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| Sunday, 31 October 2004 |
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Tips to improve your Vocabulary
We use words all day and everyday, when we talk and when we write. Learning vocabulary is not easy but if you concentrate and follow the rules, you can always achieve success. If you want to improve your English vocabulary, you must read a lot. However, when you are reading you should take time to check out the new words you come across in the book, magazine, newspaper or website. Don't skip any difficult words that you come across. The moment you come across a word you don't understand or cannot pronounce correctly, ask an elder or a friend to help you. If there is no one around to explain the word to you or help with the pronunciation, write the new word down on a paper and check it out later. The dictionary will be the ideal place to get your answers. Even when you read the Junior Observer pages, you are bound to come across many words you may not be familiar with. Make an attempt to learn what these new words mean and also do exercises to learn how you can use these new words in your writing and speech. When you are having a conversation with someone and he or she uses a word you don't understand or recognise, don't hesitate to ask that person to explain it to you. If you are too shy to reveal your lack of knowledge, at least make a mental note of it and look it up in the dictionary, when you get an opportunity to do so. When you come across a new word, keep saying it aloud until you get the correct pronunciation and are familiar with it. Then try to use it in your conversations and written work as often as possible.Listening to conversations and various TV and radio programmes is also a good way to improve your vocabulary.You can also use the dictionary to improve your vocabulary. Buy a good one and make a commitment to study one or two new words each day, or at least once a week or at any convenient time. Learn how to spell these words, pronounce them correctly and also use them in sentences to bring out their meaning in different contexts.Take as long as you need to become comfortable with the usage of the new word or words you study before moving on to other words.The English language is not an easy language to learn. So, don't try to rush things. Start today to add new words to your vocabulary by highlighting unfamiliar words you come across in this very article and the entire newspaper. Then study them one at a time. Before long you will have added many new words to your English vocabulary. |
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The English language boasts of hundreds of thousands of words, and with
each new word we learn, we improve our vocabulary.
