Vocabulary 095
3 credits
There are many ways to improve your vocabulary:
- Use the computer to research the fascinating
origins of words.
For example, did you know that the word beef came into English from the French, that the word chicken came from German, that the word coffee came from the Turkish word qahwah, the word apricot came from the Arabic word al-birquq, and the word squash came from the Narrangasett word askutasquash? Many words have fascinating histories; they often have passed through several languages, and changed several times, before they came into English.
- Become a bookworm. Read, read, read!
Take a class - Vocabulary 095 - and study numerous content area words; for example, psychology, music, literature, geography, history, and so on.
