...and his gratuitous charm

[vvvexation]

I...am not sure what to make of this vocabulary-building tool.

I mean, I suppose, all other things being equal, it's probably a useful thing to have in existence. But the fact that there's actually a market for this...

...yeah, I dunno, man.

Comments

[nasu-dengaku.livejournal.com]

I was thinking at the number of times people click on definitions as an indicator. Even you'd get bored of reading them, right?

However, you could also do it with end-of-chapter quizzes.

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

Quizzes might be a better way to go. Then again, this whole scheme seems to rely on frequent rereading, and I'm not sure how often most people reread most books, but I suspect it's not all that often. D'you reckon the reread stats are significantly greater for books like Twilight?

[nasu-dengaku.livejournal.com]

If I were a Twilight fan and I was choosing between rereading Twilight and memorizing a giant word list, the book would look very appealaing.

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

Yes, but that assumes your goal is to learn vocabulary. Now if you were choosing between rereading Twilight, memorizing a giant word list, and going to the mall....

[nasu-dengaku.livejournal.com]

Oooh.... reframing. You win.

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

Heh. I'm not saying the ebook wouldn't work for those who were trying to learn vocabulary--i.e. the people the Cliff's Notes guide is aimed at. But then again, given the existence of said Cliff's Notes guide to accompany one's probably-already-purchased copy of Twilight, the ebook would have to be pretty cheap to compete.

[plymouth.livejournal.com]

When I was in junior high I read Dragonflight and Dragonquest 7 times. I stopped halfway through The White Dragon on the 7th read. So, um, yeah.

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sure there are books I've read that often. But you and I are surely not typical.