<p><b>Pictures and humor help readers build their Spanish language skills</b></p><p>To 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, <i>Laugh 'n' Learn Spanish </i>provides an entertaining and effective way to expand and polish conversational skills in Spanish.</p><p>Readers 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:</p><ul><li>Glosses that translate difficult vocabulary <li>Usage notes to build proficiency <li>A summarizing activity that tests comprehension <li>Additional exercises for key idioms and word patterns appear at the end of each section </ul>