diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 18a2119..7bff544 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ No textbook is required for this course. All materials are included in this gith
 
 ## Technical requirements
 
-Laptop, Chrome browser and a text editor. We recommend Sublime Text 3 for this course becuase its fast, light weight and you can run your JavaScript files in its console with Node.
+Laptop, Chrome browser and a text editor. We recommend Sublime Text 3 for this course because its fast, light weight and you can run your JavaScript files in its console with Node.
 
 
 
diff --git a/scope/functions.js b/scope/functions.js
index ac7819b..d950e06 100755
--- a/scope/functions.js
+++ b/scope/functions.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         expect(ACTUAL === '???').to.be.true;
       });
 
-      it('if an inner and an outer variable share the same name, and the name is referenced in the inner scope, the inner scope variable masks the variable from the outer scope with the same name. This renders the outer scope variables inaccassible from anywhere within the inner function block', function () {
+      it('if an inner and an outer variable share the same name, and the name is referenced in the inner scope, the inner scope variable masks the variable from the outer scope with the same name. This renders the outer scope variables inaccessible from anywhere within the inner function block', function () {
         var sameName = 'outer';
         var fn = function () {
           var sameName = 'inner';