The phrase "a valuable introduction" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to an introduction that provides significant insight or information, often in the context of a book, article, or presentation.
Example: "The author provides a valuable introduction that sets the stage for the complex themes explored in the novel."
Alternatives: "an important introduction" or "a significant introduction".
That was a valuable introduction to some of the perils of technology.
It is also a valuable introduction to the intricacies of Chicago politics over several decades.
You offer to make a valuable introduction for someone you mentor.
The museum provides a valuable introduction to the masterpieces contained in neighboring churches, baptisteries and tombs.
As always, he writes with a strongly synthesizing intelligence across a tremendous range; the result is a valuable introduction to a complex subject.
Correction to this articleAS ANY middle-class parent knows, unpaid work experience can give youngsters a valuable introduction to a secure job.
Feferman and Feferman (2004) is a biography of Tarski that also contains a very valuable introduction to his logical and mathematical work, including descriptions of all the results and developments mentioned in the initial paragraph of this entry.
The book's opening chapters provide a valuable contextual introduction, followed by a number of substantive chapters providing an analytical and critical assessment of the controlling legal rules.
It is without winter-hardy in Germany and may be as highly valuable introduction.
"Giving people the chance to pay for an internship, whether through an agency or auction, actively excludes those who may be just as talented but don't have the hundreds – often thousands – of pounds which will guarantee them this incredibly valuable introduction to the world of work," says Becky Heath, the chief executive of Internocracy, a youth-led social enterprise.
In his valuable introduction he writes of "the intensity of recognition" he felt as the possibility of making this book emerged – and it's clear that McKendrick (born 1955) and Magrelli (born 1959) share a combination of meticulous clarity and a sense of mystery.
