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| outcast Bilingual Heptaglot Senior Member China Joined 4951 days ago 869 posts - 1364 votes  Speaks: Spanish*, English*, German, Italian, French, Portuguese, Mandarin Studies: Korean | Message 1 of 8 28 January 2012 at 5:38am | IP Logged | |||||
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Hello,
For the past year I have been intensively building my high-level English vocabulary. I have always enjoyed command of an expansive vocabulary (scored in the top 10% on the verbal SAT after having lived 7 years away from the USA in my youth), and throughout the last year I have built a list of almost 5,000 low-frequency terms plus a database expounding on the subtle nuances of near-synonyms. Now that I estimate my English vocabulary is probably in the top 5% (on admittedly not scientific but nonetheless reasonable assumptions), I want to shift my focus onto Spanish. The difficulty here is that I find virtually no materials in the local bookstores for this purpose (everything offered is Spanish for non-natives, thus the vocabulary level in the programs available is manifestly inadequate for my needs), and there is a seeming dearth of resources online. Perhaps I'm simply typing the wrong keywords in the searches I've performed, so far they have proven fruitless. If anyone is aware of online sources that would cater to my request, I would truly appreciate if I could be tipped in the right direction. Ideally, I would love a vocabulary building book in print with a selection of a couple of thousand low-frequency words, I am sure this sort of learning tool exists I'm just not finding it. Again, if anyone can help here I would also be grateful. I just do not want to resort to sifting through a dictionary, specially since a proper vocab builder would almost certainly make better selection of entries than I would. This I shall reserve as my last recourse. Thanks! edit: I don't think it needed to be stressed, but just in case, I'm looking for material designed for natives. Edited by outcast on 28 January 2012 at 5:47am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5132 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 2 of 8 28 January 2012 at 3:15pm | IP Logged | |||||
Casa Del Libro. If you want native materials, then you're going to want to stay out of Amazon or Barnes and Noble (unless you already know what you're looking for.) Casa Del Libro or other primarily Spanish-language shops will have more material than you know what to do with. Pick a subject that interests you and spend the day browsing. R. == 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| outcast Bilingual Heptaglot Senior Member China Joined 4951 days ago 869 posts - 1364 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English*, German, Italian, French, Portuguese, Mandarin Studies: Korean | Message 3 of 8 28 January 2012 at 4:47pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Thanks, but what is the category such vocabulary builders would be under? In American bookstores it is "reference". I know nothing of how they are categorized in Spain, and I have been looking for 20 minutes and can't find it.
oh, and do they ship to the US. Edited by outcast on 28 January 2012 at 4:48pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5132 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 4 of 8 28 January 2012 at 5:44pm | IP Logged | |||||
I was referring to specialist native material, whatever subject you wanted to look for. But if you want reference, I did a search for "referencia lengua española" and got this. Yes, they ship to the US. I've ordered and received many things from them. R. == Edited by hrhenry on 28 January 2012 at 5:48pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5264 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 5 of 8 29 January 2012 at 4:00am | IP Logged | |||||
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Have you tried crossword puzzles? I know it may sound silly but I find them to be a fun method to build vocabulary in a way that is memorable. El Mundo.es crucigramas If you don't think the "difíciles" aren't difficult, then you really don't need to build your vocabulary at all. Also, check out Pablo Neruda's memoir Confieso que he vivido- definitely new and uncommon vocabulary. His prose is beautiful and, not surprisingly, reads like poetry. Your dictionary will get quite a workout. Edited by iguanamon on 29 January 2012 at 4:03am 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| translator2 Senior Member United States Joined 6921 days ago 848 posts - 1862 votes Speaks: English* | Message 6 of 8 29 January 2012 at 4:20pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Have you seen these:
30,000 Spanish Words (Huge awesome book for under $10) Spanish Vocabulary: An Etymological Approach 12,000 Spanish Idioms Spanish Phrase Finder Cambridge Spanish Word Selector Frequency Dictionary of Spanish Using Spanish Vocabulary Using Spanish Synonyms Edited by translator2 on 29 January 2012 at 4:22pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| PL Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6264 days ago 33 posts - 34 votes Speaks: Spanish | Message 7 of 8 31 January 2012 at 3:01am | IP Logged | |||||
The Casa Del Libro site looks great. I've never ordered anything from overseas; is there anything special you need to do when ordering from the U.S? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5132 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 8 of 8 31 January 2012 at 4:57am | IP Logged | |||||
No, just pay a lot more for shipping :-) Delivery is quick, though. If you find that shipping is too much, once you know the title you want you might be able to find it cheaper on Amazon or another US-based site. I've found Amazon's search lacking, unless you know exactly what it is you're looking for. R. == Edited by hrhenry on 31 January 2012 at 4:59am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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