A Self-instructional Course.
Fabiola Franco.
Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies.
Macalester College.
Saint Paul, Minnesota.
and.
Karl C. Sandberg.
DeWitt Wallace Professor Emeritus of French and Humanities.
Macalester College.
Saint Paul, Minnesota.
TO THE STUDENT.
We have made use of new developments in programmed leaing to
provide.
you with the most systematic and direct means for leaing to
read.
Spanish on your own. The programmed format of Spanish for Reading
presupposes.
no previous acquaintance with Spanish and thus can be used
either.
by individuals working on their own or as an adjunct to a classroom
text.
What You May Expect from This Course.
When you finish Spanish for Reading, you should be able to
recognize the.
meanings signaled by all the basic grammatical pattes of Spanish,
plus.
the meanings of about 2,000 content words. You will also have
developed.
numerous techniques of reading in a foreign language that will
enable you.
to lea new vocabulary and derive meanings from context
without.
depending totally on a dictionary. With some additional work to
build.
vocabulary in special fields, you will be able to start using
Spanish as an academic.
or professional tool, or simply to read for your own pleasure.
You.
should be able, for example, to read a Spanish newspaper or joual
with.
good comprehension or to begin the serious study of Spanish
literary texts.
What You Should Do.
The above results are predictable on the basis of classroom testing
and.
depend on your fulfilling the following conditions:
1. That you spend the 80 to 120 hours of study time that it has
taken other.
students to complete the course.
2. That you study and review consistently.
3. That you familiarize yourself with the theoretical base of the
book and.
follow the instructions.