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Spanish Dial-A-Verb 5000 (Simplified model) |
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Modern textbooks give students excellent practice
with verb tenses, but a book cannot convey an over-view of the
system. By the time they begin to learn their third or fourth new
tense, they feel that all the forms look alike. Before your students
conclude that there is no predictability to the system, provide them
with this valuable study aid.
The INDEX accurately identifies which model to use for over 5000
verbs, including all the verbs in the first 2000 word frequency
lists. Several charts on the front and back of the wheel provide
insights into the overall workings of the verb system.
Books that conjugate 300 or 500 verbs merely add to the student's
feeling that the list of forms is endless and unpredictable. Because
it only takes 74 models to illustrate the entire system, the
unnecessary repetition of models in these books makes it hard to
learn the system.
More pictures and information at www.prologo.com
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Spanish Dial-A-Verb 8000
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In addition to being able to find the correct forms
of all verbs, your students can gain an overview of the system that
will gradually decrease their dependence on the verb wheel. The
wheel contains an accurate INDEX to over 8000 verbs collapsed with
the aid of a computer algorithm to about 400 lines! Never before
have the verbs and their appropriate models been indexed so
concisely. The second edition's INDEX has been simplified and is
nearly self-explanatory.
Charts on the front and back provide insights into the verbal system
of the Spanish language.
A model is provided for every regular, orthographic, radical, and
irregular verb, as well as for every combination of these. Model
verbs 38 through 74 appear on Side B of the wheel. The accurately
identifies which model to use for over 5000 verbs, including all the
verbs in the first 2000 word frequency lists.
More pictures and information at www.prologo.com
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About Kenneth L. Bryant, PhD |
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Kenneth Bryant is chairman of the Department of Modern Languages at
Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma. His experience with the
Spanish language began early in his life. He lived in Guatemala from
ages eight to sixteen, and lived in Mexico for another two years. He
has a M.A. in Romance Languages and Literature from the University
of Michigan and a PhD in Administration of Higher Education from
Boston College.
The idea of the verb wheels began in the 1980s when computers were
beginning to be applied to problems in the humanities. Without the
graphic and organizational powers of the computer it would have been
impossible to put these verb wheels together.
More recently he has developed software for school management. In
1997 he developed the Univisor, a computer-aided academic advising
system and online enrollment package which takes a narrative
approach to describing curriculum, rather than the usual
table-driven approaches in the market today. This approach allows
precision and flexibility in describing graduation requirements,
course prerequisites, and other graduation tasks in an highly
individualized style that enables students to make informed
decisions at each juncture of their academic pursuits.
In the near future there will be an English Dial-A-Verb.
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