Programmed College Vocabulary

By George W. Feinstein

Book Overview

This book develops vocabulary skills at the readers own pace and gives immediate feedback by letting them check their own progress. It is organized around word parts, word types, and words from different disciplines. The book contains exercises that require repeated recall of each defined word. It stresses the use of descriptive words and muscular verbs and encourages the elimination of wordiness and clich?s. It includes Latin and Greek roots and prefixes to illuminate hundreds of derivatives and it offers descriptive and action words to enhance reading comprehension and writing ability. The fifth edition of Programmed College Vocabulary has been revised to include three new chapters (Short Words I, Short Words II, Characterization Words) featuring simple, useful words as well as two additional chapters (Natural Science & Fine Arts and Philosophy) that expose the reader to terms from other disciplines. A valuable reference book for any reader who wishes to strengthen his reading, writing, and vocabulary skills.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0136831370
• ISBN13: 9780136831372
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 7.3" x 0.8"

Customer Reviews

Vocabulary building by roots and context

I am fanatic about the quality of books I use to learn with, so I am suprised that the best book I've used for vocabulary building seems little known. In the 1969 edition, a precursor to this one, the first couple chapters review the meaning of latin and greek roots, provide examples of words those roots are in, then has you use difficult words with now familiar roots to fill in sentence blanks. The author then moves on to teaching vocabulary words, which you learn by the same format he used to teach roots. Answers to all of the problems are provided in the margins, so you will need to cover the page sides as you read. "Programmed College Vocabulary" works best for students who are familiar enough with english to learn by somewhat casual reading. If you have difficulty with novels, this book isn't for you...yet.