| Preface |
iii |
| Foreword |
v |
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| UNIT 1 |
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| Word Stress, Part 1 |
1 |
| Test A |
6 |
| Word Stress, Part 2 |
7 |
| Test B |
9 |
| Intonation: Statement |
10 |
| Intonation: Polite Question |
11 |
| Intonation: Familiar Question |
12 |
| Intonation: Question with a Question Word |
14 |
| Test C |
16 |
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| UNIT 2 |
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| Introduction |
19 |
| Vowel Reductions |
24 |
| Dialog |
25 |
| Identification Tests |
26 |
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| UNIT 3 |
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| Introduction |
29-34 |
| Dialog Identification Tests |
35 |
| Grammatical Observations |
36 |
| ‘Counter-words' and ‘Counter-phrases' |
36 |
| ‘Being' |
37 |
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| UNIT 4 |
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| Introduction |
39 |
| Assimilation: vowel + b/d |
41 |
| Dialog |
43 |
| Identification Tests |
44 |
| Grammatical Observations |
45 |
| The Verb |
45 |
| ‘In', ‘at' |
45 |
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| UNIT 5 |
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| Introduction |
47 |
| Dialog |
52 |
| Identification Tests |
53 |
| Grammatical Observations |
54 |
| Stress as Tense Marker |
54 |
| Person Marker Vowels |
56 |
| Application |
58 |
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| UNIT 6 |
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| Introduction |
61 |
| Dialog |
66 |
| Identification Tests |
67 |
| Grammatical Observations |
68 |
| Negation |
68 |
| Application |
70 |
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| UNIT 7 |
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| Introduction |
73 |
| Writing Awareness (Including qu-) |
73 |
| Dialog |
79 |
| Grammatical Observations |
82 |
| The Verb: Four Forms |
82 |
| The Verb: The Affix lo |
85 |
| Application |
86 |
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| UNIT 8 |
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| Introduction |
91 |
| Writing Awareness (Cont'd) |
91 |
| Gender Concept (un/una) |
94 |
| Dialog |
95 |
| Grammatical Observations |
97 |
| Ser/Estar (I) |
97 |
| Application |
100 |
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| UNIT 9 |
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| Introduction |
103 |
| Writing Awareness (Cont'd) |
103 |
| Assimilation: s, r + d |
104 |
| Orthographic Accent |
105 |
| Dialog |
108 |
| Grammatical Observations |
110 |
| Ser/Estar (II) |
110 |
| " " Test |
111 |
| Nationality |
111 |
| Pluralization |
112 |
| Gender (concluded) |
112 |
| Denying and Accusing |
113 |
| Application |
115 |
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| UNIT 10 |
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| Introduction |
119 |
| b/v Similarity |
121 |
| 'h' Similarity |
123 |
| Orthographic Accent (Cont'd) |
124 |
| Use of Subject Pronouns (1) |
128 |
| Dialog |
129 |
| Grammatical Observations |
131 |
| The Verb: Neutral Form |
131 |
| Verb Phrases: Quiero -r |
132 |
| El/La |
134 |
| Application |
136 |
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| UNIT 11 |
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| Introduction |
139 |
| Orthographic Accent (Cont'd) |
139 |
| Test |
142 |
| English Interference |
143 |
| Dialog |
144 |
| Grammatical Observations |
145 |
| Gender Concordance |
145 |
| Position of Modifiers |
146 |
| la-, me- |
147 |
| al, del |
148 |
| Application |
151 |
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| UNIT 12 |
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| Introduction |
155 |
| Orthographic Accent (concluded) |
155 |
| Syllabication |
160 |
| Dialog |
162 |
| Grammatical Observations |
164 |
| Plural Marker and Agreement |
164 |
| los-/las- and nos- |
166 |
| -er/-jr in Past Tense |
167 |
| Application |
169 |
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| UNIT 13 |
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| Introduction |
173 |
| Writing Awareness (gu-) |
175 |
| Reading Multisyllabics |
179 |
| Dialog |
182 |
| Grammatical Observations |
184 |
| Noun compounds |
185 |
| Shortened Compounds |
187 |
| Meaningless but Mandatory Words |
187 |
| Application |
191 |
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