How to Use This Book for Maximum Benefit - Part One - Getting Off to a Good Start - 1 - How to Test Your Present Vocabulary

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Opening acknowledgments and a structured contents section for a vocabulary-building book, including a learning-focused introduction that explains pronunciation, etymological study, and fast mastery of core parts of speech. The document organizes instruction into parts and numbered sessions, beginning with assessing current vocabulary, then starting vocabulary growth, describing personality types, doctors, practitioners, science and scientists, and topics like liars and lying. It concludes the excerpt with progress testing and the transition to building momentum through actions and speech habits.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages675

Reading Time28 h 21 min

AccessFree to download

Contents

PART ONE - GETTING OFF TO A GOOD START

1. How to Test Your Present Vocabulary

2. How to Start Building Your Vocabulary

3. How to Talk About Personality Types (Sessions 1–3)

4. How to Talk About Doctors (Sessions 4–6)

5. How to Talk About Various Practitioners (Sessions 7–10)

6. How to Talk About Science and Scientists (Sessions 11–13)

7. How to Talk About Liars and Lying (Sessions 14–17)

8. How to Check Your Progress: Comprehensive Test I (Session 18)

PART TWO - GAINING INCREASED MOMENTUM

9. How to Talk About Actions (Sessions 19–23)

10. How to Talk About Various Speech Habits (Sessions 24–27)

11. How to Insult Your Enemies (Sessions 28–31)

TO: My family and friends, who accepted, without apparent resentment and with barely audible complaint, my complete self-isolation during the many months in which I totally and shamefully neglected them while working on the revision of this book. Especially: Mary; Margie Baldinger and the kids; Debbie and Allen Hubbert; Milton Lewis; Karen and Bob Kopfstein; Leonard Vogel, one of America’s great painters, and Shirley; gourmet cooks David and Janice Potts; Seymour and Nan Prog; Ruth and Leo; Dave and Jan Hopkins; Carol and Marvin Colter; Bob Finnerty, my chess opponent, who says that winning is all that counts; Doris Garcia; Eleanor and Robert Poitou; Mary El and Dick Gayman— Walter Garcia, Len Grandy, Don Jenkins; Sally Landsburg; Ted and Margaret Snyder; Jean Bryan; Rhoda and Ralph Duenewald; George and Phyllis Juric; Bob and Monica Myers, Tony and Kathy Garcia, Jean Kachaturian; Margie Lopez and Jo Watson— Myrtle and Ace, Donny and Estelle, Helen and Ben, Judy and Bob, Doris and Muriel, Danny and Mary; in memoriam, Max and Frances— Larry Scher, Chuck Nichamin, Sue Sullivan, Rosemary and Debbie Greenman, Alice Hessing, Dave and Lynn Bisset, Danny Hernandez, John Arcadi and Peggy Arcadi, Norm Ashley, Aaron Breitbart— Lorin and Gloria Warner, Marty and Ros Chodos, Mahlon and Gwen Woirhaye, Leon and Kay East, Marijane and Paul Paulsen, Helen and Russ Hurford, Elior and Sally Kinarthy— Carolyn Russell, Rod Sciborski, Vera Laushkin, John Hahn, Liz Johnson, Leonora Davila, Jim Hawley, Jerry Lenington, Jay Loughran, Susan Obler, Marilyn Houseman, Rita Scott, Chris Hamilton, Joan Nay, Mary Lewis, Virginia Sandoval, Hazel Haas— The staff and all my students at Rio Hondo College— My editor at Doubleday, Jean Anne Vincent, who so patiently and cheerfully goaded, prodded, pushed, wheedled, and cajoled me into finishing on time. Also: I wish to thank Karen Kopfstein and Peggy Chulack for their promptness and care in typing the manuscript. Whittier, California January 1978 CONTENTS Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication How to Use This Book for Maximum Benefit Why this is not a book to be read; how to learn to pronounce the new words correctly; how the etymological approach works better than any other method for learning words quickly and permanently; how to master nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in ϧve to ten minutes; how to use the psychological principles of learning to sharpen your verbal skills. Disclaimer PART ONE GETTING OFF TO A GOOD START 1. How to Test Your Present Vocabulary How vocabulary growth of the average adult compares with that of children; a simple test to show you whether your vocabulary is below average, average, above average, excellent, or superior in range, verbal speed, and responsiveness; important evidence of the close relationship between vocabulary and success. 2. How to Start Building Your Vocabulary How building your vocabulary will enrich your thinking, increase your self-assurance in speaking and writing, and give you a better understanding of the world and of yourself; why it is necessary to recapture the “powerful urge to learn”; why your age makes little diϱerence; how this book is designed to build a college-size vocabulary in two to three months. 3. How to Talk About Personality Types (Sessions 1–3) Words that describe all kinds and sorts of people, including terms for self-interest, reactions to the world, attitudes to others, skill and awkwardness, marital states, hatred of man, of woman, and of marriage. How one session of pleasant work can add more words to your vocabulary than the average adult learns in an entire year; why it is necessary to develop a comfortable time schedule and then stick to it. 4. How to Talk About Doctors (Sessions 4–6) Words that relate to medical specialists and specialties. Terms for experts in disorders of the female organs; childhood diseases; skin ailments; skeletal deformities; heart ailments; disorders of th

FAQs

What learning approach does the book describe for building vocabulary quickly?

It emphasizes learning pronunciation correctly, using an etymological approach, and practicing mastery of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in short sessions.

How does Part One begin the vocabulary program?

It starts with a way to test present vocabulary, then moves into building vocabulary and scheduling study time to sustain growth.

What does the book use to measure progress during the program?

It includes a comprehensive progress test: “How to Check Your Progress: Comprehensive Test I (Session 18)” described as a 120-item test for learning in Part I.

Sep 28, 2026

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