02525cam a2200337 i 4500 296088050 TxAuBib 20150311120000.0 131217s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781598039177 1598039172 (OCoLC)865513081 TxAuBib rda Flanigan, Kevin. Building a better vocabulary [CD BOOK] / Kevin Flanigan. Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, 2015. 18 discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook. txt rdacontent z rdamedia rdacarrier Great courses Compact discs. 36 lectures. 1) Five Principles for Learning Vocabulary -- 2) The Spelling-Meaning Connection -- 3) Words for Lying, Swindling, and Conniving -- 4) Words That Express Annoyance and Disgust -- 5) Fighting Wordsnd 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 WeTalk -- 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. Lecture delivered by Kevin Flanigan, West Chester, University of Pennsylvania. 20150311. Vocabulary. English language Study and teaching. Teaching Company. Great courses.