{"product_id":"intermediate-spanish-memory-book-a-new-approach-to-vocabulary-building-9780292731110","title":"Intermediate Spanish Memory Book: A New Approach to Vocabulary Building","description":"\u003cp\u003eMnemonics is an age-old device for remembering names, numbers, and many other things. As in the authors' previous \u003ci\u003eMemory Books\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eIntermediate Spanish Memory Book\u003c\/i\u003e makes use of this reliable memory help in a series of mnemonic jingles that are by turns playful, sardonic, touching, and heroic to help both students and independent learners acquire and remember Spanish vocabulary. The 500-plus words in this book represent a more advanced vocabulary than those in the \u003ci\u003eSpanish Memory Book\u003c\/i\u003e (1990) and the \u003ci\u003eSpanish Memory Book, Junior Edition\u003c\/i\u003e (1993).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe mnemonic jingles present both the sound of the Spanish word (indicated by syllables in italic type) and its English meaning (given by a word or phrase in boldface type): \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003emerienda: picnic, afternoon tea\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary, end a\u003c\/i\u003e boring \u003cb\u003epicnic\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e Just say, \"I'm going home. I'm sick, Nick.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis innovative approach to vocabulary building is simple, effective, and entertaining.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410040754450,"sku":"9780292731110","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7f4fd215-0929-4aff-89a6-a60aac4693cb.jpg?v=1729299986","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/intermediate-spanish-memory-book-a-new-approach-to-vocabulary-building-9780292731110","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}