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This brief version of the best-selling market leader "Dos mundos" is ideal for the school that wants to introduce a communicative approach in the classroom through exciting activities yet whose curriculum requires a shorter text. "Dos mundos: En breve" is realized by removing the last 4 chapters from the long version of "Dos mundos," A Natural Approach textbook, "Dos mundos: En breve" is recognized nationally for its innovative communicative methodology yet solid, comprehensive coverage of grammar.
List of contents
Grammatical Table of Contents:
Paso A La clase y los estudiantes
Gram¿ca A.1 Commands A.2 The Verb llamarse A.3 Subject Pronouns and the Verb ser A.4 Negation A.5 Gender (Part 1) A.6 The Verb llevar A.7 Plural Forms (Part 1)
Paso B Las descripciones
Gram¿ca y ejercicios B.1 Informal and Polite you (t¿/usted) B.2 More about Subject Pronouns B.3 Gender (Part 2) B.4 Hay B.5 Plural Forms (Part 2) B.6 Adjective-Noun Agreement
Paso C Mi familia y mis amigos
Gram¿ca y ejercicios C.1 The Verbs tener and ser de(l) C.2 Possessive Adjectives C.3 The Verb tener C.4 Adjectives of Nationality C.5 Present Tense of Regular -ar Verbs
Cap¿lo 1 Los datos personales y las actividades
Gram¿ca y ejercicios 1.1 Numbers 100¿1000 and Dates 1.2 The Spanish Alphabet1.3 Present Tense of Regular -er and -ir Verbs 1.4 Question Formation 1.5 Hours and Minutes 1.6 Gustar + infinitive
Cap¿lo 2 Mis planes y preferencias
Gram¿ca y ejercicios 2.1 Ir + a + Infinitive 2.2 Ordinal Adjectives 2.3 Preferir and querer + Infinitive 2.4 Common [Weather] Expressions
Cap¿lo 3 Los lugares y las actividades
Gram¿ca y ejercicios 3.1 Estar 3.2 Present Tense of Regular Verbs 3.3 Hacer, salir, jugar 3.4 Ser de / estar en 3.5 Present Progressive
Cap¿lo 4 La vida diaria y los d¿ feriados
Gram¿ca y ejercicios4.1 Verbs with Stem-Vowel Changes (ie, ue) in the Present Tense4.2 Irregular Verbs4.3 Reflexives4.4 Infinitives after Prepositions 4.5 Estar + Adjective 4.6 Tener + Noun
Cap¿lo 5 Las clases y las carreras
Gram¿ca y ejercicios5.1 Indirect Object Pronouns with Verbs of Informing 5.2 Saber and poder + Infinitive5.3 Demonstrative Adjectives5.4 Tener que, deber, necesitar, hay que, es necesario5.5 Pensar, quisiera, me gustar¿ tener ganas de
Cap¿lo 6 La residencia
Gram¿ca y ejercicios 6.1 M¿menos 6.2 Tan/tanto6.3 The Preterite of Regular Verbs (Part 1) 6.5 Conocer and saber 6.6 Personal Direct Object Pronouns
Cap¿lo 7 Hablando del pasado
Gram¿ca y ejercicios7.1 The Preterite of Regular Verbs (Part 2) 7.2 Verbs with Irregular Preterite Forms7.2 Stem-Changing Verbs in the Preterite 7.4 Indirect Object Pronouns with decir 7.5 Hacer + Time
Cap¿lo 8 La comida
Gram¿ca y ejercicios8.1 Impersonal Direct Object Pronouns lo, la, los, and las 8.2 The Verbs gustar and encantar 8.3 Prepositions + Pronouns 8.4 No, never 8.5 The Impersonal se 8.6 Present-Tense and Preterite Forms [of stem-changing verbs]
Cap¿lo 9 Los recuerdos
Gram¿ca y ejercicios9.1 The Reciprocal Reflexive Verbs parecerse and llevarse bien 9.2 Prepositions + Pronouns9.3 The Imperfect Tense9.4 The Imperfect and Preterite of ¿State¿ Verbs 9.5 The Imperfect of ir + a + Infinitive
Cap¿lo 10 Nuestro planeta
Gram¿ca y ejercicios 10.1 The Present Perfect10.2 Exclaiming ¿Qu¿. !, ¿Cu¿o/a/os/as... ! 10.3 Por and para 10.4 Adverbs 10.5 More Verbs like gustar
Cap¿lo 11 De viaje
Gram¿ca y ejercicios 11.1 Polite Commands 11.2 The Present Subjunctive Following querer 11.3 Expressing Indefinite Future and the Present Subjunctive of Irregular Verbs 11.4 The Imperfect Progressive11.4 The Imperfect in Contrast to the Preterite
About the author
Tracy D. Terrell (late) received his Ph.D. in Spanish Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin and published extensively in the area of Spanish dialectology. Professor Terrell¿s publications on second-language acquisition are widely known in the United States and abroad.
