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Teaching & Academics Language English Vocabulary

Improve Your English Vocabulary with over 140 Tricky Words

Memory tricks for confusing words to improve your work, for homeschool, business and foreign English learners.
Rating: 3.8 out of 53.8 (32 ratings)
2,447 students
Created by Criss Ittermann
Last updated 4/2016
English
English
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Tips and tricks covering more than 70 of the most difficult English words to tell apart
  • 12 quizzes and a project to help you test your understanding.
  • Learn mind tricks to remember English words that sound alike
  • Write more confidently in English
  • Get your point across more accurately when writing in English
  • Improve written English test scores
  • Comprehend and communicate better on social media
  • Avoid some embarrassing auto-correct mishaps on mobile and computer devices
  • Improved understanding of spoken English
  • A desire to learn, ask questions, and interact with others

Requirements

  • Conversational English is very helpful for this class
  • Intermediate level spoken English
  • A written or reading English vocabulary of 500-1000 words or more is helpful, but not necessary

Description

7/12/15 update: 6 new lectures were added, all closed captioned. This brings the course from "over 70 tricky words" to OVER 140 TRICKY WORDS!

Note: All lectures are closed-captioned to help you understand the content. This course mainly covers US-English word use.

"...I like the visual illustrations to help remember as I am a dominant visual learner..." -- Erika

"...This course was well thought out..." -- Gary

"...this is the most fastest and easiest method to memorise vocabular[y]..." - Shane

"....such a great way to remember!" - Angelika

Build confidence in your English writing skills.

You can perfect your use of confusing English words, such as the sound-alikes "write" and "right" which mean something very different. This course will help you remember which word is the correct word, and you will learn and practice 144 commonly mistaken words.

You need to write these words when:

  • job hunting
  • running a business
  • work
  • school
  • social media
  • blogging
  • texting and emailing

Improve your English writing with verbal, visual and story-like tips on knowing the correct word to use. You can tell the differences between common problem words in English.

  • Look more professional
  • Avoid miscommunications
  • Say what you mean
  • Make a great first impression

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the course. Search on my name and my instructor page will come up in the results.

Enroll today and improve your writing right away!

Who this course is for:

  • People familiar with conversational English but who need to sharpen their English writing skills
  • Homeschoolers, homeschooling families
  • International English students
  • Advanced English learners who are still making mistakes with homophones (words that sound alike)
  • Intermediate English as a Second Language learners
  • Intermediate English as a Foreign Language learners
  • Business people
  • Native English speakers who make common mistakes with words that sound alike
  • Anyone who wants to improve their English writing
  • Lectures are closed captioned to improve listening comprehension

Course content

6 sections • 28 lectures • 1h 42m total length

  • Preview01:49
  • Preview00:46
  • What words are covered in this class? - version 5.1
    3 pages
  • Pretest
    4 questions

  • Introducing Very Common Tricky Words
    02:37
  • Preview05:51
  • Greetings
    05:31
  • Number & Greeting Quiz
    6 questions
  • Preview06:47
  • Possessive Pronouns Quiz
    4 questions
  • Bonus Tricky Words
    04:26
  • Bonus Word Quiz
    4 questions
  • Very Common Tricky Word Roundup
    01:22
  • Section Quiz One
    2 questions

  • Introducing Tricky Verbs
    01:02
  • Tricky Action Verbs (Part 1)
    08:02
  • Preview06:48
  • Action Verb Quiz
    3 questions
  • Other Tricky Verbs (Part 1)
    05:07
  • Other Tricky Verbs (Part 2)
    05:05
  • Other Verb Quiz
    4 questions
  • Tricky Verb Roundup
    00:31
  • Section Quiz Two
    3 questions
  • Bonus: More Verbs 1
    03:46
  • Bonus: More Verbs 2
    04:10

  • Introducing Tricky Nouns
    00:38
  • Preview04:01
  • People Quiz
    2 questions
  • Places
    03:58
  • Place Quiz
    2 questions
  • Things
    05:15
  • Thing Quiz
    3 questions
  • Tricky Noun Roundup
    01:12
  • Section Quiz Three
    2 questions
  • Preview03:37
  • Bonus: More Nouns 2
    03:19

  • Comparisons
    05:10
  • Bonus: Business Set 1
    04:05
  • Bonus: Business Set 2
    03:27

  • Practice
    1 page

Instructor

Criss Ittermann
Owner, Coach & Adventurer - The Eclectic Tech
Criss Ittermann
  • 3.9 Instructor Rating
  • 156 Reviews
  • 3,005 Students
  • 2 Courses

Writer Criss Ittermann is a revolutionary brainstormer and some people call her a "Renaissance Woman." In addition to an uncanny ability to come up with novel ideas, Criss has skills from computer repair and programming through graphic design, holistic healing, American Sign Language, writing and sculpting, and a wide range of experience in the small business world.

With keen perception and thorough processing, Criss can quickly take in and evaluate disparate information and come to unconventional conclusions. Whether she asks uncanny questions that provoke new ways of thinking, or she produces an unorthodox solution from her mental machinery, you can be certain that the ideas Criss produces will create subtle but important change.

When you want someone with an adventurous attitude to encourage you to solve your problem puzzles, ground-breaking ideas to bring a big difference to make you stand out in a crowd, or fresh solutions to age-old headaches, talk to Criss.

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