Laugh 'n' Learn Spanish: Featuring the #1 Comic Strip For Better or For Worse (NTC FOREIGN LANGUAGE) - Softcover

Johnston, Lynn; Wegmann, Brenda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007141519X ISBN 13: 9780071415194

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2003

Synopsis

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.

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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

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 007141519X
• ISBN 13: 9780071415194
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224