Better Vocabulary in 30 Minutes a Day..., Edie Schwager
Better Vocabulary in 30 Minutes a Day..., Edie Schwager
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Better Vocabulary in 30 Minutes a Day

Author: Edie Schwager

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Unabridged: 5 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 10/18/2016


Synopsis

Would you like to find new, exciting words to use in your speech and writing? Would you like to be a fascinating conversationalist? Would you like to be a Scrabble expert?

Better Vocabulary In 30 Minutes a Day offers a lively and entertaining method for adding a more impressive list of words to your everyday speech, and for learning how to use them effortlessly and accurately. Besides giving definitions, this invaluable guide also provides root meanings and elements of words so you can increase your vocabulary base by thousands of exciting new words and use them with aplomb in sentences.

Sprinkled throughout the book are fascinating stories about words and their origins. Even if you can’t spare 30 minutes a day to learn to speak and write eloquently, Better Vocabulary In 30 Minutes a Day allows you to customize your learning to take as little as five minutes a day. That’s a small commitment for the lifelong benefit of speaking and writing better!

Like its companion guides in the Better English Series, this book is just what you need for confident, clear writing and speaking!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alex

I had trouble connecting with the narrative. Since the object of this exercise is to improve my vocabulary, connecting with the narrative and remembering key facts is critical. The author intersperses the narrative with historical facts, but the new facts stepped on (erased) what I learned previousl......more

Goodreads review by Chip

Yawn. I have the audio version of this book. I would recommend it, if you have a difficult time falling asleep. He has long pauses, so that you can repeat the word, no doubt, but the narrator basically reads the dictionary to you. Re-shelving it after 45 minutes. Perhaps personal reading would be be......more

Goodreads review by Cavak

Not as advanced as I hoped it would be, but it is a handy guide for eighth-grade level words. The alphabetical organization, sentence examples, and word root origins were useful. Absolutely recommend in printed form since it is meant to be a quick reference book. The audiobook is the equivalent of so......more