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How To  Expand Vocabulary In English

Students need to be able to do so much more than reel off lists of vocabulary. They need to be able to manipulate the language so that it can support their communicative needs. Below are 6 ways to help students really learn vocabulary; to help them write, speak and communicate confidently and correctly.

 Read many book. The more you read  especially novels and literary works, but also magazines and newspapers  the more words you will be exposed to. As you read and uncover new words, use a combination of attempting to derive meaning from the context of the sentence as well as from looking up the definition in a dictionary.

 Keep a dictionary and thesaurus handy. Use whatever versions you prefer  in print, software, or online. When you uncover a new word, look it up in the dictionary to get both its pronunciation and its meaning. Next, go to the thesaurus and find similar words and phrases and their opposites (synonyms and antonyms, respectively) and learn the nuances among the words.

 Use a journal. It's a good idea to keep a running list of the new words you discover so that you can refer back to the list and slowly build them into your everyday vocabulary. Plus, keeping a journal of all your new words can provide positive reinforcement for learning even more words especially when you can see how many new words you've already learned.

 Learn a word a day. Using a word a day calendar or Website or developing your own list of words to learn is a great technique many people use to learn new words. This approach may be too rigid for some, so even if you do use this method, do not feel you must learn a new word every day.

Etensive reading.It is better if your students read small amounts regularly, rather than large texts infrequently. (In an ideal world they would read a lot frequently)They should not use a dictionary. This means they need to be reading at the right level and understanding about 95% of the text. They will be extrinsically motivated if they are interested in the topic, so they should be choosing what they read themselves. The more they read, the more they will be reviewing vocabulary and that increased exposure will help the vocabulary get stored into the students long term memory. This in turn will enable better spoken and written production.

Engage in conversations. Simply talking with other people can help you learn discover new words. As with reading, once you hear a new word, remember to jot it down so that you can study it later and then slowly add the new word to your vocabulary.

The conlusion the students should know ways to improve and expand their vocabulary, because vocabulary can help students to write, speak and communicate confidently and correctly.