Keys to a Powerful Vocabulary: Level II - Softcover

Lenier, Minnette; Maker, Janet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0136689558 ISBN 13: 9780136689553

Publisher: Longman Pub Group, 1995

Synopsis

The text is designed to help students in grades 10-12 develop a basic vocabulary necessary for the mastery of college textbooks and common reading material. It is carefully structured, and explores a variety of techniques for classroom or independent acquisition of vocabulary. Each chapter provides extensive practice with review words, new words and advanced words. Levels I & II are organized to be used individually, sequentially, or simultaneously. KEY TOPICS: interesting stories and sentences using newly- learned words in context; matching words with synonyms, antonyms, definitions, and etymologies; analogies; crossword puzzles; open-ended sentences for students to complete with new vocabulary; acrostics. Appropriate as a main text for vocabulary courses or as a supplementary text for English composition and reading classes.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This indispensable guide was designed to help students develop the essential vocabulary they'll need to master college-level textbooks and related reading materials. Allowing students to progress at their own rate, Keys to a Powerful Vocabulary begins with a pretest and ends with a posttest. Spaced reviews are included as memory aids.

About this edition

• Publisher: Longman Pub Group
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0136689558
• ISBN 13: 9780136689553
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3