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Would you like to accelerate the learning of Spanish vocabulary? Then tap into the power of your imagination! Learn to visualize vocabulary by making concrete associations with Spanish words—part of a technique known as mnemonics (each visualized story is also referred to as a mnemonic). This book includes 1,500 words and 100 cartoons.I experienced the power of mnemonics several years ago when studying Japanese, after I encountered James Heisig’s book Remembering the Kanji. Using Heisig’s book as a reference, I was able to learn 2,000 Japanese kanji through visualization, after other methods had failed to get me very far. I have since used mnemonics to learn foreign words successfully in several other languages, and frequently use it when I need to memorize information in other fields.It’s no secret that pro athletes use visualization to help reach peak performance levels. Did you know mental athletes also train with a form of visualization, and even compete in events such as the World Memory Championship and the USA Memory Championship? You too can use visualization to help ground your Spanish vocabulary—to anchor the words in your mind until you learn them permanently through normal conversation, reading, writing, listening, and thinking.This book is for you if: -You already have an interest in mnemonics or want to learn more about it. -You don’t have time to invent your own mnemonics. -You are not the creative type and have difficulty composing your own mnemonics. -You would like to compare your mnemonics with the ones in this book—to see which is more memorable, or simply for reinforcement. -There is a particular word whose mnemonic eludes you.