Word Smart, 4th EditionKnowing which words to use and how to use them is key to communicating accurately and effectively. That’s why more than one million people have used this book to improve their vocabularies. To find out which words you absolutely need to know, The Princeton Review researched the vocabularies of educated adults by analyzing major newspapers and books and focusing on the words that people misunderstand or misuse. We also examined the SAT and other standardized tests to determine which words are tested most frequently.
Build a Better Vocabulary provides thousands of entertaining exercises that increase readers' word power in every situation. Perfect for a quick review or in-depth practice, this book offers readers increased understanding of: Basic usage of nouns, verbs, and other parts of speech; Root words and their history; Prefixes and suffixes; Specialized vocabularies for business, law, science, computers, politics, and more; Spelling rules and their exceptions; The use of inference, slang, jargon, and dialect
New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics Structuralism, Post-structuralism and Beyond provides a comprehensive lexicon of semiotic concepts, defining over 500 critical terms.
Although especially geared to the needs of film students, New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics is an impressive guide that will be useful for scholars in all areas of the arts, philosophy, and literature where an awareness of semiotic terminology and methodology has become indispensible to serious theoretical work .
In this practical guide to teaching beginning language learners of all ages, Calhoun encourages us to begin where the learners begin--with their developed listening and speaking vocabularies and other accumulated knowledge about the world. Engage students in shaking words out of a picture--words from their speaking vocabularies--to begin the process of building their reading and writing skills.
