Espanol Escrito

A highly-successful program that takes reasonably fluent native speakers of Spanish and turns them into competent native readers and writers of Spanish. Offers something for readers of all levels -- from elementary to advanced. Offers full developmental sequences in reading, orthography, writing, and grammar. Each chapter contains: Tema y expresión (Topic and self-expression) -- student-like composition dialogues followed questions which encourage readers to speak and write about matters that interest them; Léxico y expansión (Vocabulary and lexical expansion) -- simultaneously develop orthography, vocabulary and reading ability (from the word level to the sentence level); Forma y función (Form and function) -- developmental grammatical explanations; Texto y comprensión (Text and understanding) -- literary selections (short stories) written by some of the best-known and best-loved authors in the Spanish-speaking world as well as up-and- coming authors, followed by content questions and theme suggestions. Native speakersValdés, Guadalupe is the author of 'Espanol Escrito', published 1978 under ISBN 9780684159805 and ISBN 0684159805.