Collins Dictionaries - Collins Primary Dictionaries

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First Edition 2015

Previously published as Collins First Time Spanish Dictionary 2003, 2008, 2012

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eBook Edition © February 2015 ISBN 978-0-00-811574-6

Version: 2015-02-27

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PUBLISHING DIRECTOR

Rob Scriven

MANAGING EDITOR

Gaëlle Amiot-Cadey

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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CONTRIBUTORS

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José María Ruiz Vaca

Malihé Forghani-Nowbari

José Antonio Gálvez Castiella

ILLUSTRATIONS

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ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT

Marcella Grassi

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Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Introduction

Using the dictionary

Parts of speech

Answer key

Spanish – English

Language plus

Animals

Body

Clothes

Colours

Family

Days and dates

Weather

Places

Food

Fruit and vegetables

Drinks

Furniture

Jobs

At school

Rooms

Numbers and time

Spanish verbs

Illustrations

English – Spanish

About the Publisher

The Collins Primary Illustrated Spanish Dictionaryis a new bilingual dictionary aimed at primary school children who are starting to learn Spanish.

Access to a dictionary which is pitched at an appropriate level is a vital part of the language-learning process. The content of this dictionary has been carefully selected to reflect current trends in primary education and help children with acquiring basic language-learning skills.

The key aims of the Collins Primary Illustrated Spanish Dictionaryare:

• to develop both language skills in Spanish and language learning skills in general

• to cover the four key areas of language attainment: listening, speaking, reading and writing

• to reinforce key aspects of the language by the use of notes and feature boxes throughout the entries

• to extend cultural awareness by providing information about Spain, especially where traditions differ from those in Britain

The Collins Primary Illustrated Spanish Dictionarysupports language learning in a number of specific ways:

• it develops children’s knowledge of how language works by encouraging them to understand, analyse and use simple aspects of grammar

• it develops children’s individual learning skills by using a wide range of notes that explain things in a simple but interesting way

• it enables children to make comparisons between Spanish and English by encouraging them to explore the similarities and differences between the two languages and cultures

• it introduces young learners to all the basic elements of a bilingual dictionary and provides detailed instructions on how to get the most out of using the dictionary

The Collins Primary Illustrated Spanish Dictionaryis presented in an easy-to-use format which is intended to appeal to children of primary school age. It provides lots of simple, relevant examples and tips on how to remember words, and how to avoid some of the pitfalls of translation. It also features key phrases, illustrations and information about life in Spain, making it an invaluable and exciting new resource.

Step one:

Pick the right side

Remember there are two halves to the dictionary. If you want to know what a Spanish word means, look in the first half of the dictionary.

If you want to translate an English word into Spanish, look in the second half, which is English-Spanish. It comes after the supplement in the middle of the dictionary.

1Which of these words would you look up on the Spanish-English side of the dictionary?

ver brother horse teléfono

2Look at page 51 of the dictionary. Is this the Spanish side or the English side? How can you tell?

3Look at page 150 of the dictionary. What is shown at the top of the page, down the side?

4Is invitethe first or the last word on page 437?

Remember that you do not read across the whole page in a dictionary – you have to read down the columns.

5Which word comes immediately after aburrido ?

Step two:

Find the right word

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Words are in alphabetical order in the dictionary – like names in the phone book, and in a school register. The alphabet is shown down the edge of each page of the dictionary. You can sort words into alphabetical order by looking at the first letter of each word.

6Can you put these names in alphabetical order?

María, Isabel, Juan, Jorge, David, Arturo, Carmen

When two words start with the same letter, look at their second letters.

7In alphabetical order which comes first – Juanor Jorge?

8This is the order of the days of the week on a calendar:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Which day comes first in a dictionary? Which comes last?

9 Thursdaycomes before Tuesdayin a dictionary. Why?

10Put the seven days of the week into alphabetical order. If the first letters are the same, and the second letters are the same, look at the third letters.