Italian Frequency Dictionary - Advanced Vocabulary

<p>This is the 3rd book in the Italian Frequency Dictionary series.<p> <br />With this book you will increase your vocabulary from roughly CEFR B2+ up to CEFR C1+.<p> <br />This book is for advanced students of Italian and meant for those who want to improve their Italian even further.<p>  <br />By knowing the most used 7.500 words you will have a vocabulary comparable to an adult native speaker with higher education. You will be able to express yourself comfortably and are able to understand 93% of all Italian text and 97% of all spoken Italian.<p> <br />It is not necessary to have read the 1st or 2nd book in the series for you to enjoy this frequency dictionary. It can be used as a stand-alone tool or in conjunction with any other language method.<p> <br />This book contains:<p> <br />• The most common 5.001-7.500 Italian words with English translations.<br> <br />• Italian vocabulary ranked by general frequency and alphabet.<br> <br />• Frequency as part of speech (most used adjectives nouns verbs etc.)<br> <br />• 2.500 Italian to English example sentences.<br> <br />• Phonetic spelling of Italian  <br /><p><b>Why Study By Frequency?</b><p> <br />While it’s important to note it’s impossible to pin down these numbers and statistics with 100% accuracy these are a global average of multiple sources. According to research this is the amount of vocabulary needed for varying levels of fluency:<p> <br /> <br />• 250 words: the essential core of a language. Without these words you cannot construct sentences.<br> <br />• 750 words: those that are used every single day by every person who speaks the language.<br> <br />• 2500 words: those that should enable you to express everything you could possibly want to say although some creativity might be required.<br> <br />• 5000 words: the active vocabulary of native speakers without higher education. You will understand 95% of all spoken language.<br> <br />• 10000 words: the active vocabulary of native speakers with higher education.<br> <br />• 20000 words: the amount you need to recognize passively in order to read understand and enjoy a work of literature such as a novel by a notable author.  <br /><p> <br /><b>What is Inside This Book?</b><p> <br />A frequency list of the most frequently used Italian words based on analysis of 20 gigabytes of Italian subtitles the equivalent of 80.000 books of 200 pages each; more than two large libraries worth of text.  <br />A large base text collection is absolutely vital in order to establish a reliable general frequency list.  <br /><p>Subtitles have the advantage of corresponding both to written and spoken language. This makes subtitles the best method for creating a useful and practical word frequency list.  <br /><p>This Italian to English frequency dictionary can roughly be divided in three parts.<p> <br />• 2.500 Italian words in ranked by general frequency<br> <br /> <br />• Frequency ranking by part of speech (E.G The most used adjectives nouns verbs etc)<br> <br /> <br />• 2.500 Italian words in alphabetical order <br /> <br /><p>Italian pronunciation can be tricky. To help pronounce Italian words correctly we added phonetic transcriptions of Italian words. Words are spelled phonetically with the International Phonetic Alphabet. </p>