Longman Academic English High-Frequency Vocabulary

Author: (USA) Schmit (Schmit, D.) and (USA) Schmit (Schmitt, N.), translated by Lu Xiaoping and Dong Yan
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: Focus on Vocabulary is a foundational research-based vocabulary book designed for intermediate to advanced English learners. The goal is to help students achieve success in academic fields. Through extensive reading passages and carefully crafted exercises, learners acquire commonly used English vocabulary in academic environments. To help learners achieve a comprehensive understanding of new words, each chapter provides a series of collocation and word family exercises. The collocation exercises in the book aim to cultivate students' ability to master natural pairings of target words with other vocabulary. Features of the book:
· 7 units focusing on topics across different fields, covering social change, the consumer industry, natural resources, and music;
· Reading passages and vocabulary exercises repeat target vocabulary at least 4 times;
· Collocation exercises are developed using the 190 million-word Longman Corpus, accurately reflecting academic vocabulary in real contexts;
· Strategy Practice provides dictionary usage tips, root and suffix information, and methods to expand vocabulary knowledge;
· Expansion sections offer additional reading, discussion, and writing activities to help learners fully grasp the meaning of vocabulary;
· Answer keys and tests are included at the back of the book.