Learning a foreign language requires extensive memorization.  However, rote memorization is not only boring, it’s unpredictable.  This is because it’s hard to remember words and concepts that are intangible.  If we develop a mental picture for the word we are trying to learn, we will almost assuredly remember it.  Just as a child learns to see and associate tangible objects with images, Lucas teaches us to “see” the Spanish language.  Words such as a cat, dog, chair, or giraffe, all conger up images in our minds because they are tangible.  If you are asked not to see a zebra, you can’t help but see one.  It’s automatic! In this same manner, Picture Perfect Spanish makes the Spanish words tangible through the use of zany pictures that tie the English and Spanish words together and imprint them on your mind.  The first words taught are body parts.  That is how we learn as children.

Once some basic words have been learned, it’s on to the verbs necessary to make simple sentences.  In total, the reader will learn more than 600 commonly used Spanish words and phrases.  These words are required for basic communication.  Careful attention has been paid to ensure that the most critical words are taught.  In addition, Picture Perfect Spanish covers basic sentence structure, grammar, conjugation, and hundreds of common phrases and sentences to prepare the reader to speak clear, coherent Spanish.  This book is designed to teach you more than what is typically covered in a full one year Spanish course.  Not only do the ingenious and often zany methods applied by Lucas make learning Spanish fun and easy, but also, faster than you ever thought possible.