Historia of Two Coati Pups and Two Man Pups
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Historia of Two Coati Pups and Two Man Pups Learn Spanish through Spanglish with the Creolio Method One complete story using the Creolio method for learning Spanish through Spanglish. This book contains all 13 versions (or levels) of Spanglish of "Historia of Two Coati Pups and Two Man Pups". Stories de la Jungle Written by Horacio Quiroga Published by Creolio 10347 Butternut Circle Manassas, VA 20110 creolio.com © 2018 Jon Knebel All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. For permissions contact: [email protected] Editors Jon Knebel (U. S. A.) Victoria Montalvo (U. S. A.) Nancy Cardenas (Mexico) Alicia Medina (Mexico) Verónica Colin (Mexico) Book Cover Lorena Otegui (Uruguay) Chapter Illustrations Lucas Roselli (Uruguay) Table of Contents Table of Contents What This Book is and How to Use It Level One What to Expect in Level One The Story of Two Coati Pups and Two Man Pups Grammatical Explanations Level Two What to Expect in Level Two The Story of Two Coati Pups and Two Man Pups Grammatical Explanations Level Three What to Expect in Level Three The Story of Two Coati Pups and Two Man Pups Grammatical Explanations Level Four What to Expect in Level Four The Story of Two Coati Pups and Two Man Pups Grammatical Explanations Level Five What to Expect in Level Five The Story of Two Coati Pups and Two Man Pups Level Six What to Expect in Level Six The Story of Two Coati Pups and Two Man Pups Level Seven What to Expect in Level Seven The Story of Two Coati Pups and Two Man Pups Level Eight What to Expect in Level Eight The Story of Two Coati Pups and Two Man Pups Level Nine What to Expect in Level Nine The Story of Two Coati Pups and Two Man Pups Level Ten What to Expect in Level Ten The Story of Two Coati Pups and Two Man Pups Level Eleven What to Expect in Level Eleven The Story of Two Coati Pups and Two Man Pups Level Twelve What to Expect in Level Twelve The Story of Two Coati Pups and Two Man Pups Level Thirteen What to Expect in Level Thirteen The Story of Two Coati Pups and Two Man Pups What This Book is and How to Use It In short, this book is a collection of eight Spanish short stories that have been translated into special versions of Spanglish--containing varying amounts of English and Spanish in each--that are designed to help English- speaking students learn Spanish. The various versions of Spanglish are compiled in a special way so that they appear as a single electronic book in which you can select a "level" in which to read the stories that suit your level of proficiency in Spanish. It works whether you’re an absolute beginner or nearly fluent. Progressive Difficulty The first level (for beginners) is almost entirely in English--with few words in Spanish. Each new level adds additional Spanish words, growing progressively more similar to the original Spanish in which the stories were written, until the final level--which is entirely in Spanish. Each level is preceded with a concise explanation of what will be introduced in that level and any special considerations that might be helpful. It's recommended you read these before you spend significant time in the corresponding level. Back & Forth Links The reader can easily navigate back and forth between the various versions of the book as the need for clarity or the need to challenge oneself further arises. Links are provided at the end of most paragraphs allowing for this easy traversal, so it can be done at any time--just temporarily, for the clarity of a single passage--or more permanently, such as if you feel you’re no longer being challenged in one level, and want to start reading in the next level up. If you’re a beginner or don’t know where to start, just start by reading the first story in level one. If you discover that it’s too easy for your level of proficiency, upgrade to the next level from whatever paragraph you’re on. Read a little bit further. If you discover that it’s still too easy, upgrade again. Do this as many times as needed until you’re in the level that suits you. 5% at a Time Each new level introduces an average of 5% of the words from the original Spanish work. As such, at any given point in your reading, 95% of what you read is made up of words already known to you. At worst, the other 5% (the newly introduced words) can be extrapolated or skimmed over since 95% knowledge is all the context that the average human needs in the average situation to be able to understand what’s going on. Inline Translations This said, to help you along the way, newly introduced words within that 5% are translated right in the text--almost always the first time you see them. You never have to perform the stressful and annoying activity of constantly looking-up words. The same words, as they occur repeatedly, are given translations in future occurrences, but not in all. After the first translation, translations are spaced out ever more gradually so as to wean you off of your need of them, so that you can learn the words and store them in your memory. Italicized words: in the occasional instances in which a word is introduced in a level, but is not given an inline translation right away, it will be italicized in its first instance to draw attention to the fact that it's new. This usually only applies to very easy or very frequent words. Translated phrases: in instances in which a phrase of more than one word is italicized and followed by the brackets ("[ ]") that indicate an inline translation, the italicized words are being translated together as a single unit to what is inside the brackets. Example: rayas venenosas[stingrays]. Etymological Hints When a word in Spanish is related to a word in English, but doesn't mean the same thing, a hint may be provided in the form of a greater-than sign ">" (arrow) within the translation. Example: "habitación[habitation>bedroom]". The English word "habitation" (meaning any sort of dwelling) comes from the same word in Latin as the Spanish word "habitación", but the Spanish word is more specific in meaning. It specifically refers to a room--especially and usually referring to a bedroom. Parentheses There are some cases in which a word doesn't exist in the original Spanish, but is included surrounded by parentheses in the text to bring greater clarity to the sentence. This is not to be confused with the brackets "[ ]" that are used to surround inline definitions. Example: "the third (one)". "Tercero" is the Spanish adjective for "third", but it can also be used as a noun. In English, we would often say "the third one" to create a noun out of it, but the "one" is not required in Spanish, and doesn't exist, but would be implied within the word itself. Most Common Words First In general, the levels introduce Spanish vocabulary in order of their frequency of use within the original book, from the most common words, first, to the least. This allows you to learn the most important vocabulary first, in order to be able to enjoy the book with as little English as possible as soon as possible. This order of frequency is also highly representative of Spanish on the whole--so you can surprise yourself with how much Spanish you're reading in from the beginning and know that what you’re learning will complement your broader engagement with Spanish outside of the context of this book. Because the most common words in any language are used extremely frequently, just ten words in Spanish makeup about 25% of all speech and writing, and once you've learned the most common 70 words used in this book, you'll already find yourself reading half in Spanish and half in English. Isn’t that great? Flashcard Decks Flashcard decks have been created and are available online to help you practice the vocabulary you learn in each level. The decks are divided according to level, so you can focus on the vocabulary of just one level at a time. These are especially useful and important for learning the pronunciation of the words, as audio files are included in the decks. Links to flashcard decks on quizlet.com (complete w/pronunciation) are available with the explanations that precede each level. They can be practiced via computer or the quizlet smartphone application. If you'd like to create your own flashcard decks with any flashcard program, you can download the csv sheets of the vocabulary of each level here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qjPNXXEuMw5HIK1_JtN3LCO0i- 1XQJs4MsCyfZpdSv8/edit?usp=sharing Grammatical Explanations Grammatical explanations are also provided in the form of annotations linked to directly from examples of those concepts found within the stories. Like the translations for new vocabulary taper off, so do the grammatical annotations taper off after being found more frequent earlier on. Take advantage of the links when you see them if you don't understand a sentence in which one appears--because only some representations of the concepts within the text are linked. Occasionally, the same concept will be linked to multiple times from the text, containing similar information as well as subtle differences.