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Parte 1. Capitulo Preliminar. Diphthongs and triphthongs. Division of syllables. Accentuation. Capital letters. Punctuation. Spelling rules. The sentence and its principal parts. Capitulo 1. Vocabulario. Lectura: "Una puerta hacia la historia". Gramatica. The verb: person, number, mood, and tense. Present indicative: regular verbs and irregular verbs. Reflexive verbs. The definite article. The indefinite article. Composicion. Review of punctuation rules. Review of spelling rules: c, s, z. Capitulo 2. Vocabulario. Lectura 1: "Diversidad versus unidad". Vocabulario. Lectura 2: "Apocalipsis" de Marco Denevi. Gramatica. The past: preterite and imperfect indicative. Preterite: regular verbs and irregular verbs. Imperfect indicative: forms. Uses of the preterit and the imperfect indicative. Interrogatives. Composicion. Review of punctuation rules. Review of spelling rules: sc. Capitulo 3. Vocabulario. Lectura 1: "Leccion sobre ruedas" de Domitila Barrios de Chungara. Lectura 2: "Hombre pequenito" de Alfonsina Storni. Gramatica. Future and conditional. Past participles. Perfect tenses in the indicative mood. Uses of ser and estar. Uses of the verb haber. Gustar and other similar verbs. Composicion. Review of punctuation rules. Review of spelling rules: que, qui, cue, cui. Capitulo 4. Vocabulario. Lectura 1: "Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz". Vocabulario. Lectura 2: "Una palmera" de Rosario Castellanos. Gramatica. Affirmatives and negatives. Indicative mood and subjunctive mood. Present subjunctive. The imperative mood. Imperfect subjunctive. Uses of the subjunctive: verbs that express doubt, will, or emotion. Composicion. Review of capitalization rules. Review of spelling rules: h. Capitulo 5. Vocabulario. Lectura 1: "La America Central". Vocabulario. Lectura 2: "Los mayas". Vocabulario. Lectura 3: "El eclipse" de Augusto Monterroso. Gramatica. Phrases and expressions that require the subjunctive. Present perfect subjunctive. Pluperfect subjunctive. Sequence of tenses. Other expressions that require the subjunctive. Si clauses. Expressions with tener. Composicion. Review of capitalization rules. Review of spelling rules: g, j. Capitulo 6. Vocabulario. Lectura: "Mexico y el arte muralista". Gramatica. The gerund or present participle. Possessive adjectives and pronouns. Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns. Adverbs. Impersonal verbs. Review of verbs that may be confusing. Prefixes des-, in-, re-. Composicion. Review of capitalization rules. Review of spelling rules: ll, y, -io, -illo, -illa. Capitulo 7. Vocabulario. Lectura 1: "Dos poetas chilenos: Mistral y Neruda". Lectura 2: "Yo no tengo soledad" de Gabriela Mistral. Vocabulario. Lectura 3: "Poema 20" de Pablo Neruda. Gramatica. Subject pronouns. Direct and indirect object pronouns. Double object pronouns. Reflexive pronouns. Prepositional pronouns. Expressions with se. Composicion. Review of capitalization rules. Review of spelling rules: gue, gui, gue, gui. Capitulo 8. Vocabulario. Lectura 1: "Argentina". Vocabulario. Lectura 2: "Sala de espera" de Enrique Anderson Imbert. Gramatica. Nouns. Uses of the infinitive. Adjectives. Comparatives. Superlatives. Composicion. Review of capitalization rules. Review of spelling rules: b, v. Capitulo 9. Vocabulario. Lectura 1: "Inmigraciones hispanas en los Estados Unidos". Vocabulario. Lectura 2: "Recuerdo intimo" de Lucha Corpi. Vocabulario. Lectura 3: "La mejor tinta" de Armando Valladares. Gramatica. Prepositions. Uses of por and para. Uses of pero and sino. Verbs that are used with the preposition a followed by an infinitive, and the ones that are used without it. Verbs that are followed by prepositions. Composicion. Review of accentuation. Review of spelling rules: r, rr. Capitulo 10. Vocabulario. Lectura 1: "Paises en la costa del Pacifico: Ecuador, Peru y Chile". Vocabulario. Lectura 2: "El nacimiento de la col" de Ruben Dario. Gramatica. Relatives. Passive constructions. Verbs that express the idea of change or to become. Phrases that denote obligation. Expressions with hacer. Hace + time + que. Review of prepositional phrases. Idiomatic expressions. Composicion. Review of accentuation. Review of spelling rules: differences between Spanish and English. Parte 2. Lectura 1 "El ramo azul" de Octavio Paz. Lectura 2 "Pedro Salvadores" de Jorge Luis Borges. Lectura 3 "Abril es el mes mas cruel" de Guillermo Cabrera Infante. Lectura 4 "El arbol de oro" de Ana Maria Matute. Lectura 5 "Noche de fuga" de Maria Manuela Dolon. Vocabulario. Apendice. Verbs with spelling changes. Irregular verbs. List of irregular verbs. Synopsis of a verb conjugation. Practical vocabulary-false cognates. Indice.