VOCABULARY

Words are unique and interesting. Your vocabulary can and should be a reflection of you. Your vocabulary is you. And like you, your vocabulary should be alive. It should change and grow to meet your needs. Cuesta College: Guide to Vocabulary ( http://academic.cuesta.edu/acasupp/as/500index.HTM)

 

 

 

Some sites to help in this effort:

• Vocabulary Training
  This site is meant to replicate on the Internet a means of learning words and phrases in In English, German, French and Spanish. The technique used in this site can be helpful in learning vocabulary because the vocabulary is presented randomly, emulating as nearly as possible the "flash-card" technique and the user may keep score, thus monitoring progress.
  http://www.vokabel.com
• Self-Study Vocabulary Quizzes (ESL, EFL)
  Study English with Quizzes, Crossword Puzzles and other activities for students of English as a second language.
  HTML Quizzes: http://a4esl.org/q/h/vocabulary.html JAVA Quizzes: http://a4esl.org/a/jv.html
• Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun!
  This interactive site offers a variety of games (wordsearches, crosswords, hangman, match games and quizzes) using words assigned by category (animals, food, geography, etc.).
  http://www.vocabulary.co.il
• Vocabulary Web Games
  Improve your vocabulary and boost your SAT / GRE scores. Master the 720 most frequently tested vocabulary words with these free web quizzes.
  http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_vocab.htm
• VoyCabulary.com
  Makes the words on any webpage into links so you can look them up in a dictionary or other word-reference-site of your choice, by simply clicking on the words. Anytime you find yourself reading a webpage with words you wish to look-up, try running the page through VoyCabulary and just click on the words! For instance, if you are reading a page with complicated words, like when reading Medical pages, or perhaps reading a page in Spanish and frequently need to look-up the English equivalents, see if VoyCabulary can help you out!
  http://www.voycabulary.com

Vocabulary University
http://syndicate.com
At Vocabulary U, students will enjoy the interactive word puzzles while expanding their vocabulary. Entertaining puzzles feature word roots, offer immediate feedback, and are designed to help students increase their vocabulary skills.