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Chapter 11: Expanding Your Vocabulary

This chapter provides helpful strategies and resources for college students to expand their vocabulary. Topics covered include reading widely, using known words, replacing common words with more advanced vocabulary, working with reference sources such as dictionaries and thesauruses, and learning specialized terminology. The chapter also introduces systems for learning vocabulary, including the vocabulary card system and computerized vocabulary files. Take a reading road trip by visiting the Vocabulary Development module on your CD-ROM at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

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Chapter 11: Expanding Your Vocabulary

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  1. Chapter 11: Expanding Your Vocabulary College Reading and Study Skills, Ninth Edition by Kathleen T. McWhorter

  2. Objective: • This chapter will help you to identify the words you need to add to your vocabulary and to use the resources that can expand your vocabulary. • LEARNING PRINCIPLE: Rehearsal improves both your ability to learn and to recall information.

  3. General Approaches to Vocabulary Expansion • Read Widely • Use Words You Already Know • Look for Five-Dollar Words to Replace One-Dollar Words “The movie was very good.” “The movie was thrilling and inspiring.”

  4. General Approaches to Vocabulary Expansion • Build Your Word Awareness • Consider Working with a Vocabulary Improvement Program

  5. Using Reference Sources • Dictionaries: word meanings plus pronunciation key, word origin, part(s) of speech, variant spellings, synonyms, language history. • Thesauruses: dictionary of synonyms. • Subject Area Dictionaries • A Dictionary of Economics • Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary

  6. Learning Specialized Terminology • Make lists (see exercise 5). • Circle or draw a box around terms in your lecture notes. • Mark new terminology in your textbooks.

  7. Systems of Learning Vocabulary • The Vocabulary Card System Conglomerate con-glom'-er-it Front def: an organization comprising two or more companies that produce unrelated products. ex: Nichols company owns a shoe factory, vineyards in France, soft drink factories, and Sara Jane pastry company. Back

  8. Systems of Learning Vocabulary • The Computerized Vocabulary File Using a word-processing program, create a computer file for each of your courses, and in a table or columns, enter the words that you want to learn.

  9. Summary Questions • What can you do to expand your overall vocabulary? • Which reference sources are helpful in vocabulary building? • How can you identify which specialized terms to learn? • How can you use the vocabulary card system to help you learn vocabulary?

  10. Take a Reading Road Trip! Go to the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS in Washington, D.C., and visit the Vocabulary Development module on your CD-ROM.

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