WHY OF THIS METHOD. The author consulted with hundreds of foremen and supervisors in the agriculture, manufacturing and sewing industries throughout California, Arizona, and Texas. The consensus was overwhelming: there is an urgent need of a method to learn English, which has instructions in the native language and with figured pronunciation.
FIRST FIVE LESSONS. Designed to create a natural environment for the student. At the end of the fifth lesson the student, without realizing it, has memorized 130 words of daily use; is able to utter 30 useful phrases; knows the sound of the alphabet; is able to use the indefinite and definite articles, the adjective, and the singular and plural in conjunction with IS and ARE.
BEGINNING LESSON SIX. The student starts using the verbs in present tense in conjunction with other parts of the speech. He/she learns to make a sentence, change it to the interrogative form, and answer it in the positive and negative forms.
GREAT FOR TEACHERS. English for Success gives the teacher the necessary freedom and time to devote to other activities. The writing exercises (prácticas) will serve as homework. By having the students exchange their books and correct each other, they will detect the errors and will avoid them.
NON-TECHNICAL LANGUAGE. Grammar is explained in a very simple and easy to understand terminology. This creates confidence in the student and encourages him/her to continue learning a language made "user friendly."
BILINGUAL INSTRUCTIONS. Instructions in Spanish will make the student feel at home, in a natural environment. Instructions in English are for the teacher to explain the concept and expand on it.
FIGURED PRONUNCIATION. A real plus in this textbook. Most Spanish speaking people believe that learning English is close to impossible, because it is written one way and pronounced completely different. Pronouncing each word aloud at the time of writing it, gives the student the confidence needed to utter those words, and to get used to the sound, to understand them.
SPANISH / ENGLISH VOCABULARY. Sixty three (63) groups of related words, for easy memorization.
THE AUTHOR: Juan Gonzalez, M. A. Studies of Humanities and Philosophy. Professor of Latin, Greek, Spanish, and English as a Second Language.
Please direct any questions to: Juan González at jm.gonz@verizon.net.