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 interested in improving your skills and would like to explore on your own, 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
• http://a4esl.org/
  Focusing on Words (scan to mid-page and look in right column. Click on "Vocabulary Quizzes: Word Challenges")

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

Activities, Articles & Stories with Vocabulary Exercises

• http://www.literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html
  Articles on a variety of topics from CNN. Choose a story, then do vocabulary-building exercises
• http://www.manythings.org/e/easy.html
  A variety of games, quizzes and activities for ESL students
• http://a4esl.org/
  A variety of links, lessons, quizzes and games for ESL students