Laugh 'n' Learn Spanish

Featuring the #1 Comic Strip "For Better or For Worse"
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-07-141519-4
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 203 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 495 g

The most popular, most-read comic strip in North America is now the most fun way to learn Spanish!Learning a language should be fun! So sit back, laugh, and learn Spanish by following the antics of the Patterson family in Lynn Johnston's hugely popular comic strip "For Better or For Worse." Now featured weekly in several Latin American Spanish-language newspapers, these cartoons will have you laughing your way through your lessons as you expand your vocabulary, comprehension, and conversational skills.To help you focus on the learning level with which you are most comfortable, Laugh 'n' Learn Spanish is divided into three sections: beginning, moderate, and challenging Through the comic strips and their universal themes of family values in a modern world, you'll learn how to talk in Spanish about everyday things: making demands and requests, expressing hope and plans for the future, discussing household chores, going shopping, asking for types of food, exploring relationships, and so on. The engaging storylines offer a strong incentive to keep reading and learning.Using laughter to break through the language barrier, Laugh 'n' Learn Spanish features: - Vocabulary notes that translate difficult or new Spanish vocabulary - Language notes that provide guidance on correct usage - Entertaining, picture-based review questions that test your grasp of vocabulary and commonly used structures - Plus the original English text for the cartoon strips, should you need to check your understanding

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnston, Lynn

Wegmann, Brenda

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Beginning Level Before You Read Comics 1-10 El español en tu vida Comics 11-21 El español en tu vida Comic 22-30 El español en tu vida
Moderate Level Before You Read Comics 31-38 El español en tu vida Comics 39-47 El español en tu vida Comics 48-55 El español en tu vida
Challenging Level Before You Read Comics 56-63 El español en tu vida Comics 64-71 El español en tu vida Comics 72-80 El español en tu vida
Original English Text of the For Better or For Worse Comic Strips
English Text of the Putting It All Together (Moderate and Challenging)

Über Autor(innen)

Johnston, Lynn
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Wegmann, Brenda
McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

Lynn Johnston is the creator of the comic strip "For Better or For Worse," which is distributed by United Feature Syndicate. It appears in more than two-thousand newspapers worldwide, in twenty countries, and in eight languages, reaching 220 million readers every day. In the twenty-four years since it was developed, there have been thirty books of cartoons published.Brenda Wegmann is an experienced teacher and author of ESL and Spanish-language textbooks and instructional guides; she also teaches at Edmonton Community College.