Graded Spanish Reader: Primera Etapa, Alternate

Adaptable to a variety of teaching styles and student abilities, the Third Edition of the Primera etapa introduces beginning- and intermediate-level students to Hispanic literature. Featuring renowned Spanish and Latin American literary figures, including three new women writers, the 17 selections of fiction, poetry, and drama are fully supported by a comprehensive pre-reading and post-reading apparatus designed to engage students as readers, writers and speakers of Spanish.

Features

• A rich variety of genres sequenced in order of increasing difficulty introduces beginning- and intermediate- level students to the works of key Spanish and Latin American literary figures.
• A carefully crafted sequence of activities, including vocabulary practice. Comprehension checks, writing assignments, and discussion topics ensures students’ understanding and develops their ability to interpret the readings and to react to them in a personalized fashion.
• Structures sections succinctly explain grammatical points pertinent to the comprehension of the readings and conclude with exercise that also recycle the readings’ vocabulary.