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En Contacto Gram�tica en Acci�n

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ISBN-10: 1413013775

ISBN-13: 9781413013771

Edition: 8th 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Mary McVey Gill, Brenda Wegmann, Teresa M�ndez-Faith

List price: $209.95
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EN CONTACTO: GRAMTICA EN ACCIN is a best-selling intermediate Spanish program designed to put the English-speaking learner in touch with contemporary Hispanic culture through its language and literature. The program stresses communication and, when used with the LECTURAS INTERMEDIAS volume, emphasizes the acquisition of reading skills and text comprehension.
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List price: $209.95
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cengage Heinle
Publication date: 7/17/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.694

Mary McVey GillandBrenda Wegmannare experienced teachers of Spanish and English as a Second Language. Together they have authored numerous textbooks and language-learning guides for Spanish and ESL.

Mary McVey Gill and Brenda Wegmann are experienced teachers of Spanish and English as a Second Language. Together they have authored numerous textbooks and language-learning guides for Spanish and ESL.

Teresa M?ndez-Faith was born in Asuncion, Paraguay. She received her PhD at the University of Michigan in 1979. She currently resides in New England. An essayist, literary critic and college professor, she teaches Hispanic-American literature at Saint Anselm College, New Hampshire. She has authored several books including Paraguay: Novela y Exilio (1985) and Nuevos contextos: Doce cuentistas contempor?neos de Hispanoam?rica (2002), and is co-author of four Spanish textbooks. Teresa M?ndez-Faith has been awarded several academic distinctions, including two postgraduate scholarships from the National for Endowment the Humanities, the AAUP "Teacher of the Year" prize at her college (1990) and,…    

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Presentaci=n del tema
Vocabulario
Las fiestas
Para escuchar: En la fiesta
Gram�tica y vocabulario
Usted lo ha visto: Gustar
Subject Pronouns; The Present Indicative Tense
Vocabulario
Algunas actividades del fin de semana
The Present Indicative Tense
Vocabulario
Los deportes y otras diversiones
The Personal
Nouns and Articles
Definite and Indefinite Articles
The Reflexive
En otras palabras: Saludos y presentaciones; Para iniciar una conversaci=n
En contacto
Videocultura: Madrid, ciudad que nunca duerme
Vejez Y Juventud
Presentaci=n del tema
Vocabulario
La familia
Para escuchar: En el autob�s
Gram�tica y vocabulario
The Preterit Tense: Regular Verbs; Use of the Preterit
The Preterit Tense: Irregular Verbs
Vocabulario
La vida y la muerte
The Imperfect Tense
The Preterit versus the Imperfect
Hacer + Time Expressions
En otras palabras: Para hablar de la familia; Expresiones de cortesfa; Despedidas
En contacto
Videocultura: La charreada
Presencia Latina
Presentaci=n del tema
Vocabulario
Inmigrantes y viajeros
Para escuchar: Conversaciones con inmigrantes
Gram�tica y vocabulario
Agreement of Adjectives; Adjectives Used as Nouns
Position of Adjectives
Ser versus Estar; Ser and Estar with Adjectives
Vocabulario
Adjetivos descriptivos
Demonstratives
Possessives
En otras palabras: Para expresar admiraci=n, desaprobraci=n, sorpresa
En contacto
Videocultura: San Antonio y la �Nueva frontera+
Amor Y Amistad
Presentaci=n del tema
Vocabulario
Amor y amistad
Para escuchar: Dos invitaciones
Gram�tica y vocabulario
The Future Tense
Usted lo ha visto: Gustar
The Conditional
Vocabulario
Comparaciones
Comparisons of Equality
Comparisons of Inequality
Irregular Comparative Forms; the Superlative
En otras palabras: Invitaciones
En contacto
Videocultura: Nina Pacari y los ayll�s de Ecuador
Vivir Y Aprender
Presentaci=n del tema
Vocabulario
Escuela, colegio (liceo) y universidad
Para escuchar: Mensajes telef=nicos
Gram�tica y vocabulario
The Present Subjunctive Mood: Introduction and Formation; the Subjunctive with Impersonal Expressions
Vocabulario
La vida universitaria
The Subjunctive with Verbs Indicating Doubt; Emotion; Will, Preference, or Necessity; Approval, Disapproval, or Advice
The Subjunctive versus the Indicative
En otras palabras: Para saludar y despedirse por telTfono; Para pedir y dar permiso y para expresar prohibici=n
En contacto
Videocultura: El sistema educativo espa�ol
De Viaje
Presentaci=n del tema
Vocabulario
Las vacaciones
Para escuchar: En Cartagena
Gram�tica y vocabulario
Direct Object Pronouns
Indirect Object Pronouns
Vocabulario
En el banco
Prepositional Object Pronouns
Two Object Pronouns; Position of Object Pronouns
Commands
Vocabulario
Algunas actividades turfsticas
Commands with Object Pronouns
En otras palabras: Direcciones y sentidos
En contacto
Videocultura: En la Hosterfa San Jorge
Gustos Y Preferencias
Presentaci=n del tema
Vocabulario
La m�sica
Para escuchar: En Bogot�
Gram�tica y vocabulario
Affirmatives and Negatives
Gustar, Faltar, and Similar Verbs
Vocabulario
De comidas y bebidas
The Subjunctive in Descriptions of the Unknown or Indefinite
Vocabulario
La ropa
The Subjunctive with Certain Adverbial Conjunctions
En otras palabras: Para expresar acuerdo y desacuerdo
En contacto
Videocultura: El baile flamenco
Dimensiones Culturales
Presentaci=n del tema
Vocabulario
Aspectos culturales
Para escuchar: Un panorama cultural
Gram�tica y vocabulario
The Reflexive
Vocabulario
La rutina diaria
The Reflexive with Commands
The Reciprocal Reflexive
Vocabulario
Saludos y despedidas
The Impersonal Se; The Se for Passive
En otras palabras: La falta de comprensi=n
En contacto
Videocultura: El chocolate en la cocina mexicana
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