PREFACE

In learning a foreign language there are certain challenges like learning its grammatical structure

adopting a correct pronunciation pattern and most importantly acquiring as many useful words to

be able to communicate with as possible. Just as the construction workers lay the foundation of a

building as the initial step someone hoping to learn a language needs to obtain the fundamentals

of that language first its grammar. However learning process of grammar does not last very

long taking up just a few months at the longest. Whats more grammar should never remain on

the surface of the learning medium pushing the language learner to become grammar-oriented

and grammar-conscious at the very beginning of the language learning process. Instead grammar

should be embedded in the learning material concealed somewhere in the background and

must be acquired subconsciously. Namely grammar of the language is not something a language

learner should worry about that much. The main problem will continue to persist even after spending

several years in the target language: vocabulary! Enrichment of vocabulary is the problem of

almost all foreign language learners. Even if you have studied a single word for tens of times the

next morning when you see that word again you may not be able to remember what it means and

you get mad at yourself. However that is quite a natural experience for every language learner

and you are not the first person to experience this and wont be the last either.

Enriching vocabulary in the target language requires a set of systematic study techniques. In the

very first place memorization the most commonly referred technique by most language learners

is in fact the most obsolete and unfruitful method as any memorized word is just like a word written

on the sand by the ocean. Only a few seconds will be enough to wipe memorized words out

of your mind. Yet most language learners unknowingly or helplessly or just because think it is the

best way to acquire even more words resort to this technique. Even after several months they

end up with a small set of words left in their minds from a few thousand targeted words.

This being the case what should a language learner do to overcome this problem? The answer is

so simple: Get involved in the language you want to learn love it be a part of it and always do live

together with it! To do this you have to live in the language not go around it. You should do a lot of

reading every day without coming up with daily excuses. Whats more you should read texts not

in your academic field only or those that appeal to you but also texts that you dont have any taste

in. You have to see any unknown word over and over in several texts and contexts. Remember

contextual learning is the best and most meaningful learning ever. Retention of words in the mind

is only possible through living the language rather than just wanting it.



HOW TO EXPLOIT THIS BOOK?
This book is specially designed for English learners of at least intermediate level. It provides
you with hundreds of selected words of high frequency and enables you to see any single word
in several different contexts even with its various word formations. Every unit begins with a
paragraph with a different topic involving twelve target words that have been underlined for you
to take notice of.
As the first step you are to read the paragraph without getting stuck to minimal details and
try to comprehend the overall message. While doing this you should overlook any word or<