{"product_id":"laugh-n-learn-spanish-featuring-the-1-comic-strip-for-better-or-for-worse-9780071415194","title":"Laugh 'n' Learn Spanish: Featuring the #1 Comic Strip for Better or for Worse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePictures and humor help readers build their Spanish language skills\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo 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, \u003ci\u003eLaugh 'n' Learn Spanish \u003c\/i\u003eprovides an entertaining and effective way to expand and polish conversational skills in Spanish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders 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: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlosses that translate difficult vocabulary \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUsage notes to build proficiency \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA summarizing activity that tests comprehension \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdditional exercises for key idioms and word patterns appear at the end of each section \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynn Johnston \u003c\/b\u003eis the creator of the comic strip \"For Better or For Worse,\" which is distributed by United Feature Syndicate. It appears in more than two-thousand newspapers worldwide, in twenty countries, and in eight languages, reaching 220 million readers every day. In the twenty-four years since it was developed, there have been thirty books of cartoons published.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrenda Wegmann\u003c\/b\u003e is an experienced teacher and author of ESL and Spanish-language textbooks and instructional guides; she also teaches at Edmonton Community College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"McGraw-Hill Companies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872451268882,"sku":"9780071415194","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_804cec92-5dc8-4869-89bf-f5db0fada402.jpg?v=1737897722","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/laugh-n-learn-spanish-featuring-the-1-comic-strip-for-better-or-for-worse-9780071415194","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}