<i>For courses in </i><i>Vocabulary Development.</i><p style="margin:0px">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0px"><b>Helps students build and use strong vocabularies</b> </p><p style="margin:0px"><b><i>Active Vocabulary </i></b>makes the study of vocabulary enjoyable. Through thematic readings, self-tests, and interactive exercises, students can apply their skills to writing, personal experience, art, and many other formats that generate excitement about improving their vocabularies. Each activity plays on individual learning styles to help students learn new words in a large number of contexts.</p><p style="margin:0px">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0px">The <b>Sixth Edition </b>retains the book’s strong visual appeal, as well as its philosophy that an essential part of learning vocabulary is repeated exposure to a word. As a result, it provides eight to ten exposures to each vocabulary word throughout the text, plus additional instances in the review section and flash and word map activities throughout the book. With new readings and words, this edition of<b><i>Active Vocabulary </i></b>offers greater exposure to a more diverse wordbase than ever before.</p><p style="margin:0px">&nbsp;</p>