Friday, November 7, 2008

The best ways to learn vocabulary

Fluency #5

Did you know that the best ways to learn vocabulary or new words is to know the synonyms and antonyms of each new word you come across? However, before you check the synonyms and antonyms of the new word you come across you should first get a dictionary from the language you are trying to get more words from. If your first language is different from the language you are trying to know vocabulary words of: then, never translate the words from your own language to the language you are trying to get more vocabulary words of because it will confuse you. Besides these ways, you should read as much as possible, more novels, newspaper and magazines that interest you. If you come across a word you do not know, do not rush to get the meaning from a dictionary; first try to guess and replace it with the words you already know to see if the sentence will make sense. However, if the first strategy of guessing and replacing did not work then find its meaning from the dictionary and later on get the synonyms and antonyms of the word.

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