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Focus on Vocabulary 1 Bridging Vocabulary

by: Schmitt, Diane; Schmitt, Norbert; Mann, David

ISBN: 9780131376199 | 0131376195

Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson Education ESL
Pub. Date: 1/5/2011

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#xA0; Focus on Vocabulary 1: Bridging Vocabularyis a research-based vocabulary textbook that gives intermediate to high-intermediate#xA0;students hands-on preparation for understanding mid-frequency vocabulary, such as that found in novels, newspapers, films, and social and workplace settings.#xA0;Through excerpts from#xA0;popular material#xA0;and well-crafted exercises, English learners focus on mid-frequency vocabulary - 504 word families in all. To help students reach a fuller understanding of the new vocabulary, each chapter provides a seri... MOREes of exercises on word meanings, word families, and collocation. #xA0; Features#xA0; Seven units focus on a variety of subject areas, such as the mind, design, celebrity, and the environment. The start of each main chapter features an Assessing Your Vocabulary Knowledge section, which helps students determine their level of familiarity with that chapter's twenty-four target words. Students reassess their familiarity with the words at the end of the chapter. Each main chapter carefully recycles the target words a minimum of four times in the reading passage and throughout the sections that follow: Reading Comprehension, Word Meaning, Word Families, Collocation, and Expanding the Topic. At the end of each unit, a Strategy Practice chapter offers tips for dictionary use, essay writing, and other vocabulary-related tasks. #xA0;

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Focus on Vocabulary 1: Bridging Vocabulary is a research-based vocabulary textbook that gives intermediate to high-intermediate�students hands-on preparation for understanding mid-frequency vocabulary, such as that found in novels, newspapers, films, and social and workplace settings.�Through excerpts from�popular material�and well-crafted exercises, English learners focus on mid-frequency vocabulary � 504 word families in all. To help students reach a fuller understanding of the new vocabulary, each chapter provides a series of exercises on word meanings, word families, and collocation.

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Features�

Seven units focus on a variety of subject areas, such as the mind, design, celebrity, and the environment.
The start of each main chapter features an Assessing Your Vocabulary Knowledge section, which helps students determine their level of familiarity with that chapter's twenty-four target words. Students reassess their familiarity with the words at the end of the chapter.
Each main chapter carefully recycles the target words a minimum of four times in the reading passage and throughout the sections that follow: Reading Comprehension, Word Meaning, Word Families, Collocation, and Expanding the Topic.
At the end of each unit, a Strategy Practice chapter offers tips for dictionary use, essay writing, and other vocabulary-related tasks.

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Unit 1 Happiness

Chapter 1: Can We Be Happier?

Reading : Why Are Your Happy?

Chapter 2: Into the Flow

Reading : Getting into the Flow

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