Skills 205: Vocabulary

Welcome!

Here you will find selected links to online explanations, exercises, quizzes, tools, and resources that you can work on on your own.

If you are not enrolled in a Skills class but are interested in improving your skills, or if you are enrolled and would like to just explore on your own without receiving credit or feedback from a Skills intructor, click on any of the links below to see what might help you the most.

• http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
  Merriam-Webster online dictionary and thesaurus
• http://www.visualthesaurus.com/index.jsp
  This visual thesaurus can give you some amazing (and beautiful) information about words.
• Compleat Lexical Tutor Lots of tools including an easy search for vocabulary words in sentences.

Strategies for Improving Vocabulary

• http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/vocabula.htm#Vocabulary%20Strategies
  Four strategies from Centre for Independent Language Learning

Self Study Courses

• http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/vocabula.htm
  Includes how to determine what you need to learn, strategies, materials, and tests.
• http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/english/vocabulary.html

Articles & Stories with Vocabulary Excercises

Vocabulary for English Language Learners (Ohio State University)

• http://www.literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html
  Articles on a variety of topics from CNN. Choose a story, then do vocabulary-building activities.

Standardized test prepration

Click "Preparing for Standardized Tests" to see testing links and learn more.