|
 |
Vocabulary Novels in Other Languages | ||
Share with:
| ||
 Language Learning Forum : Language Programs, Books & Tapes |  | |
| translator2 Senior Member United States Joined 6947 days ago 848 posts - 1862 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 1 of 8 19 July 2010 at 6:24pm | IP Logged | ||
|
Does anyone know of any books (print or on-line) like these for foreign languages? There are quite a few of them here in the USA. They are designed to teach advanced vocabulary words (for the purpose of a university entrance exam) by using/teaching the words in the form of a story. I was wondering if there was a similar product for modern French, German, Spanish, etc. vocabulary?
Examples: Vocabulary Book 1 Vocabulary Book 2 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| LazyLinguist Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5631 days ago 105 posts - 125 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 2 of 8 29 July 2010 at 12:54pm | IP Logged | ||
|
There's a book in Esperanto called Gerda Malaperis by Claude Piron which builds up from
simple Esperanto gradually towards more complicated stuff towards the end. It's not written specifically to teach but it's a useful aid. It's available for free with audio as a course on Lernu.net 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| BartoG Diglot Senior Member United States confession Joined 5475 days ago 292 posts - 818 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Italian, Spanish, Latin, Uzbek | Message 3 of 8 31 July 2010 at 7:17am | IP Logged | ||
|
Kaplan has an edition of Lazarillo de Tormes with the Spanish text on one side and explanations of difficult or archaic vocabulary on the other. It's the only one I've seen; not sure if they've published others.
1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| sarahgirl23 Triglot Newbie United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5258 days ago 10 posts - 35 votes Speaks: English*, French, German Studies: Spanish, Russian | Message 4 of 8 20 August 2010 at 4:20pm | IP Logged | ||
|
There are french and German cumulative readers online:
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=reader%20on%20the%20 cumulative%20method Is that the same thing? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| alang Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 7249 days ago 563 posts - 757 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish | Message 5 of 8 20 August 2010 at 5:07pm | IP Logged | ||
The Lazarillo de Tormes book has been mentioned a couple of times, but the book Candide for French does not seem to be noticed at all. (Also from Kaplan) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 budonoseito Pro Member United States budobeyondtechnRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5833 days ago 261 posts - 344 votes Studies: French, Japanese Personal Language Map | Message 6 of 8 20 August 2010 at 5:31pm | IP Logged | ||
|
If you search for graded readers in your target language you should find some books on
Amazon. I tried French and Japanese and multiple books come up. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| translator2 Senior Member United States Joined 6947 days ago 848 posts - 1862 votes Speaks: English* | Message 7 of 8 21 August 2010 at 12:17am | IP Logged | ||
|
Thanks for the links.
However, graded readers tend to be written for non-native speakers learning the language. I was looking for something more along the lines of what a native speaker would purchase in a bookshop in order to improve their own vocabulary. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| budonoseito Pro Member United States budobeyondtechnRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5833 days ago 261 posts - 344 votes Studies: French, Japanese Personal Language Map | Message 8 of 8 21 August 2010 at 12:51am | IP Logged | ||
|
I would read college level books in the native language then. Here is a list of 101 books
to choose from. Then try and find it in your target language http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/boost-your-skills/2 3628.html 2 persons have voted this message useful |
If you wish to post a reply to this topic you must first login. If you are not already registered you must first register
|  | 
Printable version
|
| Copyright 2024 FX Micheloud - All rights reserved No part of this website may be copied by any means without my written authorization. |
