Increase your vocabulary! Secrets of the vocabulary of the English language

First of all, understand: remember all the words can not be! It is not associated with your laziness and procrastination, it is a purely physiological features of the structure of our brain. Do not complain to yourself for what you knew something, heard but forgotten. Just pick the most effective for you personally way to learn new words. Methods of learning a new vocabulary to share with us the teacher-native speaker Adam in his training video.

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Some useful vocabulary from the movie and will continue.

Useful Vocabulary

Nouns
1. Beautician — beauticians.
2. Perseverance — perseverance, perseverance.
3. Memorization — memorization.

Verbs

4. To beautify — decorating.
5. To give talks and lectures — make presentations and lectures.
6. To put down — record.
7. To make no sense — does not make sense.
8. To keep in mind — remember (do not forget).
9. To put aside — be postponed.
10. To eject — throw, cast.
11. To reject — reject, reject.
12. To object — object to protest.
13. To increase — increase (to be).
14. To extend — to extend, to spread.
15. To expand — expand.
16. To accelerate — accelerate.
17. To intensify — to activate, amplify.
18. To reinforce — strengthened support.
19. To update — update.
20. To downgrade — lowering.

Adjectives

21. Obsolete — obsolete.
22. State-of-the-art — the newest, located at the level of modern development.
23. Cutting edge — newest.

Adverbs

24. Eventually — eventually with time.
25. Once in a while — sometimes, sometimes.

Phrases

26. The lesson is meant — the lesson is designed to …
27. Ways of increasing — ways to increase.
28. To throw my two cents in — insert his two cents.
29. It’s based on — it is based.
30. You get my idea — you know what I mean.
31. To limit yourself to one new word — limited to one word.
32. Why not learn — why not learn.
33. As a matter of fact — relatively speaking; in fact.
34. To have a clear meaning — to have a clear idea.
35. You are very comfortable with — here: that you believe (no doubt).

So, we discuss?

Our goal is to replenish and diversify their vocabulary. It is hard, but rewarding work. Moreover, if you manage yourself properly organized and disciplined — you are guaranteed success.

First, create a comfortable environment for «immersion». Read books, listen to music, watch films and programs in English. This is an effective way to learn the basics of speaking, that can not be found in textbooks, but through which happens, in fact, the process of communication. Remember: not enough just to read, listen, watch. Be sure to write out new words and memorize them. How? This is discussed later.

There are many ways and methods of memorizing new words. Navigate is the one that corresponds to the features of your memory. Someone easier to organize knowledge in the form of tables and diagrams, someone healthy development of associative thinking, someone prefers a playful way of work. Here are some useful tips that will help you in this difficult matter.

10 tips to enrich the vocabulary of the English language

1. Teach words in context

If you try to memorize words out of context, they will be for you an empty set of letters and sounds. Write down the word, example and make use of the offer to him. What for? The fact that more work has been done with this word, the better it is stored. Moreover, when we see the word «work», it carries some informative load, we «feel» it, and it gradually merges into our vocabulary.

2. Learn all forms of words

Thus, instead of one, you can learn four or even five new speech units. When we learn a few forms of the same word, we have significantly better than they remember. The more forms, and consequently, and the words you know, the more varied your voice can be design that shows your outstanding education and a high level of language skills. This, you will agree, it’s nice.

3. Use monolingual dictionaries (English-English dictionaries)

Firstly, as you know, and learn more new words. Second, it’s a great way to «dive» in the language: the more you work with the language, the better. Learn to understand the interpretation in English. Initially, it will be difficult, but with time to work with the Dictionary of English would be both easier and more fun. With regard to online dictionaries in the video mentioned http://www.merriam-webster.com, http://www.oxforddictionaries.com. Many teachers also like «Longman» — http://www.ldoceonline.com. Choose!

4. Discard the online translators

You may have experienced first hand the misunderstandings that may arise as a result of working with «transleyterami.» This ingenious invention of mankind is still insanely «wrong.» Therefore, when you copy and paste a sentence in Russian, and the touch translating it into English, in the end you get a frank nonsense. This is a set of English words that were built under the laws of Russian grammar. Transfer can be a word, and a bid of themselves.

5. Try to use the method of «cards»

Of course, here you will need to put a lot of effort, but it’s worth it. The method is really fun and effective.

Step One: prepare yourself cards. How many? At your discretion, it is important not to overdo it, because of the kind of huge stacks of new words no longer any desire to get to work. I think 60 cards to start would be at the time. Step two: divide the cards into three stacks. The first deck of cards will consist of entirely new words for us, the second — from the words that we, sort of, and familiar with, but we are still not sure. The third stack — this is the most pleasant deck of learned words.

The process of learning is as follows: first, working with a completely new to you in words. We write each word on one side of the card and on the back, at your discretion — either translation or interpretation in English, you can also write an example of using the word. These cards you at first will always carry. Whenever a minute to spare, reach for his words and teach, repeat, remember. Once I learned the word, move to the next deck. Now actively working with the second stack (it is now our «working» deck). We learned — to move a pile of words that are well remembered. And that’s just when you’re a hundred percent sure that remembered the word and know how to use it in your speech, you can postpone the card. Do not forget from time to time to view cards «of the reserve» as a high probability that they will be forgotten.

As mentioned above, the process time-consuming, but effective. Take a mental note.

6. Memorize a bunch of words on the scheme: the word — a synonym for the word — the antonym

So you can not only enrich your vocabulary, but also to diversify their speech.

7. Case study of new words

Take the theme of «Airport» and think about all the possible words and phrases that we can come in handy during flights. Frankly, and special efforts will not have to exert as our authors have done everything for you, and most of the interest you can be found in our blog, so your task — simply learn a new language.

8. Keep a notebook in kotoryi you write new words

Organize your knowledge. It is desirable to develop a certain pattern: either to write the words in alphabetical order, or combine them thematically, as you wish, as long as the system was. Nowadays, ultrabooks, smart phones and other gadgets bombeznyh can come up with their own ways of organizing such «dictionary.» Creative imagination!

9. You can make a «vocabulary calendar»

Make it a rule every day to learn at least one new word. Write it in the calendar, chant, remember, drink. At the end of the month, you can arrange a dictation tests. At least one word per day, and a month is 30! Try it, it’s interesting.

10. «clever»

I learn a new word? Do not forget to use it during intercourse, let everyone know what you fellows, and how well speak a foreign language. Moreover, when communicating, you can also learn a couple of interesting words and phrases from his interlocutor. Do not forget to add them to a personal database of new vocabulary.

We sincerely hope that we can really throw you a few useful tips on how to ease the time-consuming process of enriching your vocabulary.

And how do you learn new words? We will be glad if you share your secrets and techniques with our valued readers and authors. We are waiting for your advice to look!

 

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