Comic Mnemonics: A Fun, Easy Way to Remember Spanish Verbs - Softcover

Jim Sarris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0974909637 ISBN 13: 9780974909639

Publisher: Alcan Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

Discover what thousands of kids already know about memorizing verbs... illustrations and funny phrases work!Maybe you use a mnemonic to remember the number of days in each month ("thirty days hath September..."), which way to set your clock at Daylight Savings Time ("spring forward, fall back"), or the order of planets in the solar system ("my very educated mother just served us new potatoes"). Regardless of the need or specific phrase, one thing is always true: mnemonics give us a fun, easy way to remember something we'd forget otherwise. Now, Comic Mnemonics brings another piece of the puzzle, combining those learning cues with lighthearted visual illustrations to jog our memories in yet another way. What happens is an entirely new learning experience. Learn the mnemonics. Laugh at the comics. Use the devices to learn a new language faster and more easily... and remember what you learned.

About this title

About the Author

Jim Sarris has been a Spanish teacher for 12 years. He is currently teaching at Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, NY. He has a B.A. in Education, with a concentration in Mathematics, and an M.A. in Bilingual Education. Jim got the urge to study Spanish at the age of 22 while on his way to work on a fishing boat in Alaska. In order to pass the time, he made up rhymes to remember verbs. They have stayed with him until today. He uses mnemonics to this day in the classroom and his students find them extremely helpful and enjoyable.

Patricia Nacher is the principal at Virgen de Loreto Elementary School in Alicante, Spain.

From the Inside Flap

You'll remember what you studies - a day later, a month later ... forever!

Here's the secret of learning that lasts!

For 2500 years, mnemonics (memory devices) have helped students learn better. Maybe you use a mnemonic to remember the number of days in each month ("Thirty days hath September...") which way to set your clock ("Spring forward, fall back") or the order of planets in the solar system ("My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us New Potatoes"). Now, Comic Mnemonics combines lighthearted visual and mnemonic cues to learn Spanish faster and more easily - and to remember what you learned.

You need this book is you want to...
* Make studying fun
* Boost your memory
* Memorize difficult verbs in a snap
* Find conjugations of verbs fast
* Enjoy a quick and easy-to-understand grammar review
* Start a new method of teaching verbs in class
* And much more!

"I wish I'd had this book when I was learning Spanish - really makes learning fun. What a great way to master your verbs!"
~ Kate Lombardi, parent of a student studying Spanish

"Students do respond better to illustrations and mnemonics ... your illustrations are adorable and obvious - but not so cutesy that they are misunderstood."
~ Harriet Barnett, Foreign Language Consultant, Methods Instructor, Manhattanville College, Purchase, N.Y.

"So much better than flash cards! Give me illustrations and crazy phrases anytime. ;Al More eats lunch with Al Less' will always be my favorite!"
~ Jonny "Nacho" Widder, Spanish student, Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua, N. Y.

Edition details

• Publisher: Alcan Publishing
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN 10: 0974909637
• ISBN 13: 9780974909639
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Patricia Nacher
• Number of pages: 224