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
About the Author
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.
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By JJaxon
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I simply love this book! Super cartoons on one page and, opposite, instructive comments, vocabulary and explanations. Its only minor drawback is that it's very much American-Spanish rather than Spanish-Spanish, which would have been better for me. But the cartoons are cute and the vocabulary is very usable. Laugh 'n' Learn Spanish: Featuring the #1 Comic Strip "For Better or For Worse": Featuring the No1 Comic Strip "for Better or for Worse"
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excellent
11 Mar 2004
By Elmonica
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Most self-study workbooks I buy are tedious but this one is fun and surprisingly informative. The right side of the page has the cartoon in spanish and the left side has the analysis of the sentences used in the cartoon. The analysis actually does more than just interpret words but gives helpful grammar pointers. The cartoons are divided into beginning, moderate and advanced levels.
25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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17 Aug 2005
By Gregory Paul Adkins
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I bought two copies, one for me and the other my my teacher. When we are fed up with the copreterito tense we turn to this for relief. What a Godsend!
It is funny and easy to use. We cover the cartoon on the right and read the discussion of key word and grammar on the left. Then we wade into the cartoon. It is remarkable how often the day's cartoon reinforces the day's lesson.
The only problem is we are running out of book much too soon. They need to publish a follow-up. I would buy a whole set of these.
It is funny and easy to use. We cover the cartoon on the right and read the discussion of key word and grammar on the left. Then we wade into the cartoon. It is remarkable how often the day's cartoon reinforces the day's lesson.
The only problem is we are running out of book much too soon. They need to publish a follow-up. I would buy a whole set of these.
21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for intermediate learners!
21 Jan 2006
By Senora Gose
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Format:Paperback
As a teacher, I recommend this book as a review to my Spanish 2 and 3 students -it's a novel approach, which goes a LONG way in motivating the junior high age and up.
It's staying power is a little lacking - it doesn't have the BEST methodology as far as what order we should learn in, but as a review, it's fantastic. Very thorough explanations, good vocabulary lists, and even a few exercises! Great for anyone over twelve, as long as they had a teacher or tutor to help them along, I would think.
Update (Feb 19, 2008) - I'm now teaching an advanced conversation course for 9 to 13 year olds with this text as the main resource. Each child read through the comics, makes flashcards and studies the words, and then we change the comics to say something different. To practice more practical nouns, the students label the items shown in the backgrounds. I like the review pages, and I often assign reading the explanations as an "extra" for my older children. They are not ready for full fledged grammar yet, but this is a great intro, and will cause them to just zoom through it when they get to State Accredited High School Spanish.
All in all, I'm still very pleased, I really enjoy that the authors took the time to give several different uses of words - as in "this phrase is more common in Mexico... this one is more common in Spain." Very helpful, as it cuts down on my students' confusion when they're studying on their own.
Sra. Gose
Author of Flip Flop Spanish: Ages 3-5: Level 1 & Spanish Fun Activity Calendar
It's staying power is a little lacking - it doesn't have the BEST methodology as far as what order we should learn in, but as a review, it's fantastic. Very thorough explanations, good vocabulary lists, and even a few exercises! Great for anyone over twelve, as long as they had a teacher or tutor to help them along, I would think.
Update (Feb 19, 2008) - I'm now teaching an advanced conversation course for 9 to 13 year olds with this text as the main resource. Each child read through the comics, makes flashcards and studies the words, and then we change the comics to say something different. To practice more practical nouns, the students label the items shown in the backgrounds. I like the review pages, and I often assign reading the explanations as an "extra" for my older children. They are not ready for full fledged grammar yet, but this is a great intro, and will cause them to just zoom through it when they get to State Accredited High School Spanish.
All in all, I'm still very pleased, I really enjoy that the authors took the time to give several different uses of words - as in "this phrase is more common in Mexico... this one is more common in Spain." Very helpful, as it cuts down on my students' confusion when they're studying on their own.
Sra. Gose
Author of Flip Flop Spanish: Ages 3-5: Level 1 & Spanish Fun Activity Calendar
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