Focus on Vocabulary 1. Bridging Vocabulary

2nd edition. — Schmitt Diane, Schmitt Norbert, Mann David. — Pearson Education ESL, 2011. — 272 p.Focus on Vocabulary 1: Bridging Vocabulary is a research-based vocabulary textbook that gives intermediate to high-intermediate students hands-on preparation for understanding mid-frequency vocabulary, such as that found in novels, newspapers, films, and social and workplace settings. Through excerpts from popular material and well-crafted exercises, English learners focus on mid-frequency vocabulary — 504 word families in all. To help students reach a fuller understanding of the new vocabulary, each chapter provides a series of exercises on word meanings, word families, and collocation.DON'T MISS:
Focus on Vocabulary 2: Mastering the Academic Word ListAlso available in the Vocabulary series:
Book 1: Interactive Vocabulary General Words
Book 2: Active Vocabulary General and Academic Words
Book 3: Academic Vocabulary: Academic WordsALSO AVAILABLE IN THE ACTIVE Skills for Reading SERIES:

ACTIVE Skills for Reading Intro
ACTIVE Skills for Reading 1
ACTIVE Skills for Reading 2
ACTIVE Skills for Reading 3
ACTIVE Skills for Reading 4FeaturesSeven units focus on a variety of subject areas, such as the mind, design, celebrity, and the environment.
The start of each main chapter features an Assessing Your Vocabulary Knowledge section, which helps students determine their level of familiarity with that chapter's twenty-four target words. Students reassess their familiarity with the words at the end of the chapter.
Each main chapter carefully recycles the target words a minimum of four times in the reading passage and throughout the sections that follow: Reading Comprehension, Word Meaning, Word Families, Collocation, and Expanding the Topic.
At the end of each unit, a Strategy Practice chapter offers tips for dictionary use, essay writing, and other vocabulary-related tasks.