"Jeremy Harmer and Richard Rossner MORE THAN WORDS vocabulary for upper intermediate to advanced students BOOK 2 www.IELTS4U.blogfa.com Contents of Book I Part A: Exploring Vocabulary UNIT NO TITLE Meaning 1 Meaning in context 2 Related and unrelated meanings 3 Sense relations Word Use 4 Metaphor, idioms, proverbs 5 Collocation - which word goes with which? 5 Style and register Word Formation 7 Parts of speech: verbs and nouns 8 Affixes 9 Spelling and sounds Word Grammar 10 Countable and uncountable www.IELTS4U.blogfa.com11 Verbs 12 Verb complementation Part B: Human Beings UNIT NO TITLE 1 The human body 2 Physical appearance and description 3 Clothing 4 Health and exercise 5 Sickness and cure 6 Ages and ageing 7 Birth and death 8 Waking and sleeping 9 Walking and running 10 Body language and movement 11 The mind and thinking ,12 Perception and the senses 13 Feelings and moods 14 Likes and dislikes 15 Character and personality 1 16 Character and personality 2 Contents Acknowledgements iv Introduction for students and teachers V Part A: Developing Your Vocabulary 1 UNIT NO TITLE 1 Using dictionaries: definitions 3 2 Using dictionaries: technical information 7 3 Understanding and remembering new words 10 4 Word formation and compound words 13 5 Bridging vocabulary gaps 17 6 Using words creatively and inventing new words 22 Part B: Human Beings and the World We Live In 25 UNIT NO TITLE A Families 27 2 Relationships 33 3 Communication and language 41 4 Speaking and writing 48 5 The media 56 6 Politics 63 7 Peace, war and international relations 71 8 Crime, the law and the police 78 9 Education 86 10 Religion 93 www.IELTS4U.blogfa.com11 Work and employment 100 12 Leisure, sport and entertainment 110 13 Animals, plants and their habitats 116 vl 4 Towns and cities 124 15 Stores, shops and services 131 ^6 The home and accommodation 139 V17 Furnishing and decorating the home 146 18 Housework 153 s/19 Preparing and eating food 159 ^20 Private transport 168 V^2-k Rail, air and sea travel 175 . 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Introduction for students and teachers The aims of More than Words Book 2 are: AIMS a to make students aware of the vocabulary associated with certain defined topic areas (e.g. the media, politics, housework, transport, etc) and to provide material to help students memorize and practise these words. b to provide material which will provoke and stimulate, thus engaging the students in the task of understanding more about the vocabulary of English. c to make students more aware of words and to train them with skills which will help them to deal with new words in English. d to provide material which can be used to develop general language skills in an integrated way and to promote other types of language study. More than Words Book 1 is divided into two parts which look at THE ORGANIZATION OF MORE THAN WORDS issues related to how words work and provide sixteen topic units on 'Human beings'.* More than Words Book 2 is also divided into two sections in the following way: Part A: Developing Your Vocabulary 6 units dealing with the resources which students can use to help them develop their own vocabulary: two units deal with dictionary use, and there is a unit on how to remember new www.IELTS4U.blogfa.comwords. Other units deal with wordbuilding, bridging vocabulary gaps and using words creatively. Part B: Human Beings and the World We Live in 25 units looking at topic areas concerned with the world that human beings live in. We look at the vocabulary associated with families, communication, politics, homes, town and cities, education, crime, the environment, the animal kingdom, etc. DICTIONARIES AND One of the most useful tools for studying vocabulary at this level DICTIONARY USE is the monolingual dictionary. This is why we have devoted two units of Part A to training people how to use one. A good dictionary will provide lots of information about the •See page iv for a complete list of contents from More than Words Book 1.