Jean Yates - English Vocabulary for Beginning ESL Learners

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It is not easy to know how to start learning new words in a language that is not your native one. Most second-language learners depend on a favorite dictionary to get a quick translation of an unknown word; however, dictionaries are full of words that you may never need to use, or even to understand.

How do you know which words to learn first? One of the purposes of this book is to acquaint you with the English words that are most frequently used in the United States todaythe words that people use every day with their family, friends, coworkers, and other people in the community in general. Presented here is a basic vocabulary of more than fifteen hundred words that have been carefully chosen because of their frequent appearance and usefulness in daily life. Once you have learned these words and mastered the structures in which they are used, you will be well equipped to add new words to this list, and youll gradually continue to increase your working vocabulary. The words of a language can be divided into two groups: content words and function words. Content words in English are either nounswords that name people, places, things, or abstracts; adjectiveswords that describe nouns; verbswords that describe the actions of nouns; or adverbswords that describe how an action is performed. Function words are those that form a structure that enables us to put the content words together to make sense.

English function words include, for example, words such as a, the, of, for, and andwords that would be difficult to draw a picture of or to define in a word or two. Both types of words are extremely important for communication in any language. The second purpose of this book is to provide practice in using content words within the framework of the function words that go with them. By practicing these two types of words together you will be not only learning new vocabulary but also using it correctly, enabling you to form meaningful sentences with a variety of individual words. There are six sections in the book: Part I: Nouns, Part II: Adjectives, Part III: Verbs, Part IV: Adverbs, Part V: Technology, and Part VI: Numbers.

The best way to learn new vocabulary is to use it, both in speech and in writing. The best way to learn new vocabulary is to use it, both in speech and in writing.

The exercises in this book are designed to give you that practice by encouraging you to write down exactly what you would say in the context provided. The repetition of words and structures in various types of exercises will help you remember the words and make them yours to use in real situations. Following are suggestions to help you get the most out of this book: 1. Get a good dictionary, either bilingual or English only, to use as suggested below. 2. 3. 3.

You will already know some of the words. Write a check by each one if you are certain of its meaning. 4. Look up in your dictionary the words that you do not know or are not sure of, and write a word in your language or a definition in English next to it on your paper. 5. 6. 6.

In the exercises that ask you to write personal sentences, try to use words that are new to you. Of course, if the new words do not fit, use words that you already know. 7. Compare your answers with those in the Answer Key at the back of the book. For the exercises that require personal answers, you may wish to ask a native speaker friend to read your answers to see if they are correct. 8.