Italian Frequency Dictionary - Advanced Vocabulary

This is the 3rd book in the Italian Frequency Dictionary series.

 

With this book, you will increase your vocabulary from roughly CEFR B2+ up to CEFR C1+.

 

This book is for advanced students of Italian, and meant for those who want to improve their Italian even further.

 

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.

 

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.

 

This book contains:

 

• The most common 5.001-7.500 Italian words, with English translations.
 

• Italian vocabulary ranked by general frequency and alphabet.
 

• Frequency as part of speech (most used adjectives, nouns, verbs, etc.)
 

• 2.500 Italian to English example sentences.
 

• Phonetic spelling of Italian  

Why Study By Frequency?

 

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:

 

 

• 250 words: the essential core of a language. Without these words, you cannot construct sentences.
 

• 750 words: those that are used every single day by every person who speaks the language.
 

• 2500 words: those that should enable you to express everything you could possibly want to say, although some creativity might be required.
 

• 5000 words: the active vocabulary of native speakers without higher education. You will understand 95% of all spoken language.
 

• 10,000 words: the active vocabulary of native speakers with higher education.
 

• 20,000 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.  

 

What is Inside This Book?

 

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.  

A large base text collection is absolutely vital in order to establish a reliable general frequency list.  

Subtitles have the advantage of corresponding both to w...