into the two languages have evolved as scholars have built on the work and research of others in the field. A bilingual glossary of linguistic terms is provided to facilitate discussion in either language. This second edition is thoroughly updated to incorporate insights and issues that have come to the fore from the explosion of research in the past twenty-five years in all of the areas covered by the book. It includes an expanded bibliography and index, and adds new exercises for student application and class discussion. Its approach remains broadly based however, in order to accommodate a range of areas and data rather than focusing narrowly on one single theory or research area, and it continues to emphasize implications for language teaching, translation, and other practical applications.

Spanish/English Contrasts: A Course in Spanish Linguistics

Reference

Whitley, M. Stanley

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Georgetown University Press

A text for improving written communication in Spanish, designed for undergraduate courses in advanced grammar and composition. Six chapters discuss describing and locating, reporting in the present, simple narration, complex narration, exposition, and argumentation; each chapter contains six lessons on grammatical skills and composition. The entire text is in Spanish. Special terms are introduced and defined in context, and are also listed in an appendix which gives English equivalents, examples, and references to explanations. The authors are in the department of Romance languages at Wake Forest University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Gramatica Para LA Composicion (Spanish Edition)

Education & Teaching

González, Luis

Schools & Teaching

Georgetown Univ Pr

Pronouncing English is a textbook for teaching English phonetics and phonology, offering an original "stress-based" approach while incorporating all the standard course topics. Drawing on current linguistic theory, it uniquely analyzes prosody first, and then discusses its effects on pronunciation―emphasizing suprasegmental features such as meter, stress, and intonation, then the vowels and consonants themselves. Distinguished by being the first work of its kind to be based on an exhaustive statistical analysis of all the lexical entries of an entire dictionary, Pronouncing English is complemented by a list of symbols and a glossary. Richard Teschner and M. Stanley Whitley present an improved description of English pronunciation and conclude each chapter with suggestions on how to do a better job of teaching it. An appendix with a brief introduction to acoustic phonetics―the basis for the perception vs. the production of sounds―is also included. Revolutionary in its field, Pronouncing English declares that virtually all aspects of English pronunciation―from the vowel system to the articulation of syllables, words, and sentences―are determined by the presence or absence of stress. The accompanying CD-ROM carries audio recordings of many of the volume's exercises, more than 100 text and sound files, and data files on which the statistical observations were based.

Pronouncing English: A Stress-Based Approach with CD-ROM

Teschner, Richard V.

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Integrating grammar and composition, this comprehensive new edition guides the advanced student through progressively more complex types of writing by organizing the grammar lessons on a functionalist basis around the needs of composition. This innovative approach to teaching Spanish grammar and composition promotes systematic language development and enables students to strengthen their expressive and editing skills in the language in order to write more effectively and more confidently. Refined by years of classroom testing and analysis of the problems students encounter, this bestselling textbook has been substantially rewritten and incorporates current research in composition, pedagogy, second-language acquisition, and linguistics. Expanded self-correcting exercises are also available online, making Gramática para la composición one of the most valuable textbooks available for advanced students of Spanish. FEATURES: Focuses on work in six level-appropriate types of composition: description, synopsis, personal narrative, creative narrative, exposition, and argumentation; Based on ACTFL guidelines for students progressing from intermediate to advanced levels of proficiency; Covers syntax, dictionary skills, problematic word distinctions, and rhetorical features of discourse structure; Contains exercises on grammar practice, working with sentences and paragraphs, guided essays, and free composition. NEW TO THE SECOND EDITION: Each lesson has been clearly divided into two distinct parts: Presentación (material that students prepare before class) and Aplicación (the activities they do in class or as homework); Prácticas individuales have been expanded and recreated as self-checking exercises that provide immediate feedback and scoring. These prácticas are available for free online at www.gramaticaparalacomposicion.com; Images from William Bull's Visual Grammar of Spanish help with distinctions that seem difficult; An Instructor's Manual―available for free online―reviews teaching and grading methodology for writing-intensive courses, offers suggestions for syllabus organization and for teaching each lesson, and provides additional exercises and activities. To download this free PDF, visit www.press.georgetown.edu; Free website created by authors contains self-checking exercises at www.gramaticaparalacomposicion.com.

Gramática para la composición (Spanish Edition)

Teaching Spanish Grammar with Pictures is a valuable tool for teachers looking for a way to show students how grammar produces meaning. It makes available in a digital format the full set of 406 posters designed by William Bull to illustrate grammatical contrasts in Spanish. These bold illustrations clarify difficult-to-understand points of grammar such as ser vs. estar, subjunctive vs. indicative, and preterite vs. imperfect. Originally published in 1961, the posters remain remarkably useful for explaining Spanish grammar in visual form. Bull believed that linguistics should be used in the service of language learning, and the success of The Visual Grammar of Spanish was the result of its grounding in linguistic analysis.This reissue of Bull's classic posters on DVD-ROM provides versatile JPEG and PDF images of all the posters to easily incorporate into Power Point presentations and worksheets. It includes an instructor's manual on the disk that presents backg

Teaching Spanish Grammar with Pictures: How to Use William Bull's Visual Grammar of Spanish (Spanish Edition)

Lunn, Patricia V.

Integrating grammar and composition, this new edition of the best-selling textbook guides the advanced student through progressively more complex types of writing by organizing the grammar lessons on a functionalist basis around the needs of composition. This innovative approach to teaching Spanish grammar and composition promotes systematic language development and enables students to strengthen their expressive and editing skills in the language in order to write more effectively and confidently. Refined by years of classroom testing and analysis of the problems students encounter, this new edition features the following: • A new, colorful design helps students navigate the book more easily and engages visual learning strategies. • Readings for the major composition exercises have been updated to stress authentic, connected discourse. • A fully redesigned companion website (www.books.quia.com) that works with both PCs and Macs and is sold separately. • The site offers two-thirds more activities than the previous edition and features an instructor's interface for tracking student progress. • Streamlined treatment of points of grammar, including an explanation for more than twelve functions of se with a rule of subject reflexivization. • The instructor's manual for Gramática para la composición, tercera edición is available for free on the press's website. A wonderful resource for instructors, the manual includes details on updates to the new edition, suggested lesson sequences for different course lengths, and a sectional index of the text.

Gramática para la composición

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Gramática Para La Composición: Companion Website Access Key (English and Spanish Edition)

This bundle, for student use, includes one copy of the student's edition textbook and one companion website access key, that gives students access to the companion website. The companion website supports the student by providing homework and additional practice material to use alongside the textbook. About Gramática para la composición, tercera edición Integrating grammar and composition, this new edition of the best-selling textbook guides the advanced student through progressively more complex types of writing by organizing the grammar lessons on a functionalist basis around the needs of composition. This innovative approach to teaching Spanish grammar and composition promotes systematic language development and enables students to strengthen their expressive and editing skills in the language in order to write more effectively and confidently. Refined by years of classroom testing and analysis of the problems students encounter, this new edition features the following: • A new, colorful design helps students navigate the book more easily and engages visual learning strategies. • Readings for the major composition exercises have been updated to stress authentic, connected discourse. • A fully redesigned companion website. • The site offers two-thirds more activities than the previous edition. • Streamlined treatment of points of grammar, including an explanation for more than twelve functions of se with a rule of subject reflexivization.

Gramática para la composición, Student's Bundle: Book + Website Access Card

Ospina, Claudia

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Companion Website Access Key for Gramática para la composición/ Grammar and Composition: Smart Sparrow Access (Spanish Edition)

Gonzlez, Luis

Companion Website Access Key for Gramática para la composición/ Grammar and Composition

Gonz�lez, Luis

Words, Language & Grammar

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