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Contents of FSI Programmatic Spanish I

Preface	iii
Foreword	v

UNIT 1
Word Stress, Part 1	1
Test A	6
Word Stress, Part 2	7
Test B	9
Intonation: Statement	10
Intonation: Polite Question	11
Intonation: Familiar Question	12
Intonation: Question with a Question Word	14
Test C	16

UNIT 2
Introduction	19
Vowel Reductions	24
Dialog	25
Identification Tests	26

UNIT 3
Introduction	29-34
Dialog Identification Tests	35
Grammatical Observations	36
‘Counter-words' and ‘Counter-phrases'	36
‘Being'	37

UNIT 4
Introduction	39
Assimilation: vowel + b/d	41
Dialog	43
Identification Tests	44
Grammatical Observations	45
The Verb	45
‘In', ‘at'	45

UNIT 5
Introduction	47
Dialog	52
Identification Tests	53
Grammatical Observations	54
Stress as Tense Marker	54
Person Marker Vowels	56
Application	58

UNIT 6
Introduction	61
Dialog	66
Identification Tests	67
Grammatical Observations	68
Negation	68
Application	70

UNIT 7
Introduction	73
Writing Awareness (Including qu-)	73
Dialog	79
Grammatical Observations	82
The Verb: Four Forms	82
The Verb: The Affix lo	85
Application	86

UNIT 8
Introduction	91
Writing Awareness (Cont'd)	91
Gender Concept (un/una)	94
Dialog	95
Grammatical Observations	97
Ser/Estar (I)	97
Application	100

UNIT 9
Introduction	103
Writing Awareness (Cont'd)	103
Assimilation: s, r + d	104
Orthographic Accent	105
Dialog	108
Grammatical Observations	110
Ser/Estar (II)	110
" " Test	111
Nationality	111
Pluralization	112
Gender (concluded)	112
Denying and Accusing	113
Application	115

UNIT 10
Introduction	119
b/v Similarity	121
'h' Similarity	123
Orthographic Accent (Cont'd)	124
Use of Subject Pronouns (1)	128
Dialog	129
Grammatical Observations	131
The Verb: Neutral Form	131
Verb Phrases: Quiero -r	132
El/La	134
Application	136

UNIT 11
Introduction	139
Orthographic Accent (Cont'd)	139
Test	142
English Interference	143
Dialog	144
Grammatical Observations	145
Gender Concordance	145
Position of Modifiers	146
la-, me-	147
al, del	148
Application	151

UNIT 12
Introduction	155
Orthographic Accent (concluded)	155
Syllabication	160
Dialog	162
Grammatical Observations	164
Plural Marker and Agreement	164
los-/las- and nos-	166
-er/-jr in Past Tense	167
Application	169

UNIT 13
Introduction	173
Writing Awareness (gu-)	175
Reading Multisyllabics	179
Dialog	182
Grammatical Observations	184
Noun compounds	185
Shortened Compounds	187
Meaningless but Mandatory Words	187
Application	191

UNIT 14
Introduction	195
Reading Cognates	195
Dialog	200
Grammatical Observations	201
¡No fastidie!	201
Demonstratives (2)	201
Application	208

UNIT 15
Introduction	213
le-/lo-, le-/la-	213
Dialog	221
Grammatical Observations	222
Possessive in Phrases	222
Shortened Forms	223
tener que -r	224
Application	228

UNIT 16
Introduction	233
Word order	233
Interrogatives	237
Dialog	241
Grammatical Observations	243
Commands	243
Demonstratives (3)	246
Application	248

UNIT 17
Introduction	251
Irregular Verbs	251
Dialog	258
Grammatical Observations	259
sino	259
Commands (2)	260
Personal a	261
Redundant le-	262
Application	266

UNIT 18
Introduction	271
ser/estar (Concluded)	271
Shortened Subjects	275
Dialog	277
Grammatical Observations	278
Application	284

UNIT 19
Introduction	289
Irregular Verbs	289
Possessives	293
Dialog	295
Grammatical Observations	296
Demonstratives (Concluded)	296
Divisions of a Day	298
Application	305

UNIT 20
Introduction	311
Commands (-er/-ir)	311
Plural Commands	313
Dialog	316
Grammatical Observations	318
Negative Commands	319
Quiero que	319
Use of Subject Pronouns (1)	322
Application	326

UNIT 21
Introduction	331
lo que	331
gustar	334
Use of Subject Pronouns (2)	338
Dialog	342
Grammatical Observations	344
sup-	344
ser/estar Exceptions	345
Auditory Confusion	348
Telling Time	350
terminar de	351
después	352
Application	356

UNIT 22
Introduction	361
Free Forms of Possessives	361
Clarification of su	364
Dialog	372
Grammatical Observations	374
Reflexive Verbs	374
Application	383

UNIT 23
Introduction	387
Hacer + Time	387
Double Clitics	389
Dialog	393
Grammatical Observations	395
Application	402

UNIT 24
Introduction	407
Hay	408
Double Negative	410
Dialog	413
Grammatical Observations	414
More Practice: lo que	415
More Practice: Double Clitics	415
Caerse(me)	416
Application	422

UNIT 25
Introduction	427
Por	427
Para	429
Dialog	436
Grammatical Observations	437
Word Order	437
Use of -ndo	439
More on Commands	441
Application	446

VOCABULARIES
Spanish-English	453
English-Spanish	459