About the Instant Vocabulary Builder Teacher’s Guide - Companion Resource for ESL and Spanish Classrooms

Sep 28, 2026

Companion teacher resource supporting ESL and Spanish language classrooms with suggested presentations and classroom exercises. Shows how to access over 4,000 true cognates systematically through 24 suffix patterns, with abundant vocabulary practice, an answer key, and free online audio for pronunciation and listening. Includes guidance for accessing and using downloadable audio tracks, integrating cultural lessons and cross-linguistic awareness, and presenting shared Latin derivation with motivation-building strategies.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages11

Reading Time28 min

AccessFree to download

Bringing the word-ending patterns into the classroom

Suggestions for presentations

End of Chapter Exercises

How to use the online audio in the classroom

Cultural lessons in the stories on the online audio

Tools for language skills and cross-linguistic awareness

Presenting Latin derivation and motivation strategies

Tools for teaching part of speech and independent vocabulary learners

Supplemental texts and deep processing development

Sharpening intuitions and handling false friends

About the Instant Vocabulary Builder Teacher’s Guide This companion resource for teachers provides suggested presentations and exercises for both ESL and Spanish language classrooms. Both books show how to systematically access over 4,000‘true cognates’through 24 suffix patterns. Each book includes scores of vocabulary exercises, an answer key, and free online audio: 70 minutes of native speaker demonstrations of pronunciation and listening exercises. How to Access the Audio Component: The audio files and track list are available for download on the Hippocrene Books website. You can also play the tracks using the page’s audio player in the classroom or library. Spanish: [http://www.hippocrenebooks.com/instant-spanish-vocabulary-builder.html](http://www.hippocrenebooks.com/instant-spanish-vocabulary-builder.html)[ ](http://www.hippocrenebooks.com/instant-spanish-vocabulary-builder.html)English: [http://www.hippocrenebooks.com/ingles-instantaneo-instant-english.html](http://www.hippocrenebooks.com/ingles-instantaneo-instant-english.html) Contents 1. Bringing the word-ending patterns into the classroom 2. Suggestions for presentations 3. End of Chapter Exercises 4. How to use the online audio in the classroom 5. Cultural lessons in the stories on the online audio 6. A tool for developing all four language skills 7. Fostering cross-linguistic awareness 8. How to‘softly’present their shared Latin derivation 9. A tool for increasing motivation and desire 10. A tool for teaching part of speech 11. Training your students to become independent vocabulary learners 12. Ideal supplemental texts: Suggestions for 1-year and 1-semester foreign language programs 13. Increase students’depth of processing 14. How to sharpen students’ intuitions 15. Treatment of false friends/false cognates 1. Bringing the word-ending patterns into the classroom Most teachers will recognize several of these patterns as they have been mentioned in textbooks, for example: “English words ending in –tion often change to-ción in Spanish”(Chapter 23) “Muchas de las palabras que terminan en "-ancia" en español se corresponden con palabras que terminan en "-ance" en inglés”(Capítulo 2) This series was written because of the curiosity and confidence that such patterns instill in students. Teachers will find tremendous success with the demonstration of these patterns.[This series identifies every English/Spanish word that follows them.] The patterns are listed in an alphabetical order (alphabetized by the suffix), and the entries for each pattern are also alphabetized. Teachers will find the books’format highly accessible for classroom use. 2. Suggestions for presentations Suggestion \#1: When presenting an individual pattern for the first time, one way is to do so is with an explicit demonstration. Draw a simple T-chart on the board, with the native language suffix on the left side of the chart, and the target language suffix on the right side of the chart. Once introduced, add to the chart as students provide examples that fit the pattern rule. Build meaning by utilizing each word in a sentence, or asking students to do the same. English Spanish -ence -encia difference diferencia intelligence inteligencia patience … Español Inglés -oso -ous delicioso delicious generoso generous nervioso … This style of presentation will allow the students to feel a sense of growth with the patterns. They will feel their (Spanish/English) vocabulary coming to life, and feel a sense of empowerment, and most importantly they will be willing to take more risks! Prior to building a T-chart with the students to deliver the pattern, teachers may engage students in a brainstorm, or mapping, of all the words (or a desired number) of words they know which end in a given suffix. The format of the books and the easy-to-read layout of each chapter will make it easy for the teacher to illustrate the most commonly u

FAQs

What classroom activities does the Teacher’s Guide provide?

It provides suggested presentations and exercises for introducing the word-ending patterns and reinforcing learned vocabulary through matching and comprehension checks based on the chapter stories.

How is the online audio component used in class?

Teachers can download audio files and use the tracks through the classroom or library audio player, integrating pronunciation and listening demonstrations with the materials.

What systematic approach does the series use for cognates?

Both books explain how to access over 4,000 true cognates through 24 suffix patterns and emphasize building cross-linguistic awareness and shared Latin derivation to deepen understanding.

Sep 28, 2026

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