Spanish by Association

by Michael Gruneberg

Book Overview

Spanish by Association 's unique "Linkword" approach makes it easy for you to learn hundreds of Spanish words in just a few hours. Thoroughly researched and tested, this highly effective method teaches you vocabulary and grammar through association and memory. Hundreds of words are introduced with easy-to-remember word pictures in English that help you instantly memorize and recall the new Spanish words.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0844294470
• ISBN13: 9780844294476
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful, different approach in a Spanish Textbook

Wow! After teaching my own Spanish classes and in the public schools for as long as I have, I thought I'd seen all TYPES of books. When I got frustrated with the texts out there, I even wrote my own! But this is an approach I hadn't seen in a book. I often use word pictures to help my students with memorization. Of course, it should work in a book format! I found myself giggling upon opening the text and reading about the camel in the cama (bed) and a car horn when we open a cajo'n (drawer). I'll be recommending this book to any adult or child who wants a fun way to memorize new words. With practice, you won't need the book - it teaches you how to teach yourself Spanish! Marvelous! Sra. Gose Author of Flip Flop Spanish: Ages 3-5: Level 1 & Flip Flop Spanish: Ages 3-5: Level 2

A Wonderful Book

I learned more from reading this book than I learned in all my years of school system Spanish combined. My confidence was so shattered by the poor teaching methods used in the classroom that it took me many years to recover my original interest and begin studying Spanish as an Adult. I really thought I was beyond hope and just couldn't learn a foreign language. I was wrong. This book gave me the tools and confidence necessary to continue studying Spanish and even enjoy doing so. It is a book for beginners but once you learn the technique you can make up your own link words and continue improving your vocabulary on your own. Highly Recommended

For those that think in pictures.... this book is gold.

Taking language out of the abstract auditory realm, this book phonetically ties the words that are unfamilar to concrete images we know. His method and books should be read and used by foreign language teachers. It's a quick read, and I solidly learned about 350 useful words and basic sentence structure in 3 days. The examples he has chosen are creative, charming and memorable. I'm impressed and grateful to this author. Buy it and enjoy it.

An Excellent Book! I Love It

I'm really excited and impressed with this book because of the memory link method that's used. I was suprised at how fast I could memorize spanish words and construct together spanish phrases and expressions. One of the books pluses is that it doubles as a workbook, where you can write in the answers. Using this method made it easy for me to retain the information learned. This book is also a lot of fun. I was enjoying myself so much that I had completed three chapters without even realizing that I had went that far in the book. The illustrations are way too cute. Even an adult such as myself can appreciate them. They give the book more of a fairytale theme, which is less intimidating to some, when learning a new language. Overall, I think that beginners and intermediate speakers would appreciate this book. Advanced spanish speakers might find this book a bit elementary but it's still a wonderful book.

Yo puedo hablar espanol muy bien!

Foreign language can often seem like Greek because it just might be. Today's American society may look to learning another language as irrelevant to every day life. However, bilingual is the way to go if you want to flourish on the international scene, and Spanish is the most widely spoken language in the world. Am I telling you that you have to speak spanish? Not necessarily, but it wouldn't be a bad place to begin expanding your horizons.Dr. Michael M. Grunberg has developed a Linkword Language System that provides easy to remember word pictures to help you recall words in Spanish. This system is especially great for recalling vocabulary. As a Spanish student of three years, I can testify that learning the language consists of vocabulary and verb conjugation. With this easy to use technique of memorization half of the work invovled in learning a foreign language is eliminated, or at least simplified.Not only is this book great for Spanish students. It provides a quick and easy base of knowledge for those who may be travelling to Spanish speaking countries. Do you work for an international company? Do you have a lunch meeting with spanish speaking customers? No problem. In twelve hours or less you can memorize enough spanish lingo to hold your own during a conversation. Go ahead. Read the book. You can impress those around you and impress yourself because you can speak Spanish. This self-help book really does live up to its expectations. If you want maximum results in minimum time, this is the book for you. Personally I found the book not only helpful, but humerous and interesting too. I must say its a great purchase for spanish teachers, spanish students, vacationers, business persons, and just the average joe--or jane--out for a great read.