Building a Better Vocabulary

De: Kevin Flanigan, The Great Courses

Narrado por: Kevin Flanigan

What is the difference between specious and spurious? What does the word bombast have to do with cushion stuffing? Would you want to be called a snollygoster?

The hallmark of a powerful vocabulary is not simply knowing many words; rather, it's knowing the exact word to use in a specific context or situation. A great vocabulary can enhance your speaking, writing, and even thinking skills. This course will boost your vocabulary, whether you want to enhance your personal lexicon, write or speak more articulately in professional settings, or advance your knowledge of the English language. For anyone who has ever grasped for the perfect word at a particular moment, this course provides a research-based and enjoyable method for improving your vocabulary.

Building a Better Vocabulary offers an intriguing look at the nuts and bolts of English, teaches you the etymology and morphology - or the history and structure - of words, and delves into the cognitive science behind committing new words to long-term memory. By the end of the 36 enjoyable lectures, you will have a practical framework for continuing to build your vocabulary by discovering new words and fully mastering the nuances of familiar ones.

If you are an avid reader, you may have previously encountered some of the words in this course. But even the most voracious reader will be surprised and delighted by these eye-opening lectures, which delve into the building blocks of the English language and reveal intriguing new nuances to words you thought you knew well. These lectures will kindle a passion for the process by which words are created and for the beauty of the words you read, speak, and hear every day.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

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Fun listen

Loved listening to Professor Flanigan!!! His presentation/delivery is very warm and inviting. I hope he performs more audiobooks in the future.

increducatiom.

what an incredible instructor Kevin is. I'd preorder anything this guy put out. I'm sure he would make it both engaging and informative.

i thoroughly enjoyed this one

truly, content this good [the Great Courses series so far] is gonna make me pay for at least a month of Audible, for those Plus freebies...

really good stuff -- anywho, this one is about words -- a professor lecturing a series of subjects related to vocabulary -- i picked up plenty of useful tidbits

most excitedly i bought a few language books to further my interest in this subject

Bravo!

The fun and informative lectures delivered by this erudite instructor fomented my alacrity to listen and learn every morning. You definitely won’t feel hornswoggled if you choose this as your next listen.

Gets better after a few chapters

Struggled to listen to the first few chapters so I gave up. Eventually I came back to it, and the middle and end of the course are much more captivating.