Manual de gramática with Atajo (Spanish writing assistant software), combines clear, easy-reference charts with detailed grammar presentations in English and conceptual distinctions between Spanish and English. A chapter of practice exercises, writing activities correlated to Atajo, plus an appendix clarifying common lexical difficulties make this a valuable tool for intermediate and advanced literature and language courses.
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Eleanor Dozier is a Senior Lecturer in Spanish at Cornell University. Her undergraduate and first graduate work were conducted at the University of Arizona, in Tucson, where she studied French and Spanish literature; she continued her doctoral studies at Cornell University, and remains ABD in French literature. She taught French language for twelve years, and since 1981, has taught Spanish language. She served as the Faculty Fellow for the Language House in Spanish for several years, and for the academic year 1998-1999 co-directed the Cornell-Michigan-Penn Program in Seville, and has served as Associate Chair for Language Instruction for the Department of Romance Studies since the fall of 2000. She prepared the custom published reader for Spanish 219, as well as materials for practice of all skills. She is the recipient of two Clark Awards for Distinguished Teaching, one in French, and one in Spanish.
Zulma Iguina is a Senior Lecturer in Spanish at Cornell University. Her academic background is in linguistics and literature, and she has taught Spanish language at Cornell for over thirty years. She worked intensively with novice teacher development while serving as coordinator for the elementary level, Spanish 121-122 for over a decade. She served as the Faculty Fellow for the Language House in Spanish for several years. For the academic year 1998-1999 she co-directed the Cornell-Michigan-Penn Program in Seville. Over the years, she has worked on the development and production of a variety of multimedia and video materials. She has published workbooks to accompany the textbooks for Spanish 121, and ample materials for all skills for Spanish 219 and 310. With a grant awarded by the Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning, she designed the current version of Spanish 310, Advanced Pronunciation and Conversation, with a video production format, and more recently has been focusing on the creation of web-based audio materials, in collaboration with the Language Resource Center. She is the recipient of a Clark Award for Distinguished Teaching.
Zulma Iguina is a Senior Lecturer in Spanish at Cornell University. Her academic background is in linguistics and literature, and she has taught Spanish language at Cornell for over thirty years. She worked intensively with novice teacher development while serving as coordinator for the elementary level, Spanish 121-122 for over a decade. She served as the Faculty Fellow for the Language House in Spanish for several years. For the academic year 1998-1999 she co-directed the Cornell-Michigan-Penn Program in Seville. Over the years, she has worked on the development and production of a variety of multimedia and video materials. She has published workbooks to accompany the textbooks for Spanish 121, and ample materials for all skills for Spanish 219 and 310. With a grant awarded by the Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning, she designed the current version of Spanish 310, Advanced Pronunciation and Conversation, with a video production format, and more recently has been focusing on the creation of web-based audio materials, in collaboration with the Language Resource Center. She is the recipient of a Clark Award for Distinguished Teaching.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best grammar book out there!,
By "aryln" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Manual de gramática with Atajo CD-ROM: Grammar Reference for Students of Spanish (Paperback)
An indispensable resource for Spanish-learners-some of the clearest grammar explanations I've ever seen, and lots of practice exercises, with the answers included at the end. In addition, there are charts summarizing key grammatical features of the language. Less useful is the Atajo CD that accompanies the book. Buy the book used if you can, and don't worry if you get the CD with it-or else just ignore the CD when you get the book. The word-processing program is nice if you have no other way to type accents in Spanish, but take a couple hours and learn to type accents in Word and you won't need this program anymore (hint: for PC users, type CTRL+apostrophe+vowel to get the necessary accents á, é, í, ó, ú; CTRL+~+n (make sure you release the shift key before typing the n!) for the ñ). ...
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Extremely beneficial book for teachers/students of Spanish.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Manual de gramática with Atajo CD-ROM: Grammar Reference for Students of Spanish (Paperback)
This workbook contains a concise review of Spanish grammar. The examples and work are relevant to a student and comprehensive enough for teachers. The book is in four sections with a grammar section, assignments corresponding to the grammar taught section, answers to the assignments section, and an extensive verb table that is a boon to all concerned. The assignments and essays are timely and appropriate for AP students in school or college students. The item that made the text particularly wonderful in my opinion is the cd that comes with the workbook. The "Atajo" cd program makes writing and learning more efficient and helpful. The student has an excellent word processor with speech ability at their fingertips. The program recognizes words, phrases, and some idiomatic phrases. This is a fantastic book.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great as a supplement to a linguistics course,
By A Customer
This review is from: Manual De Gramatica: Grammar Reference for Students of Spanish (College Spanish) (Paperback)
The book provides a very good overview of the rules of the language, but doesn't explain why the language functions that way. Excellent charts with explanations of adverb/preposition/verb usage, good coverage of verb tenses. Atajo CD is useful, but not really worth the cost--better spend your money on a cheap subject-by-subject book of vocabulary. Spell-check included, but the word-processor is not great and special letters will not copy into the program if you type in another.
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