Chapter 7 Developing a College Vocabulary

Lecture Launcher Why is it important to expand your vocabulary in college?

Chapter 7 Brief Outline I.Sources of New Words II.Types of New Words III.Learning New Words

Chapter 7 Vocabulary general vocabulary words technical vocabulary words specialized vocabulary words synonyms antonym homonyms academic standing satisfactory progress

Chapter 7 Sources of New Words  Campus Sources- Any new word that deals with your campus  Course Sources- Each course you take will have its own vocabulary

Chapter 7 College Source Examples  Registration  Transcript  Admission  Dropped course  Audit  Curriculum  Professor  Dean  Academic Affairs  Greeks  Online Course Course Source Examples Psychology: behaviorism, psychobiology, cognitive Sociology: norms, folkways, symbolic interaction Music: notes, chord, allegro, percussion, woodwinds Biology: phylum, kingdom, cell, mitochondria Literature: genre, character, theme, figurative language

Chapter 7 Types of New Words  General Vocabulary— common, everyday words  Technical Vocabulary— words or phrases that pertain to only one subject  Specialized Vocabulary— general vocabulary that have other meanings in specific subjects

Chapter 7 EXAMPLES General Vocabulary  Clock  Room  Time  Eat  Food Technical Vocabulary  Pi  Dendrites  Ion  Folkway  Id Specialized Vocabulary  Ego (psychology)  Iron (chemistry)  Line (math)  Cell (biology)  Note (music)

Chapter 7 Learning New Words Awareness is the first step in learning new words. When you come across new words you can remember them by using Word Cards and Word Maps

Chapter 7 WORD CARD EXAMPLE

Chapter 7 WORD MAP EXAMPLE

Chapter 7 LEARNING TIP: Computing Grade Point Average What is your current GPA? What GPA do you want to have? What grades will give you the GPA you want?

Chapter 7 REFLECTION What are some of the new words you’ve already learned? Where did you see or hear them? What did you do to learn them?