Schmitt, Diane.  1963- <br/><br/>
Focus on Vocabulary 1 :  Bridging Vocabulary /  
Diane Schmitt, Norbert Schmitt, and David Mann. 
 - 1st ed.  
 - White Plains, NY :  Pearson Education,  2011. 
 - 255 p. :  ill. ;   28 cm.  
 - Focus on Vocabulary. .
<br/><br/> Includes index.  
<br/><br/>"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 word families in all. To help students reach a fuller understanding of the new vocabulary, each chapter provides a series of exercises on word meaning, word families, and collocation.  Features:  Seven units focus on a variety of subject areas, such as the mind, design, celebrity, and the environment.  Seven units focus on a variety of subject areas, such as the mind, design, celebrity, and the environment.  Each main chapter carefully recycles target words a minimum of four times in the reading passage throughout the sections that follow: Reading Comprehension, Word Meaning, Word Families, Collocation, and Expanding the Topic. <br/>At the end of each unit, a Strategy Practice chapter offers tips for dictionary use, essay writing, and other vocabulary-related tasks" (Book Cover) CONTENTS: UNIT 1 HAPPINESS Chapter 1: Can We Be Happier ?  Reading: Why Are You Happy? Chapter 2: Into the Flow  Reading: Getting into the Flow Chapter 3: Happiness in Bhutan  Reading: Gross National Happiness Chapter 4: Strategy Practice UNIT 2 MIND Chapter 5: What Are You Thinking?  Reading: When Did Humans Begins to Think? Chapter 6: What Color is Your Laugh?  Reading: Synesthesia Chapter 7: Did You Have Your Trouble Getting Up This Morning?  Reading: The Teenage Brain Chapter 8: Strategy Practice UNIT 3 DESIGN Chapter 9: Science Fiction into Reality  Reading: Star Trek Technology Chapter 10: How Choice Architects Can Help You!  Reading: A Nudge in the Right Direction Chapter 11: Positive Design  Reading: Easier on the Eye - Easier to Use? Chapter 12: Strategy Practice UNIT 4 FACE IT Chapter 13: What's behind an Attractive Face ?  Reading: Facial Attraction Chapter 14: Makeup: Painted Faces  Reading: Face Paint Chapter 15: Facial Recognition: Do You Know Who I Am?  Reading: I Know That Face Chapter 16: Strategy Practice  UNIT 5 TECHNOLOGY Chapter 17: Techno-Doping  Reading: Sports Technology: Is It Unfair? Chapter 18: Connected or Disconnected?  Reading: Will They Call Us ''Generation Isolation'' ? Chapter 19: Evolution v 2.0: Shared Humanity  Reading: Rise of the Machines Chapter 20: Strategy Practice  UNIT 6 CELEBRITY AND HEROES Chapter 21: What Makes a Hero?  Reading: Who's a Hero? Chapter 22: The Appeal of Comic Book Heroes  Reading: Japanese and American Comic Book Heroes Chapter 23: What's Your Favourite Brand of Celebrity?  Reading: Balloon Boy Brand Failure Chapter 24: Strategy Practice UNIT 7 ENVIRONMENT Chapter 25: Eco Fashion  Reading: Fashion Victim or Environmental Victory? Chapter 26: Hunting the Hunters  Reading: Pray for the Predators Chapter 27: High-Tech Trash  Reading: Waste-Age Chapter 28: Strategy Practice Index of Target Words 
<br/><br/> "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 meaning, word families, and collocation. <br/>Features: <br/>Seven units focus on a variety of subject areas, such as the mind, design, celebrity, and the environment. <br/>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. <br/>Each main chapter carefully recycles target words a minimum of four times in the reading passage throughout the sections that follow: Reading Comprehension, Word Meaning, Word Families, Collocation, and Expanding the Topic. <br/>At the end of each unit, a Strategy Practice chapter offers tips for dictionary use, essay writing, and other vocabulary-related tasks" (Book Cover)  CONTENTS:<br/><br/>Unit 1: HAPPINESS<br/>          Chapter 1: Can We Be Happier?<br/>Reading: Why Are You Happy?<br/>          Chapter 2: Into the Flow<br/>Reading: Getting into the Flow<br/>          Chapter 3: Happiness in Bhutan<br/>Reading: Gross National Happiness<br/>          Chapter 4: Strategy Practice<br/><br/>Unit 2: MIND<br/>          Chapter 5: What Are You Thinking?<br/>Reading: When Did Humans Begin to Think?<br/>          Chapter 6: What Color Is Your Laugh?<br/>Reading: Synesthesia<br/>          Chapter 7: Did You Have Trouble Getting Up This Morning?<br/>Reading: The Teenage Brain<br/>          Chapter 8 : Strategy Practice<br/><br/>Unit 3: DESIGN<br/>          Chapter 9: Science Fiction into Reality<br/>Reading: Star Trek Technology<br/>          Chapter 10: How Choice Architects Can Help You!<br/>Reading: A Nudge in the Right Direction<br/>          Chapter 11: Positive Design<br/>Reading: Easier on the Eye - Easier to Use?<br/>          Chapter 12: Strategy Practice<br/><br/>Unit 4: FACE IT<br/>          Chapter 13: What's behind an Attractive Face?<br/>Reading: Facial Attraction<br/>          Chapter 14: Makeup: Painted Faces<br/>Reading: Face Paint<br/>          Chapter 15: Facial Recognition: Do You Know Who I Am?<br/>Reading: I Know That Face<br/>          Chapter 16: Strategy Practice<br/><br/>Unit 5: TECHNOLOGY<br/>          Chapter 17: Techno-Doping<br/>Reading: Sports Technology: Is It Unfair?<br/>          Chapter 18: Connected or Disconnected?<br/>Reading: Will They Call Us "Generation Isolation"?<br/>          Chapter 19: Evolution v 2.0: Shared Humanity<br/>Reading: Rise of the Machines<br/>          Chapter 20: Strategy Practice<br/><br/>Unit 6: CELEBRITY AND HEROES<br/>          Chapter 21: What Makes a Hero?<br/>Reading: Who's a Hero?<br/>          Chapter 22: The Appeal of Comic Book Heroes<br/>Reading: Japanese and American Comic Book Heroes<br/>          Chapter 23: What's Your Favorite Brand of Celebrity?<br/>Reading: Balloon Boy Brand Failure<br/>          Chapter 24 : Strategy Practice<br/><br/>Unit 7: ENVIRONMENT<br/>          Chapter 25: Eco Fashion<br/>Reading: Fashion Victim or Environmental Victory?<br/>          Chapter 26: Hunting the Hunters<br/>Reading: Pray for the Predators<br/>          Chapter 27: High-Tech Trash,<br/>Reading: Waste-Age<br/>          Chapter 28: Strategy Practice<br/><br/>Index of Target Words 
<br/><br/> Intended for English language learners at the intermediate to high-intermediate levels. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780131376199 (Student Book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language --Textbooks for foreign speakers. <br/>English language --Foreign speakers.--Studying and teaching<br/>English language --Vocabulary. --Studying and teaching<br/>English language --Problems and exercises. --Vocabulary
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Vocabulary.