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| louisjanus Newbie United States NorwegianLanguage.inRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5407 days ago 11 posts - 19 votes Speaks: English* | Message 49 of 60 08 July 2009 at 9:48pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I have several French vocabulary books BY topic, for example SPORTS.Have a look at the following AMAZON sample page:
http://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-French-English-Thesaurus-Mar ie-Noklle-Lamy/dp/0521425816/ref=sr_1_27?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid =1247082082&sr=1-27#reader from The Cambridge French-English Thesaurus (Paperback) There are several others that I have in my library at home. Louis Janus 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Toufik18 Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Algeria Joined 5532 days ago 188 posts - 202 votes  Speaks: Arabic (Written)*, Arabic (classical)*, French, English | Message 50 of 60 09 July 2009 at 7:04pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Thank you so much Louis :)
I thought of chewing a reputedly good vocabulary book called, Robert and Nathan Vocabulaire .I have the first part of the serie for grammar and found it awesome, I hope this one is that good . Also, I a not scaning the dictionary right now, but just lifting words that looks important based on my intuition, because I have found out that I am learn better from a context, however I am glad that I tried to learn the hole dictionary. It was a wonderful experience and I'll definatly continue with it untile there is no more words to learn, well, at least in a basic dictionary . Toufik 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| jimbo baby! Senior Member United States Joined 5765 days ago 202 posts - 208 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* | Message 51 of 60 10 July 2009 at 6:11am | IP Logged | |||||
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I use the Bantam New College Dictionary. It's small enough so you can go through the whole book if you're devoted enough, and it's concise enough to give you enough words to be comfortable with knowing the language. It probably won't have all the idioms and slang so you'll have to look elsewhere for those.
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| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6060 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 52 of 60 19 July 2009 at 2:45pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Has anyone tried learning the words consecutively from a dictionary, like beginning with A and so on? I have given it a shot but it is quite maddening and hard to keep doing.
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 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6491 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 53 of 60 19 July 2009 at 4:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
No - I deliberately pluck from different parts of the dictionaries I use. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6060 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 54 of 60 19 July 2009 at 6:15pm | IP Logged | |||||
In practice, that is also how I do it. My pocket or smaller-format dictionaries are Highlighter City, although I also use colour pencils. I have felt that trying to memorise a dictionary consecutively is thorough, but actually it is more like a route to madness. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| TheBiscuit Tetraglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 5711 days ago 532 posts - 619 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Italian Studies: German, Croatian | Message 55 of 60 20 July 2009 at 5:42am | IP Logged | |||||
I'm actually doing this with a smallish German dictionary at the moment. I've just finished the Aa words. I memorised only the most useful words (about 150) in a week or so. I don't do it for more than an hour a day otherwise, as you say, it will drive you up the wall. I'm kind of experimenting to see whether this will maximise my listening comprehension time. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Toufik18 Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Algeria Joined 5532 days ago 188 posts - 202 votes Speaks: Arabic (Written)*, Arabic (classical)*, French, English | Message 56 of 60 24 July 2009 at 11:33pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I tried it before and it's rater hard but doable if you're devoted and patient enough .
But I now opt to learning from a context, in the languages I already speak, I pick up words from advanced materials like novels or something similar, but in the languages I am poor at, I choose a good vocabulary book and digest it well enough to build a good foundation . 1 person has voted this message useful |
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