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Course Description
Have you ever been reading a newspaper or listening to a commentary and been confronted with a word you didn't know -- like for instance, plethora? Over the years, you've seen and heard this word 20 times but you don't quite manage to remember the definition or use the word yourself when writing or speaking. You were supposed to have learned all this vocabulary stuff in high school or college but maybe you were absent that day? Well, It's never to late to fill in some of the gaps.
Increase your vocabulary at your own pace! Memorize just 10 words a day - or a week - whatever works for your schedule. In some cases it's not really memory work - it's just 'refreshing'. Amaze your business associates, family, friends, and (more importantly) yourself by enhancing your conversational skills. Not only will you avoid the embarrassment of misusing or mispronouncing words, but also with the right vocabulary you may impress others with your dexterous and inventive handling of important concepts without being considered a show-off. Plus vocabulary enrichment does wonders for your self-esteem and certainly has the added benefits of helping with crossword puzzles and Trivial Pursuit.
Through these interactive lessons, which have divided up ten different words in twenty lessons, you will learn interesting and relevant vocabulary. Words used frequently by "experts" to describe various cultures, words used in restaurants, words used in economics and business, legal words, technology terms, psychological jargon and much more. You'll not only practice using the words in a sentence you create, you'll also be writing short paragraphs with some of the words. Although the course emphasis is on vocabulary building, you'll have the added bonus of receiving some general writing assistance. So join the class and retain some of those words you once learned and promptly forgot.
Course Requirements
Anyone can take this course who has at least a 9th grade reading level in English.
This would be considered an Intermediate vocabulary course.
To complete this course students must finish all assignments and quizzes.
Each lesson will be associated with a practice assignment. The assignments are just intended to help you master the new vocabulary words. Each lesson will also contain a brief quiz that will test random vocabulary words presented in the lesson.
Course Goals
The course objective is clear- increase your vocabulary by almost 200 words or phrases. Be able to pronounce, understand, and use each of these words in a written sentence or in general conversation. Establish a pattern of committing interesting words to memory.
Reading Materials
All reading materials are provided in the class lessons and through the NetLinks.
Grading Policy
This course has a total of 185 pts:
Each end of the lesson quiz is worth 6- 8 pts. (there are 19 lessons)
There is a midterm and final each worth 20 pts.
Class participation is worth 20 pts.
