"The breadth and depth of each lesson's treatment of the requisite and relevant grammar points is remarkable: the ins and outs of Spanish structure and vocabulary (especially points troublesome to English speakers) are here clarified and exemplified. An invaluable review and reference grammar that students will consult again and again, as they likely make this textbook one they will not sell back to the bookstore at the end of the term."--Philip W. Klein, Associate Professor Emeritus of Spanish grammar and linguistics, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The University of Iowa "This approach provides a detailed review of Spanish grammar that is directly applied to the study of different styles of composition. In addition to this explicit instruction, the clear, contemporary Spanish prose of the authors models the same composition principles.[ Gramática para la composición ] is a resource that can be used beyond the scope of the class for which it is assigned, and can remain an active part of students' libraries long after the class is finished."--Hispania About Gramática para la composición, tercera edición Integrating grammar and composition, this best-selling textbook guides the advanced student through progressively more complex types of writing by organizing the grammar lessons on a functionalist basis around the needs of composition. This innovative approach to teaching Spanish grammar and composition promotes systematic language development and enables students to strengthen their expressive and editing skills in the language in order to write more effectively and confidently.

With this textbook and the accompanying workbook of homework exercises, students can strengthen the skills they need for strong writing in Spanish. Refined by years of classroom testing and analysis of the problems students encounter, Gramática para la composición features the following: * A colorful design to help students navigate the book more easily and engage visual learning strategies. *Readings for major composition exercises that stress authentic, connected discourse. *Streamlined treatment of points of grammar, including an explanation for more than twelve functions of se with a rule of subject reflexivization. A workbook with homework exercises and an answer key are both sold separately. Additional resources, including an Instructor's Manual, are available at GUPTextbooks.com. M.

Stanley Whitley is professor emeritus of Spanish and linguistics at Wake Forest University. He is the author of Spanish/English Contrasts: A Course in Spanish Linguistics, Second Edition (Georgetown University Press, 2002), coauthor of Teaching Spanish Grammar with Pictures: How to Use William Bull's Visual Grammar of Spanish (Georgetown University Press, 2010), and coauthor of Pronouncing English: A Stress-Based Approach with CD-ROM (Georgetown University Press, 2004). Luis González is associate professor of Spanish at Wake Forest University. He is the author of Cómo entender y cómo enseñar por y para . The title of his forthcoming book is Four Dichotomies in Spanish: Adjective Position, Adjectival Clauses, Ser/Estar, and Preterite/Imperfect .