Focus on topics which can be seen or experienced first-hand (food, clothing, feelings)
Types of Materials: Picture dictionary highly recommended; items from the real world
High Beginning
Focus on expanding lists of everyday items and defining relationships among them
Types of Materials: Picture dictionary, classified groups of words (verbs, prepositions)
Low Intermediate
Focus on abstract and specialized words, word forms, simple idioms and phrasal verbs
Types of Materials: texts on specialized topics which provide rich vocabulary in context
High Intermediate
Focus on terminology for a variety of subjects, more idioms and phrasal verbs
Types of Materials: Texts which provide contextualized technical terms and phrases
Advanced
Focus on recognizing subtle distinctions in words from a wide variety of topics
Types of Materials: Authentic texts, articles, professional writing and creative writing