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English Vocabulary for the TOEFL and SAT Exams

Learn 100 New English Words from a Native Speaker and English Language Expert!

This fun and effective course teaches you new English vocabulary. I use the technique of grouping words together by similar meaning. This helps you to remember a general meaning even if you don’t recall the complete definition. I use example sentences and pictures to fix the meaning in your mind. I also go over the parts of speech for each vocabulary word to help you comprehend their meaning and use them correctly in your speech. Let’s get started taking your English vocabulary knowledge to the next level!

Who is the target audience?

Students preparing to take the TOEFL or SAT exams
Students who want to improve their knowledge of English vocabulary

Amy Curtis is a teacher, which means that she is constantly learning. Teaching is her passion, especially English literature and the humanities. She has been helping students learn to love reading and grow their vocabularies for over a decade as the English department chair at a college preparatory school, and she also teach college humanities courses. She has a bachelor’s degree in history from Southern Methodist University, and a master’s degree in humanities from Tiffin University.

What Will You Learn?

Students will learn 100 new English vocabulary words.
Students will be more prepared to achieve high scores on the TOEFL, SAT, and ACT exams.

Requirements

Students should have at least an intermediate knowledge of English.

Includes:

1 hour on-demand video
Full lifetime access
Access on mobile and TV

Certificate of Completion

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Power Synonyms – Book Two – for TOEFL, IELTS, SAT, ACT, GRE by Bruce Stirling

Bruce Stirling – author of one of the bestselling TOEFl book Speaking and Writing Strategies for TOEFL iBT

Power Synonyms is based on Bruce Stirling‘s innovative vocabulary strategy he call synonym substitution. This is how it works. First, Bruce Stirling look at your active English vocabulary. Your active English vocabulary contains English words you know. Because you know them, you use them correctly, for example, a word like MANY.

Power Synonyms – Book Two – for TOEFL, IELTS, SAT, ACT, GRE

Now here is the problem: On test day, if you use MANY when speaking or writing, will it increase your score? No. Why not? Because MANY does not demonstrate academic language use, the very thing the raters are looking for. But wait. What if you substitute MANY with the power synonym MYRIAD?

Compare the two sentences below. Which demonstrates academic word choice when writing and/or speaking? Which will score higher on test day?

1. The world has many problems,

2. The world has myriad problems.

That’s right. Sentence two—and all you did was change MANY to the power synonym MYRIAD! Easy, right? That is how synonym substitution works. I target a word in your active English vocabulary (AEV) and substitute it with a power synonym (PS). On test day, you might see myriad in a reading passage or hear it in a lecture. If you do, you will know that it means many. This will help you understand readings and lectures, and help you answer questions more quickly and easily for maximum scoring! That is synonym substitution. That is Power Synonyms’.