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Campbell, Colin 1950-

English for Academic Study : Vocabulary / Vocabulary study book Colin Campbell. - American ed. - Reading, UK : Garnet Education Limited, 2009. - 189 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - English for Academic Study .

Includes glossary and appendices.


Unit 1: Multi-Meaning Words -- Choosing meaning from context -- Different word class, different meaning -- Review

Unit 2: Word Classes - Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs -- Identifying word classes in context -- Words belonging to one class only -- Words belonging to two or more classes -- Review

Unit 3: Word families and Word Parts -- Words that do not change form -- Understanding word families through suffixes -- Understanding meaning through prefixes -- Negative prefixes -- Family members that look different from each other -- Complete word families -- Cohesion: Using nouns and verbs to connect ideas -- Word parts -- Review

Unit 4: Collocations -- Learning from texts -- Using a dictionary to learn collocations -- Verb + noun combinations -- Verb + noun + preposition combinations -- Adjective + noun combinations -- Adverb + verb, adverb + adjective combinations -- Review

Unit 5: Word Grammar -- Combining nouns -- Noun followed by noun complement clause -- Other noun patterns -- Noun + noun combinations -- Adjective + noun combinations -- Adverb + verb, adverb + adjective combinations -- Review

Units 6-10: Academic Word Lists - Sublists 1-5 -- Meaning of words -- Multi-meaning words -- Word classes -- Word families -- Collocations -- Word grammar -- Review

A. Achievement Test -- Meaning of words -- Multi-meaning words -- Word classes -- Word families -- Collocations -- Word grammar



"English for academic study: Vocabulary provides students with systematic practice in using key academic words from 300 word families and illustrates how to use the information in a dictionary to make more effective and appropriate use of their vocabulary. Intended for self-study outside formal classes, the book includes a complete answer key as well as an achievement test that can be used to test students' knowledge and progress." (Book Cover)

9781859645512 (pbk) 1859645518 (pbk)


English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
English language--Vocabulary.
Vocabulary.
B2-C2 (CEFR).
Upper intermediate to proficiency.

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