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The Princeton Review Word Smart : Building a More Educated Vocabulary

by Julian Fleisher (Author), Adam Robinson (Author)
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
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The fun way to improve English grammar and vocabulary and to improve standardized test scores! The humorous, irreverent style makes these programs perfect for getting students back into the swing of school. Laugh-out-loud examples, reviews, monologues, and short quizzes make the information easy to absorb.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0609811096
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0609811092
  3. Publisher
    Living Language
  4. Publication date
    August 7, 2001
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    5.68 x 0.96 x 4.91 inches
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Living Language (August 7, 2001)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0609811096
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0609811092
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.68 x 0.96 x 4.91 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 19 ratings

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Ev Nucci
5.0 out of 5 stars Great product for your children
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2014
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I purchased this for my kids years before they started studying for the SATs. They started using these in the 9th grade to increase their vocabulary. However if you buy it to study for the SATs, it's worth the time and money. I bought both the CD program and the audio. The audio was the add on to the CD program. The CD program has a home screen has five different learning modes. The first mode is multiple choice, the second mode is the flashcard exercise, the third mode is column matching and audio discussion, the fourth mode is sentence completion, and the fifth mode is work shark which is like an arcade style game.

The word smart audio is a great addition because it enhances learning for anyone. As research has shown, educators and clinicians have FINALLY recognized that irrelevant of whether your learning styles, a multisensory approach to learning (visual, auditory, tactile and kinesthetic approach) is the most effective manner in which to coalesce material.

By taking the same word and incorporating that word five different ways into a sentence, utilizing that word; hearing that word repeatedly Princeton Review manipulates the word so frequently they guarantee an increase in your SAT score or give you your money back.

They also offer real time live tutoring, a structured four month course, adaptive practice problems and lessons taught by industry leaders. Word Smart also offers on-demand web-based practice problems. Princeton Review is worth the money.
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a.y.k.o
5.0 out of 5 stars Seems to work for me
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2006
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I'm studying for the GRE's and taking the Princeton Review class in conjunction to listening to the CD. These disks contain several words that are also in the Hit Parade lists that we get from class. Hearing the words, meanings, and sentences using the words really help to learn them. They group the words based in similarity in meanings to help you learn. First, they give you the words, meanings, and use them in sentences. Then they follow by a story using the words. Then they say the words, with a pause so you can think about the definition, and then give you the definition and use the word in a sentence. I've definitely been using the new vocabulary more and more in my everyday speech. I wish Princeton Review would do something like this for ALL of the words from the Hit Parade and Beyond the Hit Parade lists. The only other really effective way I've found to really learn the words is to do a google search of each word, and just see how they're used in context.
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Laura De Giorgio
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Way to Expand Your Vocabulary
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2004
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This sets contains 5 CDs, each one goes over about 50 words. Good number of the words on these recordings seem to be on a high-school level, though.

The first CD covers the vocabulary related to: All or Nothing; I love you ... I hate you; The Naughty and the Nice.

The second CD coverts the vocabulary related to: The Long and the Short of It; The Mighty and the Meak; You Help Me, Then You Hurt Me.

The third CD covers the vocabulary related to: True or False; From the Sublime to the Ridiculous; Something Old, Something New.

The fourth CD covers the vocabulary related to: Alone or Together; Now You See It, Now you Don't; The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same.

The fifth CD covers the vocabulary related to: Park and Ride; Shadows and Light.

The recordings are very entertaining to listen to. After defining the words, they are dramatized, often in a humorous way, adding fun to the learning process.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2020
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It's me
3.0 out of 5 stars My experience is so so
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2009
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I bought this product years ago and listened to it alot. I listened over and over. The problem was that though I remembered the words and their meanings in the short term, none of it stuck. Years later I hear or read these words I listened to and I remember hearing them on the CD, but I don't remember their meanings. I think the reason for this is because the CD is a bit boring which meant I had to force myself to pay attention to what I was listening to because my mind kept drifting. What made it boring was that the voices on the tape sound humdrum and sound as if they are reading a script.. Almost robotic. They don't sound like they're REALLY talking for the most part. You know how you sometimes call the bank or some other institution with Automated phone systems and if a human comes on you are alert and hear everything, but when you hear an automated message your mind just drifts & zones out at the sound of the scripted message and then suddenly you hear "...press 3, if you want to make a payment press 4.." And you're like OH WAIT, WHAT WERE OPTIONS 1 & 2? I wasn't paying attention I missed it.! And then you have to hang up and call again and sometimes if you're tired or have other things on your mind it happens AGAIN!! These CDs were like that for me. The CD sounded too automated and boring and it just didn't stick for me no matter how often I listened. If you can easily focus through a boring CD this can work for you. Also if you are one of 10% of people in the world who are Auditory learners - meaning you learn best through auditory means, this would also work for you. (80%+ of people are visual learners while between 6-3% are kinesthetic learners.) If you're going to listen to it while driving (I never did) then maybe it might work because there's not too much stimuli around while driving and maybe it'll be harder for you to drift mentally- I don't know. But I easily fell asleep while listening to this stuff and wasn't able to retain much. Since then I used another program that worked 100 times better.
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farit nizamov
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2014
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I personally liked it, that's why I chose it as a present to my relateve
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Ms Fit Queen
5.0 out of 5 stars Love These CDs!!
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2010
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Great for building you vocabulary!! Love em'! Great examples and narration - I listen to them all the time!!
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a pre-dental student
5.0 out of 5 stars the best of its kind!
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2007
I've used verbal advantage and imo, word smart is way better and not as dry.
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5.0 out of 5 stars 楽しく単語を学ぶのに最適
Reviewed in Japan on September 21, 2016
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5枚目が特に素晴らしいです。お色気作戦あり、きわどいジョークあり、だいたいこういう高校生用のCDなのにf**kとか、hejiraを説明するのにJoni mitchellのアルバムがでてきたり、impricateを説明する際にIf you still wanted to have sex, why did you break up?とかいってたりして楽しさ満載です。これから2とgeniusも購入するつもりですが、両方とも同様な楽しさに満ちているといいな、と思ってます。楽しみながらやや上級の単語を勉強したい人には最適だと思います。ただし、リスニングがある程度以上でないと楽しめないことは否めないです。
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multitalent
5.0 out of 5 stars The best system ever.
Reviewed in Japan on June 12, 2005
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I love the Word Smart audio CD. This is by far the most powerful vocabulary building system ever developed. Combine the Word Smart audio CD with the book and you got yourself a winning team. I am not exaggerating about this. I tried various books, magazines, and audio study materials to augment my vocabularies but none of them worked better than the Word Smart audio CD. You learn over 230 words in this program and all of the words are very big; let me just say that these words that I’m talking about just doesn’t pop up in a daily conversation with your friends. The words that you’ll be learning in this program carry a lot of power and demands respect. Trust me on this one. Here’s what happened to me. I have many friends that graduated some of the top universities in America and as for me, I am only a high school graduate. But after mastering the Word Smart vocabulary program, I was able to out do all of my friends during the course of an intellectual conversation using the words I learned in this program. A lot of my college-educated friends could not understand what I was saying because the words that I was using were too difficult for them. Anyways, as you progress in this program, the words will flow out of your mouth without even trying.
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みっちー
5.0 out of 5 stars オススメ
Reviewed in Japan on September 30, 2003
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単語を覚えるための多くの本が出版されており、今までは文字から覚えるという方法をとっていたが、このCDをもっと早く使っていれば、と思った。このCDは単なる単語と意味の発音だけではなく、短い話も交えて男女の会話風に進んでいくので、単語と意味を繰り返すような音声教材とは違い記憶にも残りやすいと思う。話すスピードも普通のスピードなので、ある程度のレベルの人であれば特に違和感なく聞けると思う。
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