Laugh 'n' Learn Spanish: Featuring the #1 Comic Strip "For Better or For Worse"

<p><b>Pictures and humor help readers build their Spanish language skills</b></p> <p>To its millions of fans, the Pattersons are just like their own families, facing universal issues among daily concerns. Containing a selection of 100 syndicated Spanish-language versions of the strip that is widely read in Latin America, <i>Laugh 'n' Learn Spanish </i>provides an entertaining and effective way to expand and polish conversational skills in Spanish.</p> <p>Readers learn by understanding and learning natural, everyday verbal interactions at home and about town, following John and Ell Patterson as they attempt to come to terms with middle age; daughter Elizabeth as she spreads her wings and goes off to college; son Michael dating and then marrying his childhood sweetheart, Deanna; daughter April as she rebels against discipline, anther grandpa who finds a second love in the autumn of his life. Each strip is graded by difficulty--Beginning, Moderate, or Challenging--and is accompanied by: </p> <ul> <li>Glosses that translate difficult vocabulary <li>Usage notes to build proficiency <li>A summarizing activity that tests comprehension <li>Additional exercises for key idioms and word patterns appear at the end of each section<br><br><b>Author:</b> Lynn Johnston, Brenda Wegmann<br><b>Publisher:</b> McGraw-Hill Companies<br><b>Published:</b> 01/05/2004<br><b>Pages:</b> 224<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.99lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 9.92h x 7.96w x 0.62d<br><b>ISBN:</b>