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Conversational Spanish Grammar for the Hospitality Classroom

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ISBN-10: 0471730092

ISBN-13: 9780471730095

Edition: 2007

Authors: Matt A. Casado

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Conversational Spanish Grammar for the Hospitality Classroom is a powerful instrument for teaching hospitality students and industry managers. Its based on essential grammar principles, focused on vocabulary and real-world situations pertaining to the hotel and restaurant profession. Packed with exercises and effective teaching tools, this book is the ideal solution for preparing students for the needs of an increasing number of workers and visitors not fluent in English.
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Book details

List price: $61.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/22/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 226
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Preface
Restaurant Operations
Preliminary Lesson
Overview
Unit Content
The Sounds in Spanish
Stress in Spanish Words
Common Expressions
Subject Pronouns
Present Tense of ser, estar, and tener
Conversational Professional Interaction
Questions to the Class
The Present Indicative Tense of Regular Verbs-Questions-Negations
Overview
Unit Content
Technical Restaurant Vocabulary (I)
The Present Tense of Regular Verbs
How to Form Questions in Spanish
Most Common Interrogative Words in Spanish
Negations
Conversational Professional Interaction
Questions to the Class
Cultural Vignette
Articles-Nouns-The Verb "Gustar"
Overview
Unit Content
Technical Restaurant Vocabulary (II)
Definite Articles
Indefinite Articles
Spanish Nouns
The Spanish Verb Gustar
Conversational Professional Interaction
Questions to the Class
Cultural Vignette
Irregular Verbs-"Ir a + an Infinitive"-Numbers-Time
Overview
Unit Content
Technical Restaurant Vocabulary (III)
The Present Tense of Irregular Verbs
The Verb Ir Followed by the Word a and an Infinitive
Cardinal Numbers
Ordinal Numbers
Telling the Time of Day in Spanish
Conversational Professional Interaction
Questions to the Class
Cultural Vignette
Kitchen Operations
Adjectives-Colors
Overview
Unit Content
Technical Kitchen Vocabulary (I)
Descriptive Adjectives
Possessive Adjectives
Demonstrative Adjectives
Adjectives of Nationality
Colors
Adjectives as Nouns
Conversational Professional Interaction
Questions to the Class
Cultural Vignette
Stem-changing Verbs: "Hay que," "Tener que," "Antes de," "Despues de" Plus an Infinitive
Overview
Unit Content
Technical Kitchen Vocabulary (II)
The Present Tense of Stem-Changing Verbs
The Expression Hay que Plus an Infinitive
The Expression Tener que Plus an Infinitive
The Expressions Antes de and Despues de Plus an Infinitive
Conversational Professional Interaction
Cultural Vignette
Commands-The Calendar and Dates
Overview
Unit Content
Technical Kitchen Vocabulary (III)
Commands (Giving Orders or Advice)
The Calendar
Days of the Week
Months of the Year
Conversational Professional Interaction
Questions to the Class
Cultural Vignette
Housekeeping Operations
Reflexive Verbs-"Hace" with Time and Weather Expressions-The Weather
Overview
Unit Content
Technical Housekeeping Vocabulary (I)
The Present Tense of Reflexive Verbs
Reflexive Verbs and Commands
Hace with Time and Weather Expressions
The Weather
Conversational Professional Interaction
Questions to the Class
Cultural Vignette
The Preterit (Past Tense)-The Spanish "A" before Persons
Overview
Unit Content
Technical Housekeeping Vocabulary (II)
The Preterit of Regular Verbs
The Preterit of Irregular Verbs
Stem Changes in the Preterit Tense
The Use of a in Spanish before Persons
Conversational Professional Interaction
Questions to the Class
Cultural Vignette
The Imperfect Indicative of Regular and Irregular Verbs-Spanish Prepositions-The Use of "Por" and "Para"
Overview
Unit Content
Technical Housekeeping Vocabulary (III)
The Imperfect Indicative of Regular and Irregular Verbs
Use of the Imperfect
Spanish Prepositions
The Uses of Por and Para
Conversational Professional Interaction
Questions to the Class
Cultural Vignette
Engineering Operations
"Ser" and "Estar"-The Present Progressive Tense
Overview
Unit Content
Technical Engineering Vocabulary (I)
Uses of Ser
Uses of Estar
Ser vs. Estar
To Be substituted by Tener
The Present Progressive Tense
Uses of the Present Progressive Tense
Conversational Professional Interaction
Questions to the Class
Cultural Vignette
Object Pronouns-Adverbs of Time
Overview
Unit Content
Technical Engineering Vocabulary (II)
Direct Object Pronouns
Indirect Object Pronouns
Direct and Indirect Pronouns Used Together in the Same Sentence
Object Pronouns and Commands
Object Pronouns with the Infinitive Form and the Present Progressive Tense
Adverbs of Time
Conversational Professional Interaction
Questions to the Class
Cultural Vignette
The Present Perfect Tense-Adverbs of Manner-Adverbs and the Comparison of Adjectives
Overview
Unit Content
Technical Engineering Vocabulary (III)
The Present Perfect Tense
Adverbs of Manner
Comparison of Adjectives, Adverbs, and Nouns
Conversational Professional Interaction
Questions to the Class
Cultural Vignette
Human Resources (Personnel Department)
The Future Tense-The Present Subjunctive-Adverbs of Place
Overview
Unit Content
Technical Human Resources Vocabulary (I)
The Future Tense
The Present Subjunctive Tense
Uses of the Present Subjunctive
The Subjunctive after Expression of Time
Adverbs of Place
Conversational Professional Interaction
Questions to the Class
Cultural Vignette
The Conditional Tense-The Imperfect Subjunctive Tense-Adverbs of Intensity
Overview
Unit Content
Technical Human Resources Vocabulary (II)
The Conditional Tense
The Imperfect Subjunctive (Past Subjunctive)
Adverbs of Intensity
Conversational Professional Interaction
Questions to the Class
Cultural Vignette
Grammatical Expressions-Nonprofessional Vocabulary-Expressions of Emotion
Overview
Unit Content
Technical Human Resources Vocabulary (III)
Grammatical Expressions
Nonprofessional Vocabulary
Expressions of Emotion
Conversational Professional Interaction
Questions to the Class
Cultural Vignette
Glossary
Index