TTC Video - Building a Better Vocabulary With Kevin Flanigan

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TTC Video - Building a Better Vocabulary With Kevin Flanigan

2015 | Course No. 9373 | .M4V, AVC, 2000 kbps, 640x360 | English, AAC, 128 kbps, 2 Ch | 36x30 mins | + PDF Guidebook | 17.3 GB

Lecturer: Professor Kevin Flanigan Professor of Education

 

What does the word bombast have to do with cushion stuffing? What is the difference between specious and spurious? Would you want someone to call you a snollygoster?

 

The hallmark of a powerful vocabulary is not simply knowing many words; rather, it's knowing the exact word to use in a specific context or situation. A great vocabulary can enhance your speaking, writing, and even thinking skills. This course will boost your vocabulary, whether you want to enhance your personal lexicon, write or speak more articulately in professional settings, or advance your knowledge of the English language. For anyone who has ever grasped for the perfect word at a particular moment, this course provides a research-based and enjoyable method for improving your vocabulary.

 

Building a Better Vocabulary,taught by Professor Kevin Flanigan of West Chester University of Pennsylvania, offers an intriguing look at the nuts and bolts of English, teaches you the etymology (history) and morphology (structure) of words, and delves into the cognitive science behind committing new words to long-term memory.

 

Course Lecture Titles

1 Five Prin[beeep]les for Learning Vocabulary

2 The Spelling-Meaning Connection

3 Words for Lying, Swindling, and Conniving

4 Words That Express Annoyance and Disgust

5 Fighting Words and Peaceful Words

6 Going beyond Dictionary Meanings

7 Wicked Words

8 Words for Beginnings and Endings

9 Words Expressing Fear, Love, and Hatred

10 Words for the Everyday and the Elite

11 Words from Gods and Heroes

12 Humble Words and Prideful Words

13 High-Frequency Greek and Latin Roots

14 Words Relating to Belief and Trust

15 Words for the Way We Talk

16 Words for Praise, Criticism, and Nonsense

17 Eponyms from Literature and History

18 Thinking, Teaching, and Learning Words

19 Words for the Diligent and the Lazy

20 Words That Break and Words That Join

21 Some High-Utility Greek and Latin Affixes

22 Cranky Words and Cool Words

23 Words for Courage and Cowardice

24 Reviewing Vocabulary through Literature

25 Words for Killing and Cutting

26 A Vocabulary Grab Bag

27 Words for Words

28 Specialty Words for Language

29 Nasty Words and Nice Words

30 Words for the Really Big and the Very Small

31 Spelling as a Vocabulary Tool

32 A Medley of New Words

33 Building Vocabulary through Games

34 Words English Borrowed and Never Returned

35 More Foreign Loan Words

36 Forgotten Words and Neologisms

 

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