1. © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers Chapter 11: Expanding Your Vocabulary College Reading and Study Skills, Ninth Edition by Kathleen T. McWhorter

2. © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers 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. © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers 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. © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers General Approaches to Vocabulary Expansion Build Your Word Awareness Consider Working with a Vocabulary Improvement Program

5. © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers 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. © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers 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. © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers Systems of Learning Vocabulary The Vocabulary Card System Conglomerate con-glom'-er-it 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. Front Back

8. © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers 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. © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers 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. © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers 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.