How can I improve my vocabulary efficiently and permanently?
How can I improve my vocabulary efficiently and permanently?
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read challenging books w/a dictionary next to you and look up words you don’t know. that way you learn them in context
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My personal opinion is that vocabulary is acquired by reading and then writing a summary of what has been read. The written summary should include new vocabulary from the piece read.
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Reading , consulting an English teacher for some advice, reading the dictionary;apply the learned terms into your speech.
Read the newspaper, scientific magazines and look up the words you do not know.
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Read books, and keep a journal. This way you get practice using words in context. While reading a book do keep a dictionary nearby, so you can lookup vocab as you go along.
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Try to read lots of good books and novels written by English writers.They use proper English.
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You can listen to books on tape and do lots of reading.
Read fun stuff so you won’t get bored. That will help you in spelling. By listening to books on tape you will hear the pronunciation. Listen to talk radio shows also.
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Read, read, read, and… write as much as you can too. Find pretexts to write; anything.
Open the dictionary each and every time you find a word you don’t understand.
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Move to England.
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Learn Greek & Latin roots, prefixes & suffixes.
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read a lot. books, the news, everything!
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