Author: Pinhok Languages
Publisher: Pinhok Languages
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Catalan vocabulary book + Catalan dictionary This Catalan vocabulary book contains more than 3000 words and phrases which are grouped by topic to make it easier for you to pick what to learn first. On top of that, the index in the second half of the book provides you with a basic Catalan-English as well as English-Catalan dictionary which makes this a great resource for learners of all levels. What you can expect from this book: This Catalan learning resource is a combination of Catalan vocabulary book and a two-way basic Catalan dictionary: Part 1 - Topic based Catalan vocabulary book: This is the main part of the book and represents a list of chapters each containing Catalan vocabularies for a certain topic. The Catalan vocabularies in the chapters are unsorted on purpose to separate remembering them from a defined alphabetical order. You can start at any chapter and dive directly into the topics that interest you the most. Part 2 - Basic English-Catalan dictionary: The index in the second half of the book can be used as a basic Catalan dictionary to look up words you have learned but can't remember or learn new words you need. Part 3 - Basic Catalan-English dictionary: Easy to use and with just the right amount of words, this third part finishes off with a second index that allows you to look for Catalan words and directly find the English translation How to use this Catalan vocabulary book: Not sure where to start? We suggest you first work your way through the verbs, adjectives and phrases chapters in part one of the book. This will give you a great base for further studying and already enough vocabulary for basic communication. The Catalan dictionaries in part two and three can be used whenever needed to look up words you hear on the street, English words you want to know the Catalan translation for or simply to learn some new words. Some final thoughts: Vocabulary books have been around for centuries and as with so many things that have been around for some time, they are not very fashionable and a bit boring, but they usually work very well. Together with the basic Catalan dictionary parts, this vocabulary book is a great resource to support you throughout the process of learning Catalan and comes in particularly handy at times when there is no internet to look up words and phrases.
Catalan Vocabulary Book
Author: Pinhok Languages
Publisher: Pinhok Languages
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Catalan vocabulary book + Catalan dictionary This Catalan vocabulary book contains more than 3000 words and phrases which are grouped by topic to make it easier for you to pick what to learn first. On top of that, the index in the second half of the book provides you with a basic Catalan-English as well as English-Catalan dictionary which makes this a great resource for learners of all levels. What you can expect from this book: This Catalan learning resource is a combination of Catalan vocabulary book and a two-way basic Catalan dictionary: Part 1 - Topic based Catalan vocabulary book: This is the main part of the book and represents a list of chapters each containing Catalan vocabularies for a certain topic. The Catalan vocabularies in the chapters are unsorted on purpose to separate remembering them from a defined alphabetical order. You can start at any chapter and dive directly into the topics that interest you the most. Part 2 - Basic English-Catalan dictionary: The index in the second half of the book can be used as a basic Catalan dictionary to look up words you have learned but can't remember or learn new words you need. Part 3 - Basic Catalan-English dictionary: Easy to use and with just the right amount of words, this third part finishes off with a second index that allows you to look for Catalan words and directly find the English translation How to use this Catalan vocabulary book: Not sure where to start? We suggest you first work your way through the verbs, adjectives and phrases chapters in part one of the book. This will give you a great base for further studying and already enough vocabulary for basic communication. The Catalan dictionaries in part two and three can be used whenever needed to look up words you hear on the street, English words you want to know the Catalan translation for or simply to learn some new words. Some final thoughts: Vocabulary books have been around for centuries and as with so many things that have been around for some time, they are not very fashionable and a bit boring, but they usually work very well. Together with the basic Catalan dictionary parts, this vocabulary book is a great resource to support you throughout the process of learning Catalan and comes in particularly handy at times when there is no internet to look up words and phrases.
Publisher: Pinhok Languages
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Catalan vocabulary book + Catalan dictionary This Catalan vocabulary book contains more than 3000 words and phrases which are grouped by topic to make it easier for you to pick what to learn first. On top of that, the index in the second half of the book provides you with a basic Catalan-English as well as English-Catalan dictionary which makes this a great resource for learners of all levels. What you can expect from this book: This Catalan learning resource is a combination of Catalan vocabulary book and a two-way basic Catalan dictionary: Part 1 - Topic based Catalan vocabulary book: This is the main part of the book and represents a list of chapters each containing Catalan vocabularies for a certain topic. The Catalan vocabularies in the chapters are unsorted on purpose to separate remembering them from a defined alphabetical order. You can start at any chapter and dive directly into the topics that interest you the most. Part 2 - Basic English-Catalan dictionary: The index in the second half of the book can be used as a basic Catalan dictionary to look up words you have learned but can't remember or learn new words you need. Part 3 - Basic Catalan-English dictionary: Easy to use and with just the right amount of words, this third part finishes off with a second index that allows you to look for Catalan words and directly find the English translation How to use this Catalan vocabulary book: Not sure where to start? We suggest you first work your way through the verbs, adjectives and phrases chapters in part one of the book. This will give you a great base for further studying and already enough vocabulary for basic communication. The Catalan dictionaries in part two and three can be used whenever needed to look up words you hear on the street, English words you want to know the Catalan translation for or simply to learn some new words. Some final thoughts: Vocabulary books have been around for centuries and as with so many things that have been around for some time, they are not very fashionable and a bit boring, but they usually work very well. Together with the basic Catalan dictionary parts, this vocabulary book is a great resource to support you throughout the process of learning Catalan and comes in particularly handy at times when there is no internet to look up words and phrases.
Fluent Forever
Author: Gabriel Wyner
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN: 038534810X
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • For anyone who wants to learn a foreign language, this is the method that will finally make the words stick. “A brilliant and thoroughly modern guide to learning new languages.”—Gary Marcus, cognitive psychologist and author of the New York Times bestseller Guitar Zero At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He didn’t learn them in school—who does? Rather, he learned them in the past few years, working on his own and practicing on the subway, using simple techniques and free online resources—and here he wants to show others what he’s discovered. Starting with pronunciation, you’ll learn how to rewire your ears and turn foreign sounds into familiar sounds. You’ll retrain your tongue to produce those sounds accurately, using tricks from opera singers and actors. Next, you’ll begin to tackle words, and connect sounds and spellings to imagery rather than translations, which will enable you to think in a foreign language. And with the help of sophisticated spaced-repetition techniques, you’ll be able to memorize hundreds of words a month in minutes every day. This is brain hacking at its most exciting, taking what we know about neuroscience and linguistics and using it to create the most efficient and enjoyable way to learn a foreign language in the spare minutes of your day.
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN: 038534810X
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • For anyone who wants to learn a foreign language, this is the method that will finally make the words stick. “A brilliant and thoroughly modern guide to learning new languages.”—Gary Marcus, cognitive psychologist and author of the New York Times bestseller Guitar Zero At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He didn’t learn them in school—who does? Rather, he learned them in the past few years, working on his own and practicing on the subway, using simple techniques and free online resources—and here he wants to show others what he’s discovered. Starting with pronunciation, you’ll learn how to rewire your ears and turn foreign sounds into familiar sounds. You’ll retrain your tongue to produce those sounds accurately, using tricks from opera singers and actors. Next, you’ll begin to tackle words, and connect sounds and spellings to imagery rather than translations, which will enable you to think in a foreign language. And with the help of sophisticated spaced-repetition techniques, you’ll be able to memorize hundreds of words a month in minutes every day. This is brain hacking at its most exciting, taking what we know about neuroscience and linguistics and using it to create the most efficient and enjoyable way to learn a foreign language in the spare minutes of your day.
Colloquial Catalan
Author: Toni Ibarz
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415234123
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : ca
Pages : 310
Book Description
Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or for class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Catalan. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415234123
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : ca
Pages : 310
Book Description
Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or for class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Catalan. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish
Author: Mark Davies
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134314191
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 763
Book Description
The only up-to-date frequency dictionary of Spanish currently available, this is an invaluable tool for all learners of Spanish that provides a list of the 5,000 most commonly used words in the language. Based on a twenty million word corpus evenly divided between spoken, fiction and non-fiction texts from both Spain and Latin America, the Dictionary provides a detailed frequency-based list, as well as alphabetical and part-of-speech indexes to ensure maximum ease of access to the information and efficiency of use. All entries in the rank frequency list feature the English equivalent, a sample sentence and, where applicable, an indication of major register variation. The Dictionary also contains thirty thematically organized lists of frequently used words on a variety of topics, such as animals, weather, materials, and family terms. A CD version is available to purchase separately. Designed for use by corpus and computational linguists it provides the full text in a format that researchers can process and turn into suitable lists for their own research work
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134314191
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 763
Book Description
The only up-to-date frequency dictionary of Spanish currently available, this is an invaluable tool for all learners of Spanish that provides a list of the 5,000 most commonly used words in the language. Based on a twenty million word corpus evenly divided between spoken, fiction and non-fiction texts from both Spain and Latin America, the Dictionary provides a detailed frequency-based list, as well as alphabetical and part-of-speech indexes to ensure maximum ease of access to the information and efficiency of use. All entries in the rank frequency list feature the English equivalent, a sample sentence and, where applicable, an indication of major register variation. The Dictionary also contains thirty thematically organized lists of frequently used words on a variety of topics, such as animals, weather, materials, and family terms. A CD version is available to purchase separately. Designed for use by corpus and computational linguists it provides the full text in a format that researchers can process and turn into suitable lists for their own research work
Complete Catalan Beginner to Intermediate Course
Author: Alan Yates
Publisher: Teach Yourself
ISBN: 1444133837
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Are you looking for a complete course in Catalan which takes you effortlessly from beginner to confident speaker? Whether you are starting from scratch, or are just out of practice, Complete Catalan will guarantee success! Fully updated to make your language learning experience fun and interactive, with complete online audio support. You can still rely on the benefits of a top language teacher and our years of teaching experience, but now with added learning features within the course. The course is structured in thematic units and the emphasis is placed on communication, so that you effortlessly progress from introducing yourself and dealing with everyday situations, to using the phone and talking about work. By the end of this course, you will approach at Level B2 of the Common European Framework for Languages: Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and interactive features: NOT GOT MUCH TIME? One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started. AUTHOR INSIGHTS Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience. GRAMMAR TIPS Easy-to-follow building blocks to give you a clear understanding. USEFUL VOCABULARY Easy to find and learn, to build a solid foundation for speaking. DIALOGUES Read and listen to everyday dialogues to help you speak and understand fast. PRONUNCIATION Don't sound like a tourist! Perfect your pronunciation before you go. TEST YOURSELF Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress. AUDIO Access the audio for this course for free by downloading it to the Teach Yourself Library app or streaming it on library.teachyourself.com. TRY THIS Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it. Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 85 years.
Publisher: Teach Yourself
ISBN: 1444133837
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Are you looking for a complete course in Catalan which takes you effortlessly from beginner to confident speaker? Whether you are starting from scratch, or are just out of practice, Complete Catalan will guarantee success! Fully updated to make your language learning experience fun and interactive, with complete online audio support. You can still rely on the benefits of a top language teacher and our years of teaching experience, but now with added learning features within the course. The course is structured in thematic units and the emphasis is placed on communication, so that you effortlessly progress from introducing yourself and dealing with everyday situations, to using the phone and talking about work. By the end of this course, you will approach at Level B2 of the Common European Framework for Languages: Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and interactive features: NOT GOT MUCH TIME? One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started. AUTHOR INSIGHTS Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience. GRAMMAR TIPS Easy-to-follow building blocks to give you a clear understanding. USEFUL VOCABULARY Easy to find and learn, to build a solid foundation for speaking. DIALOGUES Read and listen to everyday dialogues to help you speak and understand fast. PRONUNCIATION Don't sound like a tourist! Perfect your pronunciation before you go. TEST YOURSELF Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress. AUDIO Access the audio for this course for free by downloading it to the Teach Yourself Library app or streaming it on library.teachyourself.com. TRY THIS Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it. Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 85 years.
Content and Language Integrated Learning
Author: Yolanda Ruiz de Zarobe
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1847699006
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
This book contributes to the growth of interest in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), an approach to second/foreign language learning that requires the use of the target language to learn content. Within the framework of European strategies to promote multilingualism, CLIL has begun to be used extensively in a variety of language learning contexts, and at different educational systems and language programmes. This book brings together critical analyses on theoretical and implementation issues of Content and Language Integrated Learning, and empirical studies on the effectiveness of this type of instruction on learners’ language competence. The basic theoretical assumption behind this book is that through successful use of the language to learn content, learners will develop their language proficiency more effectively while they learn the academic content specified in the curricula.
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1847699006
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
This book contributes to the growth of interest in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), an approach to second/foreign language learning that requires the use of the target language to learn content. Within the framework of European strategies to promote multilingualism, CLIL has begun to be used extensively in a variety of language learning contexts, and at different educational systems and language programmes. This book brings together critical analyses on theoretical and implementation issues of Content and Language Integrated Learning, and empirical studies on the effectiveness of this type of instruction on learners’ language competence. The basic theoretical assumption behind this book is that through successful use of the language to learn content, learners will develop their language proficiency more effectively while they learn the academic content specified in the curricula.
A resource-light approach to morpho-syntactic tagging
Author: Anna Feldman
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 904202769X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
While supervised corpus-based methods are highly accurate for different NLP tasks, including morphological tagging, they are difficult to port to other languages because they require resources that are expensive to create. As a result, many languages have no realistic prospect for morpho-syntactic annotation in the foreseeable future. The method presented in this book aims to overcome this problem by significantly limiting the necessary data and instead extrapolating the relevant information from another, related language. The approach has been tested on Catalan, Portuguese, and Russian. Although these languages are only relatively resource-poor, the same method can be in principle applied to any inflected language, as long as there is an annotated corpus of a related language available. Time needed for adjusting the system to a new language constitutes a fraction of the time needed for systems with extensive, manually created resources: days instead of years. This book touches upon a number of topics: typology, morphology, corpus linguistics, contrastive linguistics, linguistic annotation, computational linguistics and Natural Language Processing (NLP). Researchers and students who are interested in these scientific areas as well as in cross-lingual studies and applications will greatly benefit from this work. Scholars and practitioners in computer science and linguistics are the prospective readers of this book.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 904202769X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
While supervised corpus-based methods are highly accurate for different NLP tasks, including morphological tagging, they are difficult to port to other languages because they require resources that are expensive to create. As a result, many languages have no realistic prospect for morpho-syntactic annotation in the foreseeable future. The method presented in this book aims to overcome this problem by significantly limiting the necessary data and instead extrapolating the relevant information from another, related language. The approach has been tested on Catalan, Portuguese, and Russian. Although these languages are only relatively resource-poor, the same method can be in principle applied to any inflected language, as long as there is an annotated corpus of a related language available. Time needed for adjusting the system to a new language constitutes a fraction of the time needed for systems with extensive, manually created resources: days instead of years. This book touches upon a number of topics: typology, morphology, corpus linguistics, contrastive linguistics, linguistic annotation, computational linguistics and Natural Language Processing (NLP). Researchers and students who are interested in these scientific areas as well as in cross-lingual studies and applications will greatly benefit from this work. Scholars and practitioners in computer science and linguistics are the prospective readers of this book.
Quantitative Approaches to Universality and Individuality in Language
Author: Makoto Yamazaki
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110763567
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Quantitative linguistic research reveals fascinating patterns in contemporary and historical linguistic data. The book offers insights from a broad range of languages, including Japanese, Slovene and Catalan. The reader is convinced that statistic empirical analysis – and increasingly also machine learning and big data – should be an essential part of any serious linguistic enquiry.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110763567
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Quantitative linguistic research reveals fascinating patterns in contemporary and historical linguistic data. The book offers insights from a broad range of languages, including Japanese, Slovene and Catalan. The reader is convinced that statistic empirical analysis – and increasingly also machine learning and big data – should be an essential part of any serious linguistic enquiry.
Reviving Catalan at School
Author: Joaquim Arnau
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1783090278
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
This book presents a comprehensive picture of languages and schools in Catalan-speaking countries, making much of the information available in English for the first time. The chapters examine multiple aspects of the language situation in these countries, including: the recovery of Catalan in schools; the position and status of the majority languages (English and Spanish); language-in-education policies in a multilingual, multicultural context; the possibility of multilingual competence; and the successes and failures of instructional processes.
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1783090278
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
This book presents a comprehensive picture of languages and schools in Catalan-speaking countries, making much of the information available in English for the first time. The chapters examine multiple aspects of the language situation in these countries, including: the recovery of Catalan in schools; the position and status of the majority languages (English and Spanish); language-in-education policies in a multilingual, multicultural context; the possibility of multilingual competence; and the successes and failures of instructional processes.
Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish
Author: Margarita Madrigal
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0385410956
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
Use the English you already know to quickly learn the basics of Spanish with this unique, accessible guide featuring original illustrations by Andy Warhol—from one of America’s most prominent language teachers. Read, write, and speak Spanish in only a few short weeks! Even the most reluctant learner will be astonished at the ease and effectiveness of Margarita Madrigal’s unique method of teaching a foreign language. Completely eliminating rote memorization and painfully boring drills, Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish is guaranteed to help you: • Learn to speak, read, and write Spanish quickly and easily • Convert English into Spanish in an instant • Start forming sentences after the very first lesson • Identify thousands of Spanish words within a few weeks of study • Travel to Spanish-speaking countries with confidence and comfort • Develop perfect pronunciation, thanks to a handy pronunciation key With original black-and-white illustration by Andy Warhol, Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish will provide readers with a solid foundation upon which to build their language skills.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0385410956
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
Use the English you already know to quickly learn the basics of Spanish with this unique, accessible guide featuring original illustrations by Andy Warhol—from one of America’s most prominent language teachers. Read, write, and speak Spanish in only a few short weeks! Even the most reluctant learner will be astonished at the ease and effectiveness of Margarita Madrigal’s unique method of teaching a foreign language. Completely eliminating rote memorization and painfully boring drills, Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish is guaranteed to help you: • Learn to speak, read, and write Spanish quickly and easily • Convert English into Spanish in an instant • Start forming sentences after the very first lesson • Identify thousands of Spanish words within a few weeks of study • Travel to Spanish-speaking countries with confidence and comfort • Develop perfect pronunciation, thanks to a handy pronunciation key With original black-and-white illustration by Andy Warhol, Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish will provide readers with a solid foundation upon which to build their language skills.