A bilingual Japanese edition of Basic Vocabulary in Use 2nd Edition, with answers. Basic Vocabulary in Use 2nd Edition Japan edition is a bilingual Japanese edition of Basic Vocabulary in Use 2nd Edition, with answers. It is a reference and practice book for Japanese students of American English at the basic level. It contains 60 two-page units that cover different grammar- or content-based topics, and teaches approximately 1,200 useful words and expressions. It shows how to use new words and phrases in context and suggests vocabulary learning strategies. It includes a complete bilingual unit-by-unit study guide, index, and answer key. Additional activities for vocabulary and listening practice are available on the companion website.
MIchael McCarthy is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is also Adjunct Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Pennsylvania State University and at the University of Limerick, Ireland. He is the author of many titles of interest to teachers, including Spoken Language and Applied Linguistics. Well known as an expert on the teaching and learning of vocabulary, he is a co-author of the basic and upper-intermediate levels of Vocabulary in Use, and is also Academic Consultant to the Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs and the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms. He is co-author of the 2 latest successful corpus-informed publications by Cambridge University Press: Touchstone and Cambridge Grammar of English.