Note: A full contents list at the front of the book provides a complete list of the activities, the suggested level at which each activity can be used, the approximate time each activity will take, and the preparation/ materials needed. The summary below aims to give a general idea of the book's organization. ; The authors and series editor; Foreword; Introduction; How to use this book; SECTION A: PRE-TEXT ACTIVITIES (9 ACTIVITIES); Ways of treating vocabulary before students meet it in a reading text; SECTION B: WORKING WITH TEXTS (18 ACTIVITIES); Vocabulary exercises to be done in the course of reading; SECTION C: PICTURES AND MIME (15 ACTIVITIES); Explores the imagery of words; SECTION D: WORD SETS (18 ACTIVITIES); Looks at the ways we categorize words internally; SECTION E: PERSONAL (8 ACTIVITIES); Activities to explore personal responses to words; SECTION F: DICTIONARY EXERCISES AND WORD GAMES (16 ACTIVITIES); Suggests ways in which the dictionary (and other reference books) can be used as a creative learning aid; SECTION G: REVISION EXERCISES (17 EXERCISES); Proposes many ways in which students can usefully store words in their vocabulary books, and offers both novel and traditional ways of coping with vocabulary revision
