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Tables of Contents for Al Corriente
Capítulo preliminarEstrategias para leer: Skillful ReadingGramática en contextoSubject pronounsPresent Indicative TenseArticles and GenderPlurals of NounsDemonstrative Adjectives and PronounsExpressing OwnershipPersonal aContractionsIdioms with tenerSaber versus conocer; pedir versus preguntarTime Expressions with hacerAdditional IdiomsEspañol en acciónAl corriente: Spanish Internet GuideUnidad I La familia y las tradicionesCapítulo 1La personalidad, unos contrastesLectura1. Defining, describing, and locating: Ser versus estar2. Asking questions: Interrogative Forms3. More about description: Adjective agreementAl corriente: La Sagrada FamiliaCapítulo 2Los parientesLecturaGramática en contexto4. Talking about what you have done: The Present Perfect5. Expressing -self (-selves) and each other: Reflexive Verbs6. Indicating Change: More Reflexive Verb FormsAl corriente: Las corridas de torosCapítulo 3Las emocionesLecturaGramática en contexto7. Expressing Resulting Conditions: Adjectives Related to Reflexive Verb Forms8. More About Indicating Change: Reflexive Verb Forms with Adjectives9. Expressing whom and what: Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns10. Talking About Needs, Likes, and Dislikes: Verbs like gustarAl corriente: El cóndor andinoUnidad II Ante el públicoCapítulo 4Las carreras y los oficiosLecturaGramática en contexto11. Talking About the Indefinate Past: The Imperfect12. Talking about the Defininte Past: The Preterite Al corriente: EvitaCapítulo 5Enlaces temporalesLecturaGramática en contexto13. More on Talking About the Definite Past: Irregular Preterite Verb Forms14. Describing the Past: Preterite Versus Imperfect15. Talking About Events in Progress: The Presente ParticipleAl corriente: ColombiaCapítulo 6 Las etapas de la vidaLecturaGramática en contexto16. Talking About What You Had Done: The Past Perfect Tense17. Telling Who Did What to Whom: Double Object Pronouns18. Pronouns That Follow PrepositionsAl corriente: CubaUnidad III Los hispanos que viven en los Estados UnidosCapítulo 7El cuerpo humanoLecturaGramática en contexto19. Making Request: Formal(Ud.,Uds.) Commands20. Talking About the FutureAl corriente: ¡La salsa!Capítulo 8Hacer un viajeLecturaGramática en contexto21. Expressing Unrealized Actions: The Subjunctive22. Expressing Desires and Requests: Subjunctive with Expressions of Will and Influence23. Making Request of Friends: Informal (tú) CommandsAl corriente: ¡Chicano!Capítulo 9Cómo nos vestimosLecturaGramática en contexto24. Introducing Future Events: Indicative Versus Subjunctive in Adverbial Clauses25. Expressing Attitudes: Subjunctive with Expressions of Emotion, Doubt, and DenialAl corriente: Silvio RodríguezUnidad IV EspañaCapítulo 10Preposiciones imprescindibles (essential)Lectura: Gramática en contexto26. Expressing Impersonal or Passive Meanings and Unplanned Events: se constructions27. Expressing Goals and Means: por and paraAl corriente: El camino de SantiagoCapítulo 11Cómo pedir y dar instruccionesLecturaGramática en contexto28. More About Describing: Adjective Clauses and Relative Pronouns29. Describing Nonexistent Things and People: The Subjunctive with Adjective Clauses30. More on the Subjunctive Versus the Indicative: Summary of Their UsesAl corriente: La tunaCapítulo 12La políticaLecturaGramática en contexto31. More on Talking About What You Have Done: The Present Perfect Subjunctive32. Using the Subjunctive to Talk About the Past: The Imperfect Subjunctive33. Coordinating Tenses: Sequence of Subjunctive and Indicative Tenses (for Recognition Only)Al corriente: El vivo españolUnidad V América LatinaCapítulo 13La naturalezaLecturaGramática en contexto34. Focusing on the Outcome: The Passive Voice35. More About Describing: Past Participles as AdjectivesDiscussing Similarities and Differences: Comparatives and SuperlativesAl corriente: PerúCapítulo 14El medio ambiente (environment)LecturaGramática en contexto37. Telling What You Would Do: The Conditional38. Expressing "Let's...": nosotros commands39. Emphasizing to Whom Something Belongs: Stressed Possessive Adjectives and Possessive Pronouns (for Recognition Only)
40. More on Talking About the Past: A Review of the Indicative Past TensesAl corriente: Teotihuacán: La ciudad de los Dioses Capítulo 15Los conceptos abstractos: Unos contrastesLecturaGramática en contextoMakng Hypothetical Statements: si ClausesTalking About Actions as Concepts: Infinitives Used as Nouns (for Recognition Only)More About Talking About Events in Progress: Other Helping Verbs Used with the Present Participle (for Recognition Only)Al corriente: Los muralistas mexicanos AppendicesSpanish-English VocabularyIndex