En Breve A Concise Review of Spanish Grammar

This unique grammar review includes many proverbs, songs and poems to illustrate points of grammar. Abundant, interesting exercises follow each grammar lesson and include reading, cultural and conversational material. Features: * Concise format not only permits the instructor to cover the entire book in one semester, but also allows time to integrate supplementary materials. * Provides answers to section exercises in an appendix, encouraging students to study effectively on their own. * Reinforces skills in each lesson with exercises that review the previous lessons and with two comprehensive review sections. * Includes an appendix on false cognates to help students distinguish words that look alike. * Incorporates brief Spanish-English and English-Spanish dictionaries. New to this edition: * Introduces many new exercises and frame stories throughout the text. * Includes brief sections on practical conversational expressions and idioms related to eight different topics. * Encourages students to predict what each passage will address with new prereading sections, Vistazos preparativos.;* Provides an orthographic table in Appendix D, helping students improve writing and pronunciation.