Spanish Reader for Beginners-Elementary 2: Spanish Reader for Beginners Elementary 1, 2 & 3, #2

Introduction

The second book Spanish Reader for Beginners-Elementary 2 takes basic Spanish Grammar Structures, such as Regular Verbs, Reflexive Verbs, Stem-change Verbs, and irregular verbs in the Past Tense, placing them in the context of scenarios that help you learn them as you enjoy reading short paragraphs fully translated from Spanish to English. You will find a Reading & Comprehension Exercise after each chapter. Moreover, in this second book I have introduced Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns, which at times can prove to be quite daunting to master unless provided with extensive practice once your teacher has introduced you to this subject. Although each paragraph in Spanish in this book includes a second paragraph in English, I prefer to encourage students to understand the differences and uses of certain Grammatical Structures and verbs through paragraphs providing examples and short exercises that trigger intuitive learning. However, because this is a Basic Spanish Reader, I have provided literal Spanish to English translation (too literal at times) for all paragraphs in order for the reader to comprehend sentence structure in Spanish, and thus acquiring greater understanding regarding the way we speak Spanish in Latin America.

As you begin to learn Spanish as a Foreign Language, the various uses of the verbs Ser and Estar may seem like quite challenging task; nevertheless, through the unique teaching style of CostaRica SpanishOnline School, the learner is able to comprehend these structures in a natural manner. You will find yourself gladly leaving behind exhausting exercises and finding your own way of learning through our more creative approach to learning a foreign language. There is absolutely no need to rely on extensive drilling exercises.

You will find extended practice of Ser and Estar in the first book, Spanish Reader for Beginners-Elementary. We highly suggest, at the beginner level of this Spanish course, starting out with Spanish Reader for Beginners-Elementary, and Spanish Reader for Beginners Elementary 2 prior to purchasing Spanish Reader for Beginners.

I hope you find these short paragraphs, examples and exercises helpful.

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Contents

En Un Restaurante Típico/At a typical Costa Rican food restaurant

Reflexive verbs-third person singular/plural in the Preterit Tense.

Irregular verbs-third person singular/plural in the Preterit Tense

Names and description of various dishes

Introduction to a few verbs in the Imperfect Tense.

En La Autopista/On the Highway

Direct Object Pronouns la and lo

Indirect Object Pronouns le and les

Description of a highway.

En La Mueblería Artesanal /At the Custom Made Furniture Store

Verbs in the Preterit. Third person singular/plural.

Introduction to a few verbs in the Imperfect Tense.

More practice of Object Pronouns: lo, la, le, les

Vocabulary related to furniture

En El Jardín Botánico/At the Botanical Garden

Verbs in the Preterit/Imperfect

Emphasis on Por/Para prepositions

Extensive usage of Object Pronouns:lo, la, los, las, le, les

Vocabularly related to landscape and plant life

En Un Restaurante Típico

La semana pasada, un grupo de quince turistas de Canadá vino a Costa Rica para conocer algunas playas y lugares situados en las montañas. Como parte de una de las excursiones que ellos tomaron, el bus hizo una parada en un restaurante típico en las montañas de la provincia de Alajuela.

Last week, a group of fifteen tourists from Canada came to Costa Rica to visit a few beaches and sites/places located in the mountains. As a part/section of one of the tours that they took, the bus made a stop at a typical food restaurant in the mountains located in the province of Alajuela.

Ya era de noche y el restaurante estaba lleno.  Por esa razón, ellos tuvieron un

poco de dificultad para encontrar una mesa grande, pero ellos encontraron dos mesas afuera y el guia de la excursión juntó las dos mesas con veinte sillas donde todos se sentaron a disfrutar de una alegre noche en un restaurante típico de Costa Rica.

It was already well into the evening and the restaurant was full/crowded. That is why they had some difficulty finding