My First Spanish/ English Visual Dictionary

by Corbeil, Jean-Claude

• ISBN13: 9781554071944
• ISBN10: 1554071941
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-14
• Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd

Summary

Learning a new language through realistic color illustrations. This is a beginning bilingual dictionary with 1,300 color illustrations with 1,600 terms in each language. Learning a new language, like learning to read, is easier when the reader can put an image to the term or word. These two new visual dictionaries are perfect for introducing Spanish or English to young children.Lifelike color illustrations describe and identify items, and each is shown with the word in both English and the second language. Beside the Spanish word, the gender appears as well.There are 1,600 beginning terms in each language, organized in 36 themes that children experience in daily life -- at home, at play, and at daycare or school.The themes include:- The body- The weather- The body in motion- Jobs- Clothing- School- The meal- Colors and shapes- Familiar animals- Numbers and letters- Dinosaurs- Sports- PlantsOutstanding for its realistic illustrations and clear labels, My First Spanish/English Visual Dictionary is stimulating and fun to use. It is a perfect introduction for young children learning Spanish or English as a second language.

Author Biography

Jean-Claude Corbeil is a consultant and expert in linguistic planning with a worldwide reputation in the fields of comparative terminology and sociolinguistics. Ariane Archambault is a specialist in applied linguistics who taught foreign languages before becoming a terminologist and editor of dictionaries.

Jean-Claude Corbeil is a consultant and expert in linguistic planning with a worldwide reputation in the fields of comparative terminology and sociolinguistics.

Ariane Archambault is a specialist in applied linguistics who taught foreign languages before becoming a terminologist and editor of dictionaries.

Table of Contents

The body

The body in motion

Clothing

At home

The bedroom

The bathroom

The living room

The playroom

The kitchen

The meal

Vegetables

Fruits

The supermarket

Familiar animals

The farm

The forest

The desert and the sav anna

The sea

Dinosaurs

Plants

Space

Earth's landscapes

The weather

Transportation on water

Transportation in the air

Transportation on land

The city

Trades

School

Colors and shapes

Numbers and letters

Music

Sports

Camping

Parties and holidays

Costumes and characters

English

Index

Indice espa?ol

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