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New Word A Day: Vocabulary and Riddles Kindle Edition

by Elliot Carruthers (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 161 ratings
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A word a day will stimulate your mind and improve your vocabulary! 365 words in a calendar format will help you learn one word each day. Memory tricks and riddles make it easy and fun. Phonetic and simple explanations help you use the words in conversation. Making New Word A Day both enjoyable and entertaining!
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    January 9, 2014
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    Vocabulary Cartoons
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    English
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00H3TB0L4
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 9, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 16111 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 254 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 161 ratings

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3.8 out of 5 stars
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Randy Larson
5.0 out of 5 stars Reading comprehension is everything
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2018
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I didn't purchase this book for myself, I purchased it for my children to share a word a day with my grandchildren. Many parents don't fully grasp how important reading comprehension is to a child's development and learning. If you are not aware, almost all learning is tied to vocabulary. Having spent twenty years in education I can assure you that many students' failures are directly impacted by a limited vocabulary. I have worked side-by-side with special education teachers and the main problem that students experience is poor to absent reading comprehension. Students can properly read an entire page and at the end of the page not be able to explain what they have just read. There is an enormous difference between reading and reading comprehension. Google "poor children and the word gap".
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JJares
3.0 out of 5 stars Great Choice of Words to Learn
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2022
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The words this author chose were great. I learned more than I expected. One bonus was the author used the word later in one of his (really stupid) puns or questions (the bottom half of the written pages). I became angry with the open-endedness of most of the questions.

The two illustrations on some of the pages were great. But the prompts to help the reader remember were confusing and unhelpful. Before I was very far into the book, I realized why a new vocabulary word a day (on a calendar page) was an easier way to learn vocabulary.

I read about the author who explained that he worked on the book while traveling to and from work. The author is congratulated for spending his time so well. Maybe, if the presentation process were tweaked a bit, the outcome would be more useful.
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GG
4.0 out of 5 stars vocabulary IS so important
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2014
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I don't go in and learn a new word every day but do think having a place to check out new words and give yourself the opportunity to use them is a wonderful way to improve vocabulary, and without this device, one would often forget. Great way to feel good about yourself.
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Book Lover
5.0 out of 5 stars Words, Words and more words
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2015
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Everyday a new word to learn and to maybe use that day. Now I have to admit some of the words weren't all that new to me, but I did have fun with them. My recommendation is simply just read it for the heck of it. I mean it is only one word a day and you never know when you might need to be superfluous.
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ninny8
1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2020
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I knew it was in book form but did not expect to see 4 words/comics presented with each turn of the page. They illustrations are not appealing. The attempt at humor for each word was disappointing. I would not recommend.
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A. Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Contains Wonderful Words to Enrich Your English
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2015
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This is a beautiful book that has lovely illustrations and 365 days of new and wonderful words to learn. There are phonetic explanations for correct pronunciation and also example sentences. This is a gem for elementary and middle school kids. I'm a 79 year old man and my great grand kids had a blast reading this to me.
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Karen B
5.0 out of 5 stars vocabulary cartoons help me to remember
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2014
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I like the cartoons in here. Lately my memory is not what it was and the cartoons help me to remember the words. Easy to use with being on my Kindle; I just read the word before starting my other reading.
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robN
2.0 out of 5 stars Good in concept
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2016
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Honestly I was not all that impressed with this ebook. The layout made it impossible to view just one day at a time, like a real Word of the Day calendar. Also, in many cases, words with the same basic meaning were used multiple days in a row.
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Woofles
5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun in office
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 30, 2018
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Much better than expected. Clear, easy to understand. Live the fun way it is written
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patrick sullivan
5.0 out of 5 stars Great way to learn new words
Reviewed in Canada on December 16, 2016
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I really liked this book --drawings , the whole approach - maybe the next book could have two words a bay.
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FF628
4.0 out of 5 stars 結局、継続は力なり
Reviewed in Japan on April 18, 2014
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タイトル通り、365個の英単語を収録。それぞれに日付がふられており、ダウンロードした4/14の"confabulation"から毎日一つずつ眺め始めた。記憶を定着させるため、週末に一週間分、月末に一ヶ月分の復習は必要になるだろう。

本書は、単語を表現したいかにもアメリカンなイラスト（ページ数の割に容量が大きいのはこのため）とその説明文、同義語（数個）、意味（そっけないほど短いので、タップして英英辞典での再確認が不可欠）、例文で構成されている。これ以外にも音節単位の語源や語呂、クイズ（次頁に答えあり）といろいろ工夫されており、ネイティヴも単語習得には苦労していることが伺われる。

個人的には、単語自体は知らないが、数個並べられている同義語のいくつかは知っている、という難易度なのでやりがいはある。普段読んでいる原書に本書で覚えた単語が頻出するとやる気が増し、来年の4/13には"conduce"のページを開いていることになるのだけれど。
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RosieJ0
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice idea but words could be better
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 13, 2019
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I love the idea. My son and I made it a challenge to get each word into general conversation as much as possible throughout the day. Sometimes that worked well but often it was impossible. Some words were also quite commonly already known.
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古谷昌子
1.0 out of 5 stars New Word Day:365 New Words A Day
Reviewed in Japan on February 14, 2015
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私のレベルでは難しい。　お勉強すれば良いと思うが、聞いたことのないwords が多すぎて、
数日で挫折した。　もう少しレベルが上がったら必ずやります。
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