Wouldn't you like to Enhance Your Everyday Vocabulary? Now you can increase your vocabulary at your own pace! If you can memorize just 10 words a day - or a week - or a month- whatever works for your schedule - you can develop a richer vocabulary. 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 helps with crossword puzzles!
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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 Lessons
Lesson 1: Introduction to Increasing Your Vocabulary
Lesson 1- Introduction to Increasing Your Vocabulary
Lesson 2: Some Words Rooted in Foreign Languages
Lesson 2: Some Words Rooted in Foreign Languages
Lesson 3: Suffixes
Lesson 3: Suffixes
Lesson 4: Words with Pronunciation Pitfalls
Lesson 4: Words with Pronunciation Pitfalls
Lesson 5: Having to do with Food Preparation
Lesson 5: Having to do with Food Preparation
Lesson 6: Literary Terms
Lesson 6: Literary Terms
Lesson 7: Words Describing Human Traits
Lesson 7: Words Describing Human Traits
Lesson 8: Words Often Interchanged
Lesson 8: Words Often Interchanged
Lesson 9: Words Used in Testing
Lesson 9: Words Used in Testing
Lesson 10: Technology Words
Lesson 10: Technology Words
Lesson 11: Words That May Deceive You
Lesson 11: Words That May Deceive You
Lesson 12: Expanding Your Description Vocabulary
Lesson 12: Expanding Your Description Vocabulary
Lesson 13 - Roots
Lesson 13 - Roots
Lesson 14- Descriptive Adjectives and Human Traits
Lesson 14- Descriptive Adjectives and Human Traits
Lesson 15 - Legal Vocabulary
Lesson 15 - Legal Vocabulary
Lesson 16: Words from Many Cultures
Lesson 16: Words from Many Cultures
Lesson 17- Business and Economic Terms
Lesson 17- Business and Economic Terms
Lesson 18- Words for Human Abnormalities
Lesson 18- Words for Human Abnormalities
Lesson 19 - Human Behavior
Lesson 19 - Human Behavior
Lesson 20 - Philosophy and Theory
Philosophy and Theory
Optional Certificates Awarded
Certificate of Class Participation
Certificate of Academic Excellence
Certificates may be awarded by the instructor at his/her own discretion and are based on student merit.
To save your award and have a hard-copy delivered, there is a $30.00 processing fee that covers the customization, printing, and delivery of the award, as well as access to the UniversalClass™ Portfolio Service that documents your achievements online.
Official awards have a serial number that verifies the authenticity of the award (great for employers
to verify your achievement).
This is a non-credit course, and is provided for your personal enrichment.
This course is not intended to be a substitute for any state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.
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"I really enjoyed reading her comments that she wrote behind every sentence and paragraph. I was encouraged and motivated to finish the class in about one month. I thought it was going to take longer, but I was excited about the learning new words." -- Jeanette B.
"I have recommended this course to my colleagues who are needing continuing education. It's wonderful to actually learn something while completing your CEU requirements." -- Linda T.
"The instructor was very helpful and I really learned from her comments." -- Stephanie F.
"I learned the meanings of many new words. My vocabulary has certainly been enriched by it....The instructor's comments on my work were helpful. The course was challenging and involved a lot of thinking on my part - particularly coming up with good sentences using the vocabulary words, some of which were quite unfamiliar to me. It was good exercise for my brain! The paragraphs were fun to write. I enjoyed the course very much." -- Patricia P.
"Instructor is perfect and course is very good. I could not find useful course with this price in another website. Thank you for your help and God Bless all of you." -- Helen K.
"I enjoyed the interaction and their [instructors'] prompt and detailed communication." -- Sierra G.
"The instructor was excellent, provided helpful feedback in a timely fashion. Lessons were well-organized." -- Linda B.
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