1. Chapter 7 Developing a College Vocabulary

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

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

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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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)

9. 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

10. Chapter 7 WORD CARD EXAMPLE

11. Chapter 7 WORD MAP EXAMPLE

12. 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?

13. 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?