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The
Value of Longman Bilingual Dictionaries
Tania Saiz-Sousa, Marketing Manager
Longman
Bilingual Dictionaries are created specifically for students
who are learning English. These dictionaries are equally useful for
students looking to find the meaning of an English word, and for
students looking for the
Spanish equivalents for English words.
The
latest offering in the suite of bilingual dictionaries is the
brand-new, full-color Longman
Diccionario Conciso, an intermediate- to advanced-level
dictionary for Latin American students learning English in the US.
The problem with most bilingual dictionaries is that although they help
students learn English, they also work to help English students learn
another language. In contrast, Longman Bilingual
Dictionaries are created specifically for English language learners.
This means that
on the English-Spanish side of the dictionary, all the information in
brackets in the entries and the notes are written in Spanish and
explain grammar and usage to Spanish speakers who want to express
themselves in English.
This makes the Longman
Diccionario Conciso the best ELT bilingual dictionary for
Latin American students learning English. Like our other Longman
offerings, the Conciso
is based on corpus analysis of both English and Latin American Spanish,
contains thousands of natural English and natural Spanish examples and
phrases that show Latin American learners how to translate words and
expressions accurately and idiomatically.
Features
of the Diccionario:
- More than 250,000 words,
meanings, phrases and examples
- 80,000 examples show
authentic
English and Spanish sentences and natural, idiomatic translations to
help students understand the meanings of words and how they are used.
- Covers all major varieties of
Latin American Spanish
- Usage notes help
students avoid
the mistakes most commonly made by Latin American learners
- Synonyms, antonyms and
thesaurus notes help students build their vocabulary
- In entries that have many
different meanings, Menus
and Signposts
written in Spanish on both
sides of the page help students to identify and quickly find the
meaning that they are looking for, e.g. fair (adjective), fall (verb
and noun), dejar,
deshacer, etc.
- A Grammar Guide and Writing
Guide help students with grammar, word choice, and
writing.
Also
available:
The
Longman
Pronunciation Trainer CD-ROM, featuring:
- Pronunciation
help in those areas which
are particularly problematic for speakers of Spanish, students can
listen to all pronunciations in American English, then record and check
their own pronunciation
- Bilingual Guía de
conversación, giving practical
phrases for
specific real-life situations.
- Interactive
exercises for help with
grammar and vocabulary building.
- Instant
translations of words on the
internet, in emails or word documents with the handy pop-up dictionary
mode.
To find out more about the Longman
Diccionario Conciso and our other bilingual dictionaries,
please visit: www.pearsonlongmanusa.com/dictionaries
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