Vocabulary Builder Spanish

Support Spanish acquisition using Skills for Success: Building Spanish Vocabulary for students in all grades. This 128-page book helps students practice beginning Spanish vocabulary and build awareness of Hispanic culture. It includes game ideas, instructions, reproducible game cards that show Spanish vocabulary words and their English translations, more than 350 Spanish vocabulary cards, a pronunciation guide, and an answer key.

For over 6 months, Vester's team of experts analyzed thousands of articles from newspapers, books, letters, speeches and hundreds of hours of real conversation. This research led to the conclusion that 90% of day-to-day Spanish uses only 1500 words. «Spanish in 1500 words» is the result of this research. The book is designed to facilitate learning through the use of semantic categories and includes: * Nouns * Verbs * Adjectives * Pronouns * Numbers * . Spanish in 1500 words» will help you build an effective Spanish vocabulary with minimum effort. By devoting just 30 minutes a day, in 90 days you will have learnt the 1500 words that make up 90% of day-to-day Spanish. Executives, students and workers all around the world have already succeeded in learning Spanish thanks to the world's most efficient vocabulary building book. Why miss out on it?

Each book comes with a companion CD which includes (American) pronunciation of the most frequently used words and phrases from the text. Perfect as a classroom supplement or self-study tool. Appropriate for all ages and levels of study. Exercises at the end of each chapter. Many words are nearly the same as their English counterparts due to their common Latin origin. The only difference is the word ending. For example, you can translate most English words ending in 'ant' (such as 'arrogant').

The Spanish Vocabulary Builder is an excellent guide for students, helping them to build up their French vocabulary, as well as preparing them for written and oral examinations. * Over 3,000 words and phrases covering all curriculum topics, including home, animals, hobbies, food, travel, weather, work, media, currant affairs, environment * Special sections on adjectives and verbs * Activities, helpful tips, and cartoon strips in each section make learning fun * Striking examples, illustrations, and strategies to help students grasp and remember new words * Answers to all exercise are at the back making it suitable for self-study

Using mnemonics is an age-old technique for remembering names, numbers, and many other things. In Spanish Memory Book, William Harrison and Dorothy Welker offer original mnemonic rimes that are by turns amusing, ironic, pathetic, sentimental, and sardonic to help students and independent learners acquire and remember Spanish vocabulary. Included are mnemonic jingles for 700 of the 2,000 most commonly used Spanish words. Each jingle contains both the sound of the Spanish word and its English meaning. The authors have included a general pronunciation guide to Spanish vowels and consonants. This innovative approach, which the authors have used successfully with their own students, is simple, effective, and entertaining. In the words of one student, "This book teaches me not only Spanish words but English words as well."

Identifies the twenty-four most common word-ending patterns between English and Spanish, and provides more than four thousand words that follow them.