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Michel Thomas Method: Spanish Vocabulary Course
Rose Lee Hayden

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£25.53 (ex VAT)
£30.00 (inc VAT)
ISBN: 9780340939734
ISBN-10: 0340939737

Published: 25/05/2007
Extent: 6 Hrs
Series: Michel Thomas Series

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Summary:

Learn another language the way you learnt your own! As a child, you learnt your own language naturally and enjoyably: now you can learn Spanish vocabulary in the same way.

• Use the unique method perfected over fifty years by the celebrated psychologist and linguist Michel Thomas
• This method works with your brain, helping you to build up your Spanish in manageable, enjoyable steps by thinking out the answers for yourself.
• You learn through listening and speaking – the way you learnt as a child.
• You then pick up the language naturally and unforgettably.

This NEW Vocabulary Course builds on the Foundation and Advanced Courses to increase the number and range of words you will be able to use. Rose Lee Hayden, Michel Thomas’s most trusted teacher, shares her first-hand insights to give you over 1,000 words in a unique and memorable way. She is joined by two native speakers to make sure your pronunciation is perfect, while a booklet shows you the written language.

You'll stick with it because you'll love it!

  • THE SERIES MICHEL THOMAS FANS HAVE BEEN DEMANDING – the natural extension of the teaching programme
  • ROSE LEE HAYDEN – Michel’s most trusted and experienced teacher shares her insights and knowledge
  • ALL AUDIO – faithful to Michel’s methodology and beliefs

  • ACCOMPANYING BOOKLET – for those who want to see the written language – helps with spelling and navigating the course

  • SHORT CUTS TO LEARNING – thousands of words painlessly acquired

  • BRAND NEW SERIES – the Michel Thomas language learning phenomenon continues

Table of Contents:
Introduction: How this course came about, what it does and does not include, how it works, and how it is both faithful to and expands upon the Michel Thomas Language Courses
COURSE SEGMENT 1: WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW
1. Introduction; “-ible” to “-ible”
> possible - posible (one stingy “s”); horrible – horrible; etc.
2. “-able” to “able”
> probable – probable; acceptable – aceptable; etc.
3. “-AR” verbs to “-able”
Remove the “-AR” and add “-able”
> dudar (to doubt) to dudable (doubtful); soportar (to bear) to soportable (bearable); tolerar (to tolerate) to tolerable; etc.
4. Add “in” to make a negative word
> evitable (avoidable) to inevitable (inevitable; unavoidable); tolerable to intolerable; etc.
Diminutive “-ito”
> hijo (son) to hijito (affectionate, little boy);
> Juan to Juanito (nickname).
> besar (to kiss) to besable (kissable)
5. “ –ER verbs to “ible”
> creer (to believe) to creíble (believable); vender (to sell) to vendible (sellable); etc.
“ - IR verbs to “-ible”
> definir (to define) to definible (definable)
“-ible” to “-ible”
> flexible to flexible; compatible to compatible; etc.
6. “ – ant” to “-ante”
> important to importante; restaurant to restaurante; etc.
“-AR” verbs to “-ante”
>participar (to participate) to participante (participant); alarmar (to alarm) to alarmante (alarming); etc.
7. “-ent to “-ente”
> different to diferente (one stingy “f”); evident to evidente; incompetent to incompetente; etc.
8. “-tion” to “-ción”
> condition to condición; attention to atención; formation to formación; etc.
9. “-sion” to “-sión”
> impression to impresión (one stingy “s”); decision to decisión; mission to misión (one stingy “s”); etc.
10. “ence” to “encia”
> influence to influencia; difference to diferencia (one stingy “f"); preference to preferencia; etc.
11. Words that look feminine but are masculine
> the problem to el problema; the map to el mapa; the climate to el clima; etc.
“-ance” to “-ancia”
> importance to importancia; elegance to elegancia; intolerance to intolerancia; etc.
12. “-ly” to “-mente”
automatically to automáticamente; naturally to naturalmente; personally to personalmente; etc.
Use “realmente” for actually.
13. “-ary” to “-ario”
> vocabulary to vocabulario; necessary to necesario (one stingy “s”); contrary to contrario; etc.
14. “-ive” to “-ivo”
> exclusive to exclusivo; positive to positivo; constructive to constructivo; etc.
15. “-ute” to “-uto”
>absolute to absoluto; substitute to substituto; institute to instituto; etc.
“-ous” to “-oso”
> famous to famoso; etc.
16. “-ical” to “-ico”
> practical to prático; basic to básico; magic to “mágico”; etc.
Require an accent over stressed syllable.
17. “-ent” to “-ento”
> talent to talento; moment to momento;
“-t” or “-it” to “-to”
> honest to honesto; Robert to Roberto; credit to crédito; etc.
“-ic” to “-ico”
> dramatic to dramático; automatic to automático; ironic to irónico; etc.
Require an accent over the stressed syllable.
18. “-ure” to “-ura”
- temperature to temperatura; literature to literatura; culture to cultura; etc.
19. “-tude” to “-tud”
> aptitude to aptitud; altitude to altitud; gratitude to gratitude; etc.
20. “-ity” to “-dad”
> possibility to posibilidad (one stingy “s"); humanity to humanidad; infinity to infinidad; etc.
21. “-ist” to “-ista”
> artist to artista; dentist to dentista; optimist to optimista; etc.
22. “-y” to “ía”
> irony to ironía; astronomy to astronomía; philosophy to filosofía (phonetic ph – f); etc.
Require an accent over the stressed syllable.
23. “-in” or “-ine” to “-ina”
> aspirin to aspirina; discipline to disciplina; gasoline to gasolina; etc.
“-ice” to “ina”
> office to oficina (one stingy “f”)
24. “-id” to “-ido”
> solid to sólido; valid to válido; timid to tímido; etc.
Require an accent over the stressed syllable.
25. “-ism” to “-ismo”
> organism to organismo; capitalism to capitalismo; heroism to heroismo; etc.
“ –ure” to “-uro”
> future to futuro.
COURSE SEGMENT 2: MORE STRUCTURE: MORE VERBS AND HOW TO USE THEM
1. “-AR” “Good Guy” Regular Verbs
>evitar (to avoid); tentar (to tempt); usar (to use); inventar (to invent); mencionar (to mention); formar (to form); gastar (to spend)
Using “gustarse” – “It is pleasin