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Introduction Aims of the course
This book has been designed with several aims in mind: to clarify what you need to know in order to use words correctly; to introduce over 450 key word families and to provide you with extensive practice in their use; to clarify the type of information that dictionaries can give you on how to use words appropriately and effectively; and to provide you with practice in the use of dictionaries.
Although this book is intended for self-study outside formal classes, you should discuss with your teacher any problems you face in using the book. You will find this useful if you do not understand some of the terminology, or if your answers do not match the ones in the answer key.
Structure of the course
■ Part 1: These five units, 1–5, provide you with an introduction to vocabulary development, based on words from the General Service List (see below). Each unit focuses on one aspect of the effective learning of vocabulary. For example, Unit 2 looks at word classes, i.e., the different grammatical classes that words belong to: nouns, verbs, etc. Unit 5 looks at word grammar, i.e., how individual words are used in sentences and how they connect with other words, or with other parts of the sentence.
■ Part 2: These five units, 6–10, provide practice in using key academic words, building on the practice in Units 1–5. Each unit practises the five aspects of vocabulary learning that were covered in Part 1, starting with multi-meaning words and ending with word grammar.
■ Study tips: These have been included for ease of reference when you are revising what you have studied. They either summarize the outcome of a series of activities or are a summary of other information contained in the unit.
Additional materials
Glossary: Words or phrases in bold (or bold and underlined in task instructions) in the text are explained in the glossary on pages 165–166.
Answer key: Answers for all the exercises are provided. Academic Word List: All the academic words dealt with in Units 6–10 are provided in a word list.
Achievement test: This tests how much progress you have made in your understanding of words and your knowledge of how words work. You can either do this test when you have done all the exercises in the book, or you can do the test twice: once before you start doing the exercises in this book, and the second time after you have done all the exercises.
The vocabulary in the book
■ General Service List (GSL): This contains over 2,000 word families that are frequently used in a wide variety of contexts. These are words you will use in both general and academic texts. You may already be familiar with many of these words, but there are many you will be less familiar with or not know at all. In addition, you may not have all the information you need in order to use even the familiar words correctly and with confidence. In Units 1–5, you will practise words from about 150 of the most important GSL word families.
■ Academic Word List (AWL): This word list contains word families based on words that occur frequently in different academic subjects. They are words that you will need when speaking and writing during your course of academic study. These are not technical words, but ones that you will meet in texts, regardless of the subjects you study.
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