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020 _a9780131376199 (Student Book)
040 _cJCRC
100 _aSchmitt, Diane.
_d1963-
245 _aFocus on Vocabulary 1 :
_bBridging Vocabulary /
_cDiane Schmitt, Norbert Schmitt, and David Mann.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aWhite Plains, NY :
_bPearson Education,
_c2011.
300 _a255 p. :
_bill. ;
_c28 cm.
440 _aFocus on Vocabulary.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 _a"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.
505 _aFeatures:
505 _aSeven units focus on a variety of subject areas, such as the mind, design, celebrity, and the environment.
505 _aSeven units focus on a variety of subject areas, such as the mind, design, celebrity, and the environment.
505 _aEach 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. At the end of each unit, a Strategy Practice chapter offers tips for dictionary use, essay writing, and other vocabulary-related tasks" (Book Cover)
505 _aCONTENTS:
505 _aUNIT 1 HAPPINESS
505 _aChapter 1: Can We Be Happier ?
_tReading: Why Are You Happy?
505 _aChapter 2: Into the Flow
_tReading: Getting into the Flow
505 _aChapter 3: Happiness in Bhutan
_tReading: Gross National Happiness
505 _aChapter 4: Strategy Practice
505 _aUNIT 2 MIND
505 _aChapter 5: What Are You Thinking?
_tReading: When Did Humans Begins to Think?
505 _aChapter 6: What Color is Your Laugh?
_tReading: Synesthesia
505 _aChapter 7: Did You Have Your Trouble Getting Up This Morning?
_tReading: The Teenage Brain
505 _aChapter 8: Strategy Practice
505 _aUNIT 3 DESIGN
505 _aChapter 9: Science Fiction into Reality
_tReading: Star Trek Technology
505 _aChapter 10: How Choice Architects Can Help You!
_tReading: A Nudge in the Right Direction
505 _aChapter 11: Positive Design
_tReading: Easier on the Eye - Easier to Use?
505 _aChapter 12: Strategy Practice
505 _aUNIT 4 FACE IT
505 _aChapter 13: What's behind an Attractive Face ?
_tReading: Facial Attraction
505 _aChapter 14: Makeup: Painted Faces
_tReading: Face Paint
505 _aChapter 15: Facial Recognition: Do You Know Who I Am?
_tReading: I Know That Face
505 _aChapter 16: Strategy Practice
505 _aUNIT 5 TECHNOLOGY
505 _aChapter 17: Techno-Doping
_tReading: Sports Technology: Is It Unfair?
505 _aChapter 18: Connected or Disconnected?
_tReading: Will They Call Us ''Generation Isolation'' ?
505 _aChapter 19: Evolution v 2.0: Shared Humanity
_tReading: Rise of the Machines
505 _aChapter 20: Strategy Practice
505 _aUNIT 6 CELEBRITY AND HEROES
505 _aChapter 21: What Makes a Hero?
_tReading: Who's a Hero?
505 _aChapter 22: The Appeal of Comic Book Heroes
_tReading: Japanese and American Comic Book Heroes
505 _aChapter 23: What's Your Favourite Brand of Celebrity?
_tReading: Balloon Boy Brand Failure
505 _aChapter 24: Strategy Practice
505 _aUNIT 7 ENVIRONMENT
505 _aChapter 25: Eco Fashion
_tReading: Fashion Victim or Environmental Victory?
505 _aChapter 26: Hunting the Hunters
_tReading: Pray for the Predators
505 _aChapter 27: High-Tech Trash
_tReading: Waste-Age
505 _aChapter 28: Strategy Practice
505 _aIndex of Target Words
520 3 _a"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. 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 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. At the end of each unit, a Strategy Practice chapter offers tips for dictionary use, essay writing, and other vocabulary-related tasks" (Book Cover)
520 2 _aCONTENTS: 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 Begin to Think? Chapter 6: What Color Is Your Laugh? Reading: Synesthesia Chapter 7: Did You Have 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 Favorite 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
521 _aIntended for English language learners at the intermediate to high-intermediate levels.
650 _aEnglish language
_vTextbooks for foreign speakers.
650 _aEnglish language
_vStudying and teaching
_xForeign speakers.
650 _aEnglish language
_vStudying and teaching
_xVocabulary.
650 _aEnglish language
_vVocabulary
_xProblems and exercises.
653 _aVocabulary.
700 _aSchmitt, Norbert
_d1956-
700 _aMann, David
856 _uhttps://www.pearson.com/english/catalogue/english-skills/focus-on-vocabulary.html
_yPublisher's Website.
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