4000 Essential English Words Book 4 By Paul Nation
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- Book Name: 4000 Essential English Words, Book 4
- Book Author: ( i ) Paul Nation
- Book Publishers: Compass Publishing
- Publish Date: (June 1, 2009)
- Format: Hand BooK
- Category: English-Grammar Book
- Edition: 4
- Pages: 200
- Book Code: 318
- ISBN-10: 1599662787
- ISBN-13: 978-1599662787
- Book Quality: Paperback
Additional information
| Weight | 0.500 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 12 × 8 × 4 in |
| Book Binding | Paperback |
| Book Quality | Printing |
| Language | English |
| Book Publishers | Compass Publishing |
| Edition | 4 |
| Pages | 200 |
| Book Code | 318 |
| ISBN-10 | 1599662787 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1599662787 |
About Book
4000 Essential English Words is a six-book series that is designed to focus on practical high-frequency words to enhance the vocabulary of learners from high beginning to advance levels. The series presents a variety of words that cover a large percentage of the words that can be found in many spoken or written texts. Thus, after mastering these target words, learners will be able to fully understand vocabulary items when they encounter them in written and spoken form.
Each unit presents 20 words which are defined and used in sample sentences. The activities in the books are designed to present the words in different uses so that learners can fully see how they can be utilized. Also at the end of each unit there is a story whch contains the unit’s target words to give learners further examples of the words in use. Each level properly prepares the learner for the next which progressively challenges the learner with more sophisticated vocabulary and stories.
About Paul Nation
Paul Nation is Emeritus Professor in Applied Linguistics at the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He has taught in Indonesia, Thailand, the United States, Finland, and Japan. Key concepts of his works are word frequency lists as guidelines to vocabulary acquisition, the learning burden of a word, the need to teach learning strategies to increase students’ autonomy in vocabulary expansion, support to extensive reading of accessible texts, the usefulness of L2→L1 tools for their clarity. Together with some other authors, his position emphasizes having a balance of learning opportunities with study time devoted equally to each of: input from reading and listening, output through writing and speaking, study of grammar and vocabulary, and practice for fluency.
Key features
(1) Clear, easy to understand definitions and examples
(2) Various activities to reinforce target vocabulary
(3) Progressive development of vocabulary across levels
(4) Original stories which utilize target words
(5) Useful color images that illustrate each target word
(6) Free downloadable supplemental audio recordings of target word lists and stories to aid in listening and pronunciation
(7) Additional vocabulary practice with free application through the QR code
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