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Vocabulary Simplified: Strategies for Building Your College Vocabulary, 2/E
Kathleen T. McWhorter, Niagara County Community College

ISBN-10: 032114256X
ISBN-13: 9780321142566

Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 2006
Format: Paper; 160 pp
Published: 04/19/2005

Suggested retail price: $27.80
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This vocabulary work-text contains concise instruction and extensive practice exercises. Brief and inexpensive, it presents dictionary and thesaurus usage, context clues and word parts.

The book also demonstrates methods of vocabulary learning, such as index cards and vocabulary logs. Interesting aspects of language study are explored, as well; topics include euphemisms, neologisms, connotative meanings, and analogies. The book offers eleven lists of high-utility new words arranged by academic discipline. Practices are offered for each topic covered.

  • High-Utility Word Lists arranged by academic discipline enlarge students' general vocabulary while offering practice exercises to strengthen and sustain student interest.
  • “Integrating and Applying What You Have Learned” exercises, integrate chapter content and demonstrate relevance to textbook reading.
  • Web site Cross References direct students to visit suggested sites for skill reinforcement and practice.
  • “Vocabulary for the 21st Century” section explores interesting features of language while expanding students' word awareness.
  • “Exploring Language” boxes stimulate student interest in language and introduce them to unique features of the English Language.
  • Practice Exercises for each topic are included. A variety of formats is used to maintain student interest and motivation.
  • Affordable! At around $12.50 net, Vocabulary Simplified is an affordable supplement for reading students.

  • Expanded dictionary coverage. The dictionary coverage has been expanded to include the use of online dictionaries
  • A new appendix presents prefix, root and suffix, tables in alphabetical order for easy reference.
  • Additional practice and exercises on Word parts have been added to Part 3, including paragraph level exercises.
  • Visual elements have been added to the “Exploring Language” boxes.
  • The word lists in Part Five have been updated to reflect changes in the academic disciplines.

I. THE WHYS AND HOWS OF IMPROVING YOUR VOCABULARY.

A. Your Vocabulary: What Your Professors and Employers Know about You.

B. Vocabulary and College Success.

C. Vocabulary and Workplace Success.

D. Dictionaries: Worthwhile Investments.

E. How to Learn New Words.

F. Use It or Lose It! A System for Using the Words You Learn.

G. You are What You Eat: A Daily Menu of New Words.


Applying and Integrating What You Have Learned.

II. USING CONTEXT TO FIGURE OUT WORDS.

A. Making Educated Guesses About Word Meaning.

B. Types of Context Clues.

C. What to Do When Context Doesn’t Work.

D. After Context, Then What?.


Applying and Integrating What You Have Learned.

III. USING WORD PARTS TO EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY.

A. Word Parts: The Bargain Table for Vocabulary Building.

B. Word Parts and Academic Disciplines.

C. Prefixes: Beginnings the Change Word Meanings.

D. Roots: The Building Blocks of Language.

E. Suffixes: Endings That Change a Word’s Part of Speech.


Applying and Integrating What You Have Learned.

IV. VOCABULARY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.

A. Words of Loan: Foreign Words and Phrases.

B. Words Have Feelings, Too: connotative Meanings.

C. Not Saying What You Mean: Euphemisms.

D. Untangling a Tangle of Words: Doublespeak.

E. Where Do New Words Come From.

F. Let Your Creativity Show: Use Figurative Language.

G. Stretching Your Thinking With Words: Analogies.

H. Is It Lie or Lay? Commonly Confused Words.

V. A WEEKLY MENU OF NEW WORDS.

A. Campus Terminology.

B. Computers/Information Systems.

C. Law.

D. Health/Medicine.

E. Education.

F. Business.

G. Biology.

H. Psychology/Sociology.

I. Politics/Government.

J. Literature.

K. Arts.

Appendix: Prefixes, Roots and Suffixes.

For Advanced Reading (10-12+ grade level)


For Intermediate Reading (9-12 grade level)


For Vocabulary Development


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