The Students Spanish Reader 2nd Edition

for learners at all levels to read aloud

‘The Students Spanish Reader 2nd Edition, for learners at all levels to read aloud.’

2nd Edition 2018- Expanded to 50 reading sections with modern news items,

and corrected from the 1st Edition of 2014-2017.

This is for students to read aloud and discuss in tutorial work with a teacher, tutor, friend or peer group, and has an Appendix of some 800 cognate pairs and ‘False and True friends’ for placing in context phrases.

The Readings are compiled from modern and traditional sources, including: the fables of Iriarte and

Æsop; “Tradiciones y leyendas españolas” [Don Luciano García de Real, 1898]; the “Biblioteca de las tradiciones populares españolas” (Madrid, 1886) simplified with 3,000+ vocabulary and grammar notes as faded subscripts to the more difficult words, selected to comply with the

UK National Curriculum Requirements 2014- i.e.

"Aims: understand and respond to ... written language from a variety of authentic sources.

Attainment Targets:

ー a range of different sources, understanding the purpose, important ideas and details, and provide an accurate English translation of short, suitable material

ー read literary texts in the language [such as stories, songs, poems and letters], to stimulate ideas, develop creative expression and expand understanding of the language and culture."

The attention of readers of this ebook on Amazon Kindle is brought to the free
download of the ‘Diccionario de la lengua espanola’ – highlighting a Spanish word in the text will immediately access it, providing information of academic interest.

Copyright © & Design Right 2014 & 2018 Mike P Greenwood

School requests for Site Licence should be emailed to rf3000@yahoo.com

ISBN: 9781900959223

The suggestions of E. S. HARRISON (1871) are acknowledged.

Compiled and aggregated for ‘Myat’ when she started her education in Spanish.

MPG Whitstable 2018