On learning and practising vocabulary

It is important to keep a careful record of new vocabulary that you meet in each of the study sessions.

Keep a vocabulary notebook in which you can keep one page for important new words and expressions ('lexical chunks') as you meet them:

• Make the HEAD WORD the title
• Record of words in the WORD FAMILY that can be made from the head word
• Give some samples of COLLOCATIONS
• Write down some example sentences the headword, members of the word family and collocations that will help you to understand and remember the word.

These resources provide opportunities for regular practice of the sort of vocabulary you will meet when you are studying texts for BEC Vantage:

• Practice 1
• Practice 2

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Over to you

• Use your dictionary to check the meanings of the different options.
• Think about collocations to help you identify the correct answer.
• Use your vocabulary notebook to record any queries or snags.