Vocabulary for the College Bound Student

In the year 2000 there were approximately 400 million native speakers of English in the world. If we add about 100 million people who speak English as a second language, it can be seen that English has become the international language of communication. For this reason, there are millions of people studying English. Although, the book Vocabulary for the College Bound Students, is written primarily for native English speakers, also those who would like to level their English to that of an educated native speaker will highly benefit from it. Vocabulary for the College Bound Students deals with SAT and GRE vocabulary. This type of vocabulary is not listed in alphbetical order, but it is grouped in themes which makes it easy to remember. In addition to it, the book also provides variety of different vocabulary excercises for retaining the vocabulary. As I indicated above, the book is an excellent aid for native speakers and for English students. Simply for those who seek to understand articles in Time, Newsweek, The Economist and other sophisticated readings.

I use it for school because we need it lol yeah. With out it i would be failing. The homework are pretty easy too.

I can't tell you how much I value this book. I first used it in 6th grade -- over 30 years ago! -- and managed to hold on to my copy. This book's value has actually improved with time. Schools do not teach vocabulary the same way this book does, much to their shame. Instead they teach students to learn long lists of unrelated words, making it harder for them to truly build a vocabulary. The order of this book is much more natural and really helps students learn to understand and appreciate words. I have been using it with my kids, hoping they'll have the same success with it that I had.

As a student studying this book, the advanced vocabulary within it contains valuable information in order to succeed on achievement tests, essays, and even daily spoken language. I proudly say that this book has changed how I think, read, and feel these words. The format of this book is very laudable (I got that from the book!). Hopefully others will increase there vocabulary for the sake of knowledge and understading.

In searching for a vocabulary workbook to help my son studying for SSAT test, I stumbled into a very old edition of this book at a second-handed book store. I immediately recognized the value of this book. As you can see, English is not my mother tongue language, so studying English for me is a science. I like the way the book builds up blocks of knowledge and goes up from there. I studied it along with my son for six weeks, his SSAT test score jumped from 20 to 70 percentile. We still have a way to go, but I am happy that I found the right tool for our goal. I am looking forward to have my son taking SAT test. I know he will do well, and my English will improve at the same time. Double pleasure! Thank you Mr. Levine.