Mario: ¿'Tú hablas español?
Julio: Si, un poco. Bstudio español en la escuela.
Mario: Entonces, buena suerte y buen viaje.
BEFORE THE TRIP
Julio: Hi Mario! How are you?
Mario: Fine, thanks. And you?
Julio: Fine! Do you know that I leave for South America tomorrow?
Mario: Really? Are you excited?
Julio: Of course! I really want to go to South America.
Mario: Where are you going to live?
Julio: In Santa Ana.
Mario: Where is Santa Ana? I'm going to live with a family.
Julio: In the north of Chile.It's a fairly large city.
Lexical exploration (Chapter 3, p.58) beyond the basic dialog is provided principally through a number of short lists of 'related vocabulary,' including both single words and some short, useful expressions.
Structural exploration (Chapter 3, P.61) is both phonetic and grammatical. Phonetic exploration is in terms of lists of words that contain respectively /j, d, gr, b/. In the grammar drills, the student chooses correct forms for person-number agrement in the present tense of -ar verbs, and repeats sentences that exemplify singular and plural articles, the periphrastic future, and the negative no. The same matters, except for the future, are explained succinctly in a 'grammatical synopsis' at the end of the lesson.
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