Learners identify topic words from a group of related words and choose topic statements for short passages.

Students read an explanation of plagiarism. They then read examples of student papers and decide if an original work was plagiarized.

Learners identify the parts of speech by following a certain order until each word in a sentence is labeled. In a variety of exercises, learners practice finding verbs, prepositional phrases, subjects, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, and conjunctions.

Learners read about nonverbal communication. In a drag-and-drop exercise, they evaluate photos of people interacting and determine if the behaviors shown interfere with communication or enhance it.

In this learning activity you'll review the five Muslim beliefs.

Learners examine how language can interfere with clear communication. They select examples of ambiguity, assuring expressions, doublespeak euphemisms, jargon, emotive content, false implications, meaningless comparisons, and vagueness. In an interactive exercise, learners identify ways to overcome these barriers.

In this learning activity you'll identify correctly formatted MLA citations.

Learners examine the psychological and sociological barriers that interfere with clear communication. They select examples of ad hominem fallacy, bandwagon fallacy, emotional appeals, red herrings, irrelevant appeals to authority, suggestibility and conformity, “poisoning the well’, and “shoehorning.” In an interactive exercise, learners identify ways to overcome these barriers.

In this screencast, you will see how the Johari Window works when determining a relationship with someone.

Students practice adding some of the basic prefixes to words in the English language.

The learner will identify barriers to critical thinking related to internal and external factors after viewing scenarios.

Learn the definition of perception, its process and how it affects communication

In this interactive object, learners read short paragraphs and then select the main idea of each selection.

Learners examine eight different kinds of faulty logic or perception that interfere with critical thinking. They are superstition, ignorance, clustering illusion, false analogies, gambler’s fallacy, irrelevant comparisons, post hoc fallacy, and slippery slope fallacy. In an interactive exercise, learners identify ways to overcome these barriers.

This interactive study guide will help students to identify recommended processes for enforcing rules on a work team.

In this learning activity you'll review and practice using "they're," "there," and "their" correctly.

In this learning activity you can practice writing a technical descriptions of a pen.

In this learning activity you'll complete exercises matching subjects and verbs in number.

The learner will identify the three general types of ethics.

In this animated and interactive lesson, learners examine additive and subtractive color theories.

The learner will identify common barriers to effective listening.

This activity is cognitive. Learners will actively listen to a story activated by the computer. Then learners will take a quiz on their comprehension. Lastly, learners will compare their chosen answers against the answer key to determine how well they really did "actively" listen. (Credit given to Tom E. Wirkus, University Of Wisconsin-LaCrosse for this activity.)

This activity will examine several of the barriers related to problems with communication.

Learners examine seven basic human limitations that prevent people from seeing or understanding the world with total clarity. In an interactive exercise, learners identify ways to overcome those barriers to critical thinking.

In this learning activity you'll review the four techniques of good listening.