Author: Maxwell W. NurnbergPublisher:
ISBN: 9788183070775
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
How To Build A Better Vocabulary
Author: Maxwell W. NurnbergPublisher:
ISBN: 9788183070775
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
How to Build a Better Vocabulary
Author: Maxwell NurnbergPublisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 9780446315067
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
This is the entrancingly entertaining yet amazingly effective guide that shows you how to know the meaning of words that you have never seen or heard before, learn the history of words so that they come alive for you, master an invaluable and permanent technique of word-viewing within 30 days. This is the one book that makes you love to learn.
How to Build Better Vocabulary
Author: Maxwell W. NurnbergPublisher: Warner Books (NY)
ISBN: 9780446314442
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
This is the entrancingly enteratining yet amazingly effective guide that shows you how to know the meaning of words that you have never seen or heard before; learn the history of words so that they come alive for you; and much more.
Building a Better Vocabulary
Author: Bill BriwaPublisher:
ISBN: 9781598039184
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
These six lessons will help you learn how to move your dietary choices toward healthier, more enjoyable options by using superstar ingredients in your daily cooking.
30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary
Author: Wilfred John FunkPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 067174349X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A thirty-day vocabulary building program which includes a pronunciation guide and word origins and histories.
Vocabulary Instruction
Author: Edward J. Kame'enuiPublisher: Guilford Press
ISBN: 1462504000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
This highly regarded work brings together prominent authorities on vocabulary teaching and learning to provide a comprehensive yet concise guide to effective instruction. The book showcases practical ways to teach specific vocabulary words and word-learning strategies and create engaging, word-rich classrooms. Instructional activities and games for diverse learners are brought to life with detailed examples. Drawing on the most rigorous research available, the editors and contributors distill what PreK-8 teachers need to know and do to support all students' ongoing vocabulary growth and enjoyment of reading. New to This Edition*Reflects the latest research and instructional practices.*New section (five chapters) on pressing current issues in the field: assessment, authentic reading experiences, English language learners, uses of multimedia tools, and the vocabularies of narrative and informational texts.*Contributor panel expanded with additional leading researchers.
How to Build a Better Vocabulary
Author: Maxwell W. NurnbergPublisher:
ISBN: 9780445083868
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
A Word A Day
Author: Anu GargPublisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1118039688
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
"Anu Garg's many readers await their A Word A Day rations hungrily. Now at last here's a feast for them and other verbivores. Eat up!" -Barbara Wallraff Senior Editor at The Atlantic Monthly and author of Word Court Praise for A Word a Day "AWADies will be familiar with Anu Garg's refreshing approach to words: words are fun and they have fascinating histories. The people who use them have curious stories to tell too, and this collection incorporates some of the correspondence received by the editors at the AWAD site, from advice on how to outsmart your opponent in a duel (or even a truel) to a cluster of your favorite mondegreens." -John Simpson, Chief Editor, Oxford English Dictionary "A banquet of words! Feast and be nourished!" -Richard Lederer, author of The Miracle of Language Written by the founder of the wildly popular A Word A Day Web site (www.wordsmith.org), this collection of unusual, obscure, and exotic English words will delight writers, scholars, crossword puzzlers, and word buffs of every ilk. The words are grouped in intriguing categories that range from "Portmanteaux" to "Words That Make the Spell-Checker Ineffective." each entry includes a concise definition, etymology, and usage example-and many feature fascinating and hilarious commentaries by A Word A Day subscribers and the authors.
Using Russian Vocabulary
Author: Terence WadePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521612365
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 637
Book Description
This book provides an in-depth, structured learning guide to the vocabulary of Russian.
Alphabetical Africa
Author: Walter AbishPublisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811205337
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
"Walter Abish has dovetailed his novel within a Procrustean scheme that has the terrifying and irrefutable logic of the alphabet. Alphabetical Africa is in the line of writers such as Raymond Roussel, Raymond Queneau, Georges Perec and Harry Mathews, who have used constrictive forms to penetrate the space on the other side of poetry." -- John Ashbery