Spanish Memory Book
Spanish Memory Book
A New Approach to Vocabulary Building
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."
...this is an outstanding book. It kept me laughing for hours at the cleverness of the jingles.... there is no question about the potential benefits deriving from its use in acquiring Spanish vocabulary.
William F. Harrison is Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Northern Illinois University.
The late Dorothy Winters Welker was retired from the University of Illinois, Chicago.
- To the Reader
- How to Use the Spanish Memory Book
- Conventions Used in This Book
- Pronunciation
- Vocabulary
- Final Exam
- Glossary
