Page 14 - English Vocabulary In Use upper intermediet and advance

Exercises

Here is a list of words a Spanish learner of English has made in her vocabulary notebook.
How could she improve them and organise them better?

Here is a word-map, a variation on the bubble-netwo~ -k. What word do you think should go
in the middle of the diagram?

One learner we interviewed said he tested himself regularly with his notebook, covering up
the word and trying to guess it from the translation he had written or from any other notes
he had made. This was his system:
1 If the notes and/or translation were clear but he could not get the word, he made a small
red mark in the margin. If any word got three red marks, then it needed extra attention
and a special effort to learn it.
2 If the notes and/or translation could not help him guess what the word might be, then the
word got a blue mark. A blue mark meant 'Write more information about this word!'
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What is your testing system? Try to make one if you have not got one, or ask other people
what they do. Try your system out and decide whether it needs improving.

Making tables for word-classes is a good idea, since you can fill in the gaps over time. What
do you think this learner will put in the remaining gaps in the table?
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adjectiue person I
production produce ........................... producer
industry ........................... industrial ...........................
export ........................... ........................... ...........................

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