The Rosetta Stone Challenge: The Power of Spanish

By Sean L. Young

The Rosetta Stone Challenge has been offered by me, and then through Young's Language Consulting, in response to an actual challenge presented to me in June of 1984 when I was told that to teach Spanish and Portuguese using approximately 150 words and minimal grammar, is an impossible task.

Because of my previous experience with learning Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs and learning about the Rosetta Stone in school, I decided to research languages - not the books or teaching methods or scientific studies, but the languages themselves. I wanted to know what will make vocabulary and grammar easier to learn and retain in the memory without all the headaches. Eventually I came upon a book that really gave me the insight I needed to defeat the challenge and bring the Spanish and Portuguese languages within the reach of students. As time went on, I was able to expand the list to a total of 11 European languages and a handful of other non-European languages.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sean L. Young
• Release date: Jan 22, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463820308

Sean L. Young

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The Rosetta Stone Challenge

The Power of Spanish

By Sean L. Young

Copyright 2020 Young's Language Consulting

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This book is not a complete language learning course. Rather, it is a companion reference to my earlier book "Introduction to Spanish" (also available at Smashwords) with the focus on Spanish Verbs.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

The Rosetta Stone Challenge

Power Spanish Grammar

1. Adjectives

2. Basics of Verbs

2.1 Present Tense

2.2 Past Tense

2.3 Future Tense

2.4 Shoe verbs

3. Power Spanish Verbs

Power Spanish Vocabulary

Spanish – English

English – Spanish

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The Rosetta Stone Challenge

The Challenge has been offered by Young's Language Consulting in response to an actual challenge presented in June of 1984 when I was told that to teach Spanish and Portuguese using approximately 150 words and minimal grammar, is an impossible task.

Challenge Accepted!

Because of my previous experience with learning Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs and learning about the Rosetta Stone in school, I researched the Spanish and Portuguese languages for ways to learn them without all the tedious work offered by language courses at that time. My first breakthrough was in the book Native Tongues by Charles Berlitz:

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