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by: Bretz, Mary Lee; Dvorak, Trisha; Kirschner, Carl; Bransdorfer, Rodney

ISBN: 9780073254975 | 0073254975

ThePasajesseries is one of the most widely used and highly respected programs for intermediate Spanish courses in North America. As in previous editions, the sixth edition ofPasajesconsists of three volumes, all coordinated by theme, chapter by chapter: a review of grammar (Lengua), a cultural reader (Cultura), and a literary reader (Literatura). The result is a very flexible program that can be used in any combination and thus is easily adapted to suit the needs of a wide variety of instructors and intermediate courses. The new edition offers ... MOREa brand new interior design, brief new cultural readings with accompanying photos, updated and revised activities, and more!

Bienvenidos

(preliminary chapter)

Captulo 1: Tipos y estereotipos

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Imgenes: No somos los nicos que estereotipamos

Lengua

1. Gender and number of nouns

2. Basic patterns of adjective agreement

3. Equivalents of to be: ser, estar

4. Subject pronouns and the present indicative

5. Direct objects

Enlace

Captulo 2: La comunidad humana

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... MOREImgenes: La diversidad hispana

Lengua

6. Impersonal se and passive se

7. Indirect objects

8. Sequence of object pronouns

9. The imperfect indicative

10. Reflexive structures

11. Gustar and similar verbs

Enlace

Captulo 3: Costumbres y tradiciones

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Imgenes: La romera a Cartago: Una tradicin costarricense

Lengua

12. Forms of the preterite

13. Hacer in expressions of time

14. Preterite/Imperfect contrast

15. Relative pronouns: que, quien

Enlace

Captulo 4: La familia

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Imgenes: La funcin de la familia extendida hispana

Lengua

16. Imperatives: Formal direct commands

17. The subjunctive mood : Concept; forms of the present subjunctive

18. Uses of the subjunctive: Persuasion

19. Imperatives: Informal direct commands

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Captulo 5: Geografa, demografa, tecnologa

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Imgenes: La variedad geogrfica en el mundo hispano

Lengua

20. More relative pronouns

21. Positive, negative, and indefinite expressions

22. Uses of the subjunctive: Certainty versus doubt; emotion

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Captulo 6: El hombre y la mujer en el mundo actual

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Imgenes: Hispanoamrica: Todava una zona catlica?

Lengua

23. Present perfect indicative

24. Present perfect subjunctive

25. Uses of the subjunctive: Adjective clauses

Enlace

Captulo 7: El mundo de los negocios

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Imgenes: Las prcticas empresariales entre culturas

Lengua

26. Review of the preterite

27. Review of the uses of the subjunctive

28. The past subjunctive: Concept; forms

29. Use of subjunctive and indicative in adverbial clauses

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Captulo 8: Creencias e ideologas

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Imgenes: La medicina alternativa en Hispanoamrica

Lengua

30. The subjunctive in adverbial clauses: Interdependence

31. Por and para

32. The process se

33. Review of the subjunctive: An overview

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Captulo 9: Los hispanos en los Estados Unidos

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Imgenes: El futuro del ingls en los Estados Unidos

Lengua

34. The passive voice

35. Resultant state or condition versus passive voice

36. No-fault se constructions

37. A and en

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Captulo 10: La vida moderna

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Imgenes: La televisin en el mundo hispano

Lengua

38. Future and conditional

39. If clauses with simple tenses

40. Comparisons

Enlace

Captulo 11: La ley y la libertad individual

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Imgenes: Los gobiernos militares del Cono Sur y los desaparecidos

Lengua

41. Other forms of the perfect indicative

42. The perfect subjunctive

43. More on the sequence of tenses

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Captulo 12: El trabajo y el ocio

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Imgenes: El tiempo libre a la hispana

Lengua

44. Review of verb forms

45. Progressive forms

46. Restrictions on the use of the -ndo form

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Appendices

1. Syllabication and Stress

2. Spelling Changes

3. Verb Conjugations

4. Prepositional Pronouns

5. Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns

6. Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns

7. Tener and Hacer Expressions

8. Answers to Repaso Activities