College English Test Band 6 Word Swing Memorization and Self-Assessment

Author: Yang Yanjun
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Publish Date: 2003-03-01
Features: To learn English well and achieve communicative goals, one must master a substantial amount of vocabulary. The primary way to acquire and expand vocabulary is through extensive reading, which is a widely recognized consensus. For non-English majors, achieving true comes with certain difficulties. First, English is not their major course, making it hard to ensure sufficient reading time. Second, due to the large-scale expansion of college admissions in recent years, library resources have not kept pace, failing to meet students' needs. Additionally, general reading books are primarily designed to broaden readers' knowledge, with little focus on vocabulary control, often including some difficult or obscure words that may mislead students. It should not be overlooked that while extensive reading is the main way to master and expand vocabulary, it is not the only way. Students who pass the College English Test Band 4 (CET-4) and wish to smoothly pass the Band 6 exam within six months or a year must first master the vocabulary specified in the "College English Teaching Syllabus" in a short period. This demonstrates that while engaging in extensive reading, it is also necessary to memorize the vocabulary prescribed by the "Syllabus" simultaneously.
The book "College English Band 6 Vocabulary – Speedy Memorization and Self-Assessment" is based on the vocabulary specified in the "College English Teaching Syllabus" for Band 6. It adopts alphabetical ordering and explains the Band 6 vocabulary from multiple perspectives, including the word itself, phonetic symbols, part of speech, definitions, collocations and example sentences, derivatives, comparative memorization, and typical test questions. The entire book revolves around "vocabulary speedy memorization," combining instruction and practice in a step-by-step manner to achieve twice the result with half the effort. At the end of the book, there is an appendix listing common phrases prescribed by the "Syllabus" for easy reference and comparison.