department of hispanic, portuguese and latin american

department of hispanic, portuguese and latin american

DEPARTMENT OF HISPANIC, PORTUGUESE AND LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
SPANISH LANGUAGE
READING LIST FOR INCOMING FIRST YEAR STUDENTS 2014
HISP10001 SPANISH LANGUAGE (POST A-LEVEL)
Strongly recommended book: Ronald Batchelor (2006) A student Grammar of Spanish.
Cambridge. ISBN: 9780521670777
There are copies of this book in the library.
Other resources:
Real Academia española http://www.rae.es/rae.html
 Diccionario monolingüe (con la posibilidad de ver la conjugación completa de
los verbos)
 Diccionario panhispánico de dudas
Diccionarios del periódico El Mundo http://www.elmundo.es/diccionarios/
Diccionarios bilingües inglés-español español-inglés
 http://www.spanishdict.com/
 http://www.wordreference.com/
 http://www.elcastellano.org/index.html
 http://www.cervantes.es
 http://www.fundeu.es/
 http://www.reglasdeortografia.com/
HISP 10116 SPANISH LANGUAGE (AB INITIO)
The unit consists of three core elements:
1. Writing and Reading Skills
2. Grammar/Translation Skills
3. Oral and Aural Skills
Strongly recommended book:
• Vía rápida: curso intensivo de español, María Cecilia Ainciburu, Libro del alumno, (Editorial
Difusión, 2011).
There are copies in the library for you to start with, although you may find it useful to
buy them at some point during term 1.
• Prisma Nivel inicial: A1+A2 Fusión, Libro del alumno ISBN 978-84-9848-055-9 and Libro de
ejercicios ISBN 978-84-9848-056-6, (Editorial Edinumen).
•A grammar book, such as: A Student Grammar of Spanish, Ronald Batchelor, (Cambridge
University Press, 2006)
• A Spanish/English bilingual dictionary, either:
Oxford Spanish-English/English-Spanish Dictionary
or: Collins Spanish-English/English-Spanish Dictionary
• A book of Spanish verbs, such as: 501 Spanish Verbs, Christopher Kendris and Theodore
Kendris, 5th edition (Hauppage, NY: Barron’s Educational Series, last edition
• A monolingual Spanish dictionary, such as:
Diccionario Santillana de la Lengua Española