Overview
Effective Vocabulary DJ Henry • Susan Pongratz
Effective Vocabulary improves your understanding of college-level words and helps to prepare you for future studies. Introductions to college courses; selections from textbooks and academic sources; and practice with learning definitions based on clues, using the words correctly, and using images combine to make you more effective in your college career.
MyReadingLab
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Take a road trip to improve your grade!
MyReadingLab is a collection of reading, vocabulary, and study skills resources designed to help you succeed in the course. Reading Road Trip, the reading-skill tutorial within MyReadingLab, takes you on a tour of U.S. landmarks in different cities while improving reading skills. You can learn skills while seeing the country. Additional tools in MyReadingLab are the Longman Vocabulary Website, Longman Study Skills Website, and Research Navigator.
[Students: If you instructor did not order a MyReadingLab package, you can go online to www.myreadinglab.com and purchase access.]
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Synopsis
The second in a new 3-book skills-based series and perfectly aligned with DJ Henry’s The Effective Reader, Effective Vocabulary builds a college-level vocabulary to prepare students for studies within academic the various disciplines through the use of textbook excerpts. Students are given plenty of exercises requiring exploration through context clues, word analysis, proper usage, and application. To help visual learners use images to develop their college vocabularies, photographs and drawings are accompanied by captions for students to complete as a quick test of vocabulary development and reading comprehension.