Oxford Word Skills Basic PDF Book + CD ROM Audio files
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| Oxford Word Skills Basic PDF Book + CD ROM Audio files |
What vocabulary is included?
At this Basic level, the vocabulary includes:
a wide range of common topics, e.g. clothes, free time, at the airport words and phrases needed in social interaction, e.g. inviting people, using the phone areas of lexical grammar. e.g. prepositions of place, phrasal verbs.
There is a particular emphasis on high-frequency vocabulary in everyday spoken English. This is continued at Intermediate level with the addition of more vocabulary from different styles of written English.
At Advanced level. learners encounter more figurative meanings of vocabulary items as well as more idiomatic language. The series includes almost all of the words in the Oxford 3000TM which lists the 3,000 words teachers and students should prioritize in their teaching and learning.
The list is based on frequency and usefulness to learners, and was developed by Oxford University Press using corpus evidence and information supplied by a panel of over 70 experts in the fields of teaching and language study. In addition, we have included a wide range of high frequency phrases, e.g. at the moment, never mind, as well as items which are extremely useful in a particular context. c.g. main course in a restaurant, or hand luggage at an airport.
We have taken great care to ensure that learners will be able to understand the meaning of all the new words and phrases by supplying a clear illustration, a simple glossary definition, or an example of each word or phrase. Learners should be aware that many English words have more than one meaning. They should refer to an appropriate learner's dictionary for information on other meanings.