Vocabulary Power: Practicing Essential Words 3 Vols. Jennifer Recio Lebedev, Kate Dingle Acquiring a strong vocabulary doesn't have to be difficult. Vocabulary Power uses the latest research on memory to make this process simple, effective, and enjoyable. A three-book series, Vocabulary Power: teaches the most important words from the General Service List (500 words) and Academic Word List (400 words) presents each word in eight different contexts to help students learn and remember the word easily encourages students to apply the words to their own lives, making vocabulary more relevant and useful can be used in class or as a self-study text Each Vocabulary Power book features: • 300 new words - 10 per chapter • high-interest readings adapted from articles on a variety of up-to-date topics • exercises on word families, multiple meanings, collocations, and expressions that expand students' knowledge of the words • engaging discussion questions and writing topics that elicit natural use of the words • quizzes to check students' progress and minimize teacher prep time • Word Builder exercises and charts in the Appendix to help students focus on the meaning and use of word parts […]