In this 3-week online course, learners will develop vocabulary skills and better reading comprehension by learning Greek and Latin word roots. This is also a great foundation for anyone learning medical terminology.  No prior knowledge is required. Hand-outs will be provided as needed. 

Day 1: In this class, we will learn the following word roots: mob, mot, mov (move); grad, gress (step); pos (to place, put); and sed, sid, sess (to sit, settle).
Day 2: In this class, we will learn the following word roots: log (word, idea, reason, speech); ono, nym, onym (word, name); tain, ten, tent (hold); and fer (to carry, bear, bring together).
Day 3: In this class, we will learn the following word roots: cap (take, seize); pel, puls (drive, drivers, force); pend (hang, weigh, pay); and stat (stay, position, to know).
Day 4: In this class, we will learn the following word roots: cogn, sci (to know, knowledge); sens, sent (feel, be aware); duc, duct (lead, take, bring); and flu, flux (to flow).
Day 5: In this class, we will learn the following word roots: aud, son, phon (sound, to hear); tact, tang, tag, tig (touch); clud, clus, claus (to close). and spond, spons, spous (promise, answer for, pledge).
Day 6: In this class, we will learn the following word roots: pot, pos, val (power, to be strong); cit, civ, poli, polit (citizen, city, state); fac, fic, fect, fict (make, do); and mim, sembl, simil, simul (copy, imitate, to make like, together).
Day 7: In this class, we will learn the following word roots: leg, lect (law, choose, gather, select, read); men, min, mon (to think, remind, advise, warn); ord (order); and cred, fid (believe, trust).
Day 8:In this class, we will learn the following word roots: pass, path, pat (feeling, emotion, suffering); and dur, firm (to harden, hold out, last, make firm, strengthen). We will also have a review of all word roots taught in this class.