Flocabulary: The Hip-Hop Approach to Sat-Level Vocabulary Building [With CD]

By Blake Harrison, Alexander Rappaport, Flocabulary

Hip-hop is hot, but it's rarely been used as an educational tool until now. That's the beauty of this radical new approach to studying vocabulary for standardized tests, which has been embraced by... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193366214X
• ISBN13: 9781933662145
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Cider Mill Press
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

My favorite so far

I'm a student that has always had trouble memorizing vocabulary words... I got the equivalent of a 710 Critical Reading on the PSAT, and one of my weaknesses is vocabulary, which makes me lose around 20-40 points. It's just ridiculously boring and I forget the words a week later anyways, but I was introduced to new methods of memorization with Rock the SAT, the first book I bought. But Rock the SAT presented 2 problems: the vocabulary was fairly basic, and the singer's voice was extremely annoying. Having memorized all the words in Rock the SAT, I went to my local store to find Vocab Rock, the only other book like Rock the SAT that I knew about. But when I flipped through it, I saw that the vocabulary was extremely easy and few in number. Fortunately, I noticed Flocabulary and looked through it. There was an incredible amount of vocabulary crammed into each song, and the lyrics looked provocative and interesting, and most importantly, i didn't know about 1/2 of the words. Amazed, I purchased it. When I put the CD into the CD player in my car on the way home, I thought the radio was accidentally on, since the music was so well-produced, the lyrics were intelligent, and the rappers actually had an extremely well developed sense of musicality. I could barely believe my ears when the song began to recite vocabulary flawlessly. If you are looking for a music vocabulary CD, this one definitely is the best, unless you hate rap with a passion. The only problem I found with rap was that as a rock listener, it was more difficult to memorize the lyrics, because there was so much packed in. I wouldn't have it any other way though, it's better than feeling like you are wasting your time while a song rambled on about the definitions of "parallel" and "mosaic" for 3 minutes. And with all music vocabulary CD's, it is important to look at the book's lyrics while listening, since the mind tends to gloss over words it doesn't understand/hasn't heard before as random syllables.

A plethora of words!

This CD is excellent. It took a few times listening to it to start picking up all the vocabulary words they use. Don't be put off by this if you have trouble understanding the singers the first time you listen to them. Just concentrate on the beats and the rhymes in each song. I had some difficulty at first due to their rap accents, but once I got past that I started picking up the words quickly. This is such a painless way to learn vocabulary! The pithy songs pack 500 vocabulary words into one CD. This book is the Zeitgeist!

Buy It Now

The Flocabulary workbook is just great. I've improved 50 points on the critical reading on the SAT. I learned 500 new words too. One would think the songs would sound weird but they have real hip hop beats, the rapper sounds authentic and catchy tunes. I learned 50 words a day, EASILY. I found some songs stuck in my head and would sing them in the shower.

Innovative, Creative, Brings a smile to your face

I wasn't sure at first: hip-hop music with SAT words in it? But listening to the CD changed my mind (and my son's) immediately. The lyrics are clever and clean, and put the words in a context that my son understands. He took the SAT's this spring and he's still listening to these songs. It's a great way to expand your vocabulary.

makes studying fun (thank god)

Flocabulary is the real stuff. I've been telling all my friends about it. You can preview all of the songs on this CD on their website: www.flocabulary.com. "We're impermeable to bad vibes, we're untouchable / stick together like Heathcliff and Claire Huxtable" This CD actually makes studying fun, which for me is saying a lot.