Page 5 - B.J. Thomas - INTERMEDIATE Vocabulary

Introduction

Intermediate Vocabulary is for students who already have a reasonable
command of the basie struetures of English and who now wish to expand their
voeabulary. It ean be used both in the c1assroomand at home. It gives invaluable
assistanee to students preparing for English examinations.

To the student
/ntermediate Vocabu/ary presents new words from a wide variety of topie and
language areas. Varied and enjoyable exereises, sueh as gap filIing and word
building, guide students in using the new words.
Learners studying on their own should avoid simply going through the book 'filIing
in the blanks'. Exereisesshould be done at intervals as a supplement to other
materials, and students should give themselves time to praetise and use what they
have learnt before going on to learn more. It is not enough simply to complete the
exereisesand understand the new words encountered. Learners must aetually use
the words in conversation, eomposition or letters before they ean feel that these
words are truly a part of their aetive voeabulary. Although it is ehiefly aimed at the
intermediate student, advaneed students will find this book useful to test and
praetise their vocabulary, as well as to fili in any gaps in their knowledge.
To the teacher
/ntermediate Vocabu/ary is divided into different seetions, eaeh comprising a wide
variety of exereises in whieh target words are contextualised. Dictionary Practice is
provided in the first section. Topics and Mini Topics eontain words and phrases in
topie areas, such as sport or edueation, and include items useful for students writing
about or discussing a partieular topie. The fourth and fifth seetions, Related Word
Groups and Word Building, introduce new words and practise skilIs such as dedueing
meaning, word building and word transformation. The sixth seetion, Specialised
Vocabulary, is intended for more advaneed students, as an introduction to areas of
language outside those they will have encountered 50 far in their studies. These
include formai words, slang, popular language, words used in newspaper headlines,
abbreviations, c1assifiedadvertisements, shortened words and American words.
There is also a seetion on the British ts/es. The section, Problem Pairs is intended as a
referenee seetion to be turned to as and when problems arise with a partieular pair
of words. Word Games provides praetiee in spelling and voeabulary through a variety
of interesting games and puzzles.
Information 'boxes' are found throughout the book, providing interesting faets
about words and their meanings.
/ntermediate Vocabulary ean be used in a variety of ways. Exercisesean be done as
pair or group aetivities in class, leading to a diseussion, writing aetivity or other
creative task. Alternatively, exereises ean be done as homework, with the aid of the
key and a dictionary, in preparation for a elass diseussion or work on a speeifie area
of language. The book can also be used for revision and consolidation work.