Puntos De Partida An Invitation to Spanish Anniversary Edition

Preface CAPITULO Preliminar: Ante Todo Vocabulario y gramatica / Puntos Interactivo Primera parte: Saludos y expresiones de cortesia / El alfabeto espanol / Los cognados / Como es usted? / Spanish in the United States and in the World Segunda parte: Mas cognados / Pronunciacion / Los numeros 0-30; hay / Gustos y preferencias / Lectura El mundo hispanico (Parte 1) / Estrategia: Recognizing Interrogative Words and estar / Las naciones del mundo hispanico Tercera parte: Que hora es? / Palabras interrogativas / CAPITULO 1: En la universidad Vocabulario: Preparacion En la clase / Las materias / Pronunciacion: Diphthongs and Linking / Minidialogos y gramatica 1. Identifying People, Places and Things Singular Nouns: Gender and Articles / Gender / Articles / 2. Identifying People, Places, and Things Nouns and Articles: Plural Forms / 3. Expressing Actions Subject Pronouns; Present Tense of ar Verbs; Negation / Verbs: Infinitives and Personal Endings / Negation / 4. Getting Information Asking Yes/No Questions / Rising Intonation / Inversion / CAPITULO 2: La familia Vocabulario: Preparacion La familia y los parientes / Adjetivos / Los numeros 3l-100 / Pronunciacion: Stress and Written Accent Marks (Part 1) / Minidialogos y gramatica 5. Expressing to be Present Tense of ser; Summary of Uses / 6. Expressing Possession Possessive Adjectives (Unstressed) 7. Describing Adjectives: Gender, Number, and Position / Forms of Adjectives / Placement of Adjectives / Forms of this/these / 8. Expressing Actions Present Tense of er and ir Verbs; More About Subject Pronouns / Verbs That End in er and ir / Use and Omission of Subject Pronouns / Panorama cultural: Mexico / CAPITULO 3: De compras Vocabulario: Preparacion De compras: La ropa / De que color es? / Mas alla del numero 100 / Pronunciacion: Stress and Written Accent Marks (Part 2) / Minidialogos y gramatica 9. Pointing Out People and Things Demonstrative Pronouns / 10. Expressing Actions and States tener, venir, preferir, querer, and poder; Some Idioms with tener / Some Idioms with tener / Expressing Destination and Future Actions ir; ir + a + Infinitive; The Contraction al / CAPITULO 4: En casa Vocabulario: Preparacion Que dia es hoy? / Los muebles, los cuartos y otras partes de la casa / Cuando? Preposiciones / Minidialogos y gramatica 12. Expressing Actions hacer, oir, poner, salir, traer, and ver / Pronunciacion: b and v / 13. Expressing Actions Present Tense of Stem-Changing Verbs / 14. Expresing self/selves Reflexive Pronouns / Uses of Reflexive Pronouns / Placement of Reflexive Pronouns / CAPITULO 5: Las estaciones, el tiempo y un poco de geografiaVocabulario: Preparacion Que tiempo hace hoy? / Los meses y las estaciones del ano / Donde esta? Las preposiciones / Pronunciacion: r and rr / Minidialogos y gramatica 15. Que estan haciendo? Present Progressive: estar + -ndo / Uses of the progressive / Formation of the Present Progressive / Using Pronouns with the Present Progressive / 16. Ser o estar? Summary of the Uses of ser and estar / Ser and estar with Adjectives / 17. Describing Comparisons / Comparison of Adjectives / CKnorre, Marty is the author of 'Puntos De Partida An Invitation to Spanish Anniversary Edition' with ISBN 9780072404401 and ISBN 007240440X.