Thematic Vocabulary Builder 3

Description

Thematic Vocabulary Builder reinforces and expands vocabulary on different themes related to everyday life. It allows gradual vocabulary building through increasing complexity of themes.

Key Features

• Use of important daily vocabulary in context
• Clear definitions, example sentences and language notes extend learning
• Reading passages demonstrate how headwords are used
• 3-level scaffolded exercises test vocabulary and comprehension

Authors Biography

Stephen Curtis, MA (Oxon.), BPhil (York), is a former university teacher of English language and literature. He is now a freelance writer, editor, lexicographer, and playwright.

Martin Manser, (BA) York, MPhil, has been a professional reference book editor since 1980. He has compiled or edited more than 150 reference books, particularly English language dictionaries and thesauruses. He is also a Language Trainer and Consultant with British companies and organizations.

Betty Kirkpatrick has a long and distinguished career as editor, publisher and writer of English reference books. She was the editor of Chambers Twentieth Dictionary (1983), the editor of Roget`s Thesaurus (1987 and 1988) and compiler of the Oxford Paperback Thesaurus (1994). Her Dictionary of Cliches (1996), published by Bloomsbury, is also available in a US edition and a Japanese edition. A language consultant to the Encarta Dictionary (1999), published by Bloomsbury, and to Collins School Dictionaries (2000), she used to write a weekly language column for the Herald newspaper, based in Glasgow.