600 Essential Words for the TOEIC Test [Paperback]

Lin Lougheed (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764175386 | ISBN-13: 978-0764175381 | Publication Date: July 1, 2003 | Edition: 2nd

This valuable book, designed to help students preparing for the Test of English for International Communications, is available in a new, updated edition that now includes a compact disc to provide vital help in pronunciation and listening comprehension. Students are presented with American-style English vocabulary as it is used in the context of business, industry, and technology. Short follow-up quizzes at the end of each section test students’ learning progress.

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50 vocabulary-building lessons in American English as it is used in modern business, industry, communications, and cultural activities

Each lesson presents 12 target words with definitions

Practice exercises and a quizzes follow all lessons

Enclosed audio CD provides essential help in pronunciation and listening comprehension



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Something new has been added to this edition--a compact disc that provides you with vital help in pronunciation and listening comprehension! Emphasizing English vocabulary as it is used within the context of business, industry, and communications, this book with CD is focused to meet the special needs of TOEIC test takers, though it will prove a valuable learning tool in any ESL learning environment.

Each of 50 lessons focuses on a specific TOEIC business subject, for instance, contracts, marketing, banking, and personnel, among many others. Additional lessons concentrate on helping you expand your English vocabulary in areas related to cultural activities, such as movies, museums, music, art, and others.

Each lesson presents 12 target words with definitions, used in several different contexts. Exercises follow every lesson, and a quiz follows every five lessons to test your newly acquired skill in understanding and using the new words.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; 2nd edition (July 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764175386
• ISBN-13: 978-0764175381
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,510,110 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lin LOUGHEED started his EFL career in 1968 as a Peace Corps volunteer in Turkey. He earned his doctorate at Teachers College, Columbia University and has received two Fulbright awards: a scholar grant in Sri Lanka and a professor grant in Tunisia. In 1983, he founded Instructional Design International, Inc. to develop English teaching materials in all media. Lin is a past member of the TESOL Executive Board and has served as the chair of two special interest groups: Teaching English Internationally and Materials Writers. He has written over 40 English-as-a-foreign-language texts and has a daily radio show in China on business English.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT for people preparing for the TOEIC exam, March 16, 2006

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This book is well structured in thematic units with both theoretical coverage of new vocabulary and extended practice in a variety of consolidation exercises.
It is an indispensible tool for people wishing to sit for the TOEIC who due to work load or time insufficiency need a book to help them go through all work-related vocabulary.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One word : ESSENTIAL., April 5, 2007

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C. David "Polar Eater" (Polynésie Francaise) - See all my reviews
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This book is well thinked : you explore all aspects of industrial world with each most important and specific words about them.

12 words by 50 days : 600 words never forgotten because the method is attractive.

I recommend this book for all persons which prepare the TOEIC TEST and who are not really at ease with a large own vocabulary collection.

(review from a french ESL student)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific word lists!, June 16, 2011

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This review is from: Essential Words for the TOEIC with Audio CDs (600 Essential Words for the Toeic Test) (Paperback)

I love the way this book organizes the words into usage groups. The exercises are rather meager, but a creative teacher can come up with more homework for each chapter. The words are commonly used in the business world as well as in personal business: this is an important book that all ESL learners should have.