Here are some tips to help you remember vocabulary:
- Keep an organised vocabulary notebook.
- Look at the words again after 24 hours, after one week and after one month.
- Read, read, read. The more times you ‘see’ a word the more easily you will remember it.
- Use the new words. You need to use a new word about ten times before you remember it!
- Do word puzzles and games like crosswords, anagrams and wordsearches.
- Make word cards and take them with you. Read them on the bus or when you are waiting for your friends.
- Learn words with a friend. It can be more fun and easier to learn with someone else.
- Learn how to use a dictionary. What information is next to a word in the dictionary? Do you know the different types of dictionary?
- Learn a few words but not too many. About eight new words a day is a good number.
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How do you learn new words? Can you share a tip with us?
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Helpful, Thanks
I only look for the meaning of the world.
I remembered the word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.It a longest word in a dictionary
Hi tsunami2011. That is indeed a long word! What does it mean? It sounds like a medical word.
Jonathan (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
I tried to use the words and I'm going to look at the words again after 24 ours, one week and month
I'm make word cards and take them with you
Before,I read the word several times,until remember. After this tips I will make words cards and learn new words with my friends.
I'm reading word many times and after 10-15 repeats I remember this word. Also I trying to chat in English with my friends using new words.
I'm using word cards to learn new vocabulary. And after reading this tips I will read more in English and try to learn new words with my friends :)
Usefull tips, thanks!
These advise are brilliant and i will do them :S