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Acknowledgements When I first started to look more closely at English vocabulary learning, I found Paul Nation' s wor k a godsen d — written clearl y an d concisel y i n a way tha t even simpl e mind s lik e min e coul d follow . I have mad e man y reference s t o his work her e a s he was , unknowingly, m y first mento r an d I appreciat e hi s gentle wisdom an d soun d advice . I als o ha d th e goo d fortun e t o b e introduce d t o Bati a Laufe r an d he r research which too k me further alon g the line. I greatly value the guidance I received from he r together with the fun time s we have enjoyed a t conference s and elsewhere . Many othe r researcher s an d teacher s hav e inspire d m e wit h a bette r understanding o f vocabular y teachin g an d learning , includin g Michae l McCarthy, Paul Meara, Norbert Schmit t an d Pete r G u Yongqi. I am trul y grateful t o my friends, colleague s an d student s a t th e Englis h Centre a t th e Universit y o f Hon g Kon g wh o hav e encourage d m e i n m y vocabulary researc h an d give n m e assistanc e an d feedbac k o n m y projects , materials, tests and websites. I would particularly like to thank the MA Applied Linguistics an d Diplom a i n Englis h Languag e Teachin g student s wh o hav e suggested thei r favourite way s of presenting vocabulary an d opene d m y eyes to th e challenge s o f teaching in th e Chines e classroom . The constructiv e comment s fro m th e anonymou s reviewer s hav e als o helped shap e thi s int o a bette r organize d an d cleare r structur e tha t shoul d be easie r for reader s t o follow . I am grateful t o Pearson Education for permission to use the extract fro m the Longman Essential Activator and to Orion Publishing Group for permissio n to us e Everyman s Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases revised fro m Pete r Roget's Thesaurus by D. C. Browning, originally published b y J. M . Dent. VIM฀ACKNOWLEDGEMENT S฀ Lastly I' d lik e t o than k Tess a fo r he r drawings , Nikk i fo r he r word s o f wisdom an d Fran k fo r hi s tireles s proofreadin g an d helpfu l suggestion s o n earlier version s o f gobbledygook . Al l thre e hav e provide d endles s encouragement. Ther e would b e man y more glitche s i n thi s had i t not bee n for thei r feedback an d support . ...

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