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The Spanish Verb Conjugator
Jeanne M. Bielejeski
Roche Publishing
409 - 7th Street NE, Little Falls, MN 56345
www.thespanishverbconjugator.com
9780615265872, $24.95, www.rochepublish.com
Specifically written and designed by Jeanne M. Bielejeski (a high
school Spanish teacher for more than ten years), "The Spanish Verb
Conjugator: The Beginner's Guide To Mastering Spanish Verbs" is a
ready instructional reference of more than one thousand frequently-
used verbs that will prove invaluable to novice students of the
Spanish language. Covering both regular and irregular present tense
verbs, "The Spanish Verb Conjugator" also deals with preterit and
imperfect past tenses, as well as reflexive vers and 'verbs like
gustar'. Of special note is that through a group of 110 irregular core
verbs, "The Spanish Conjugator" reinforces the essential verb modeling
necessary to mastering verb conjugation, making it a highly
recommended and thoroughly 'user friendly' Spanish language curriculum
supplement.
Sugar Comes From Arabic
Barbara Whitesides
Interlink Publishing Group
46 Crosby Street, Northampton, MA 01060-1804
www.interlinkbooks.com
9781566567572, $20.00, www.amazon.com
Arabic written script commonly in use by more than 300 million people
in more than twenty countries around the world is radically different
from that of the scripts descended from the Roman alphabet. But now
American and European students wanting to learn to read and write in
Arabic have a superbly produced learning tool with Barbara Whitesides'
"Sugar Comes From Arabic: A Beginner's Guide To Arabic Letters &
Words". This deftly composed and presented Arabic alphabet book
demystifies the letters by introducing them in an English alphabetical
order, and then using the spelling of English names and words as a way
of learning Arabic. Students will be able look up matching letters,
follow clear directions, and quite quickly become able to write their
own name in Arabic. Profusely illustrated throughout, "Sugar Comes
From Arabic" is an enthusiastically recommended addition to personal,
school, and community library Language Studies reference collections
and curriculum supplements.
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