words and language

CDs make me say words that my redneck friends don't understand. I'm completely satisfied. These CDs are a must in self-improvement. The memory course helps with studying and remembering girlfriend's birthday. Highly recommended.

I have listened to Elite Word Power for the past couple of days and have been disappointed. I found it to be unstimulating and lacking a few basics which I think would turn it into a better program. Mainly, it gives you only the word and it's definition. I believe this is not enough and think that it should have included examples of word sentence application, synonyms, common mistakes and misinterpretations, etc. (Especially for us aural learners who are most apt to purchase a product like this.) There should be enough information for you to pause the CD and make up your own sentences (maybe 5 or 6) Just hearing a word and a short definition for me does nothing.
I also think this program should be condensed from 5,000 words to possibly 500 - 1000 of the least common words that should be known by the average college educated adult, as much of what is taught here should have been learned by the 8th grade. You would then have a very powerful program. I have also purchased Word Smart and may try out their CD, which I have not tried. They seem to include sentence usage, based upon a review that I had read earlier.

You can't have it both ways. Either you get many words with brief definitions or on other CDs you get few words with long examples, repetitive quizzes, and boring spellings. But brief definitions may be too fast for beginners.