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Focus on Language Study The Language Study pages in the Macmillan Essential
Dictionary have been designed to help you to improve your knowledge
and use of the English language. They contain information on how words
are formed (Word formation) and how new meanings develop (Metaphor), how
words relate to each other (Collocation, Register, Text types) and how
they are pronounced (Pronunciation). Increasing your vocabulary is an essential part of learning a foreign language — and remembering new words and phrases is often the hardest part. We have included a separate section (Topic vocabulary) that brings together words and phrases that will help you to talk and write about key topic areas. Throughout this section there is advice on how to improve your learning strategies, activities to practise these strategies, and exercises to test what you have learnt. We hope that you will find these pages informative, useful — and, above all, enjoyable. This month we look at word formation and more specifically
compounds and other ways of forming new words in English. |
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