Teaching Spanish Grammar with Pictures

A classic resource is back, this time with teacher-friendly insights that only Whitley and Lunn could have provided. Bull's Visual Grammar of Spanish belongs in every Spanish classroom! -- Terrell Morgan, The Ohio State University Seasoned language teachers will be thrilled to have access once again to William Bull's Visual Grammar of Spanish, an engaging set of timeless images that help to illustrate the way Spanish speakers organize the world around them. Whitley and Lunn contextualize these contrastive images within the larger context of Bull's work in Spanish applied linguistics and propose creative ways to utilize these visuals, basing their ideas on contemporary theories of second language acquisition and best practices associated with the modern communicative classroom. -- Barbara Lafford, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Arizona State University This digital edition of William Bull's Visual Grammar of Spanish provides a user-friendly, up-to-date format for this invaluable teaching tool. The accompanying instructor's guide provides insights into the development, linguistic underpinnings, and classroom implementation of these contrastive images, which serve as an excellent source of input for learners of Spanish regardless of the instructor's methodological approach. -- Barry L. Velleman, Marquette University

Suitable for teachers looking for a way to show students how grammar produces meaning, this title illustrates grammatical contrasts in Spanish. It includes illustrations that clarify difficult-to-understand points of grammar such as ser vs estar, subjunctive vs indicative, and preterite vs imperfect."Teaching Spanish Grammar with Pictures" is a valuable tool for teachers looking for a way to show students how grammar produces meaning. It makes available in a digital format the full set of 406 posters designed by William Bull to illustrate grammatical contrasts in Spanish. These bold illustrations clarify difficult-to-understand points of grammar such as ser vs. estar, subjunctive vs. indicative, and preterite vs. imperfect. Originally published in 1961, the posters remain remarkably useful for explaining Spanish grammar in visual form. Bull believed that linguistics should be used in the service of language learning, and the success of The Visual Grammar of Spanish was the result of its grounding in linguistic analysis. This reissue of Bull's classic posters on DVD-ROM provides versatile JPEG and PDF images of all the posters to easily incorporate into Power Point presentations and worksheets. It includes an instructor's manual on the disk that presents background on the materials, explains the concepts behind the images, and offers suggestions for ways to use them in the classroom. Language labs that purchase a copy of Teaching Spanish Grammar with Pictures will automatically receive rights to: post an electronic copy of the content on a secure (password-protected) network for use by current students and faculty at their institution; and loan the number of purchased copies to students.