Stories from Puerto Rico/Historias de Puerto Rico, Second Edition
Enjoy the tales of Puerto Rico—in Spanish and in English!\ In Stories from Puerto Rico/Historias de Puerto Rico, we've placed the Spanish and English stories side by side—lado a lado—so you can practice and improve your reading skills in your new language while enjoying the support of your native tongue. This way, you'll avoid the inconvenience of constantly having to look up unfamiliar words and expressions in a dictionary. Read as much as you can understand, and then look to the facing page...
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Enjoy the tales of Puerto Rico—in Spanish and in English!In Stories from Puerto Rico/Historias de Puerto Rico, we've placed the Spanish and English stories side by side—lado a lado—so you can practice and improve your reading skills in your new language while enjoying the support of your native tongue. This way, you'll avoid the inconvenience of constantly having to look up unfamiliar words and expressions in a dictionary. Read as much as you can understand, and then look to the facing page for help if necessary. As you read, you can check your comprehension by comparing the two versions of the story. You'll also find a bilingual vocabulary list at the end of the book, so you'll have a handy reference for new words.Stories from Puerto Rico/Historias de Puerto Rico gives you the change to Enjoy 18 well-known Puerto Rican short stories that stretch from the dawn of creation to the twentieth century Fine-tune your language skills while gaining insight into the rich cultural heritage of the Puerto Rico people Improve your reading and listening skills with free audio downloads of six chapters from the book at mhprofessional.comRobert L. Muckley and Adele Martinez-Santiago are experienced Spanish educators and authors.
1. Creation/la creación2. The Death of Salcedo/La muerte de Salcedo3. Guanina/Guanina4. The Miracles of Our Lady of Monserrate/Los milagros de Nuestra Señora de Monserrate5. The Snake’s Curve/La Vuelta de la Culebra6. The Devil’s Sentry Box/La garita del diablo7. Cofresí, Part One/Cofresí, Primera parte8. Cofresí, Part Two/Cofresí, Segunda parte9. Carabalí, Carabalí10. Lola of America, Lola de América11. Elena of the Holy Mountain/Elena de la Santa Montaña12. Esperanza/Esperanza13. Guayama, Witch City/Guayama, Ciudad Bruja14. The Miraculous Well/El pozo milagroso15. The Specter/La Aparecida16. Extraterrestrials/Seres extraterrestres17. Foolish Jack/Juan Bobo18. Friend Rabbit/Compadre Conejillo Appendix: The Tainos/Apéndice: Los taínos English-Spanish Vocabulary Vocabulario español-inglésRobert L. Muckley and Adela Martinez-Santiago are experienced Spanish educators.
