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Comic Vocab: Laugh Your Way to a Better Vocabulary

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EDITORIAL REVIEW

 
Listen. Laugh. Learn!

Comic Vocab is a fun, clean way to:

  • Communicate intelligently
  • Perform better on standardized exams
  • Get excited about learning new words


Students, parents and professionals will love it!

What makes Comic Vocab different?

We all know that having a strong vocabulary is important, but learning new words is frustrating, repetitive, and just plain boring. There has to be a better way. What if your favorite joke taught you the meaning of a word? Better yet, what if you had a joke for every word you wanted to learn? You'd laugh a lot and you'd improve your vocabulary without even knowing it. That, in a nutshell, is Comic Vocab. You'll listen, you'll laugh, and you'll learn.

Why does Comic Vocab work?

Comic Vocab is a highly effective vocabulary-building tool. Its success stems from the innovative use of clean comedy. Comedy has all of the great ingredients for learning vocabulary. It keeps your attention and it's memorable. Instead of forcing a connection between a word and its definition, comedy marries the two through ridiculous imagery, funny sounding characters, and a personal connection.

What words will I learn?

We carefully selected our words using a simple equation. Take the words that appear on standardized exams and those you find in publications. Subtract the words you already know and the words you'd never use.

Here's a sample of the words you'll learn: cadge, prolix, zephyr, bedizen, hirsute, frowzy, bibulous, quaff, salubrious, argot, and many more!

For more information, please visit us at http://www.comicvocab.com.

PRODUCT DETAILS

Publisher: Thirsty Brain LLC
Pub. Date: 1st November 2006
Catalog: Book
Media: Audio CD
Format: Audiobook
Ean: 9780978903503
Isbn: 0978903501

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USER REVIEWS

Don't waste your money.
~ Written on Jul 7, 2008. out of users found this review helpful.

Don't waste your money on this item. Whoever wrote this clearly doesn't understand comedy. I couldn't stand it after a couple of minutes of listening. Look for something different if you really want to learn.

Didn't work for a teen
~ Written on Mar 1, 2008. out of users found this review helpful.

My teen couldn't stand it. Humor was lame. The pace was annoyingly slow and the choice of words seemed too advanced for the humor level. Total of 55 words. I like the idea of audio vocabulary but the content didn't work for us.

Not so great
~ Written on Jan 9, 2008. 1 out of 1 users found this review helpful.

I found the voices in the CD quite annoying and the jokes weren't that funny.

huge smiles, learned new words
~ Written on Dec 17, 2007. 1 out of 1 users found this review helpful.

I smiled a lot while listening to Comic Vocab. =) The other reviews just confirmed my belief that humor and comedy are subjective. The humor in this product worked for me. It kept my attention and I learned a bunch of new words. There were only a few times when I laughed out loud, but most of the jokes managed to get me to smile, and that was enough for me to enjoy the product and learn from it.

I'm sorry I wasted my money
~ Written on Dec 15, 2007. 2 out of 3 users found this review helpful.

I read the other reviews before buying this for my husband and I am so disappointed that I was persuaded to buy this item based on the good reviews. I just popped it in 30 minutes ago and we could only take about 15 minutes of listening to it before I had to turn it off. Just the first 5 minutes alone let you know exactly how stupid the comic vocab audiobook is. Maybe I am just a tough critic with comedy, but I found this audiobook difficult to listen to because it was so ridiculous (and not ridiculously funny). My husband really didn't like it either. I'm sorry that I ever purchased this item and I hope my review will help others. If you think that weird voices and lame jokes are funny, such a "magician" telling you to lick your elbow, then this cd is for you. If you don't find that funny, DO NOT buy this audiobook or you may regret it like I do.

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