Download or read book A Comparative Vocabulary Study Guide: Spanish to English written by Robert D. O'Brian and published by NewBookPublishing.com. This book was released on 2014-03-09 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Comparative Vocabulary Study Guide, Spanish to English, highlights over 7,500 selected Spanish words that have either the same spelling and meaning as their English counterparts or contain easily recognizable English meanings. This guide jump-starts the student into a knowledge of Spanish or English, by concentrating on easily recognizable words common to these languages. It teaches a basic vocabulary by word association. This guide is designed after the "vocabulary first" method of language instruction as advocated by the author. The student then is taught how to structure a particular vocabulary into meaningful sentences and concepts.