Word Memory Power

This is perhaps the best of the vocabulary books I've seen on the market. Most guides to vocabulary improvement show you words as you would learn them in school. You are shown WHAT you need to know but not told HOW to learn the information. An erroneous assumption is made: the "how" must be up to you. This publication goes beyond that antiquated model by explaining exactly how you can rapidly learn each of the new words. You receive not just what to learn but HOW to learn it. I find this approach much more valuable to students. The learning experience is expedited and made more interesting via mnemonics.Even if you already have a great vocabulary, this book will teach you ways to acquire new words with less effort. Buy it and find out for yourself!

This hard-to-get paperback book was first published in 1981, but it is still an excellent "starter" book if you have never tried to learn a lot of word meanings for a superior vocabulary before on your own. You will learn basic vocabulary and remember key words because of Peter Funk's clever memory tricks. After you have finished this book, other books such as the venerable dean of all vocabulary paperback books: "30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary" by Dr. Wilfred S. Funk and Norman Lewis and the effective reinforcement of "Word Power Made Easy" by Norman Lewis will be much easier for you. Highly recommended by John Thor Newlander, teacher of communication arts and English in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. - 3/5/99