Spanish Grammar Companion for Teachers

Philip W. Klein is Associate Professor Emeritus of Spanish Language and Linguistics at the University of Iowa (USA). He holds a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Washington and has wide experience living and working in both Spain and Spanish America.  He has taught Spanish language (grammar and composition) and Hispanic linguistics (phonology and morphosyntax) at universities in Canada and in the USA for many years and is author of numerous publications in Spanish linguistics and pedagogy.

• Language Learning.- Verb Forms and Functions.- Nouns and their Modifiers.- Ways of BEing.- Personal Pronouns.- Prepositions and Adverbs.- Subjunctive.- Relative Clauses and Relative Pronouns.- Questions, Commands and Reported Speech.- Comparison, Negation and Coordination.- Passives and Impersonal Expressions.- Appendix A:  The Spanish Written Accent.- Appendix B:  Verbal Irregularity.- Appendix C:  Sentences and their Structures.- Appendix D:  Vocabulary Distinctions (words frequently confused with each other).

"The book ends with a well-organized topic index, preceded by a robust glossary of grammatical terms. Beginning Spanish instructors, as well as more seasoned pedagogues, will certainly benefit from having Spanish Grammar Companion for Teachers: Linguistic Insights for Deeper Understanding in their libraries … especially those interested in the sociolinguistic aspects of Spanish language … . Spanish Grammar Companion for Teachers: Linguistic Insights for Deeper Understanding provides language educators a highly useful pedagogical reference for language teaching." (Consuelo Sigüenza-Ortiz, Hispania, Vol. 108 (1), 2025)