How can i improve my vocabulary?

Answer 1

Start reading a dictionary, just for the pure pleasure of it, one page every day with no intentions of memorizing everything. Just let your mind gently absorb it. You'll be very surprised by how much you learn.

Answer 2

Vocabulary comes mainly from reading, so read more.

Read a variety of material, and make a note of the words you do not know so that you can look them up in a dictionary later. If you aren't finding many words that you don't know when you read, you should move up to more difficult books.

There are online things that will send you a word each day that you can study and learn. Yahoo! has one that you can add to My Yahoo!; another is located at the source below.

I would still say that reading is the best way to improve your vocabulary, but these services may help too.

God bless.

Answer 3

Studying a dictionary would probably be the best exercise for pure vocabulary accumulation. However, the problem with this is you won't grasp the words as well as you would had you picked them up normally through reading or hearing them in context. This also isn't exactly an exhilarating activity, and probably something that most people wouldn't stick with for very long.

Generally reading and listening are the major avenues of language aquisition. Having a conversation with your average joe on the street probably isn't going to help past a certain point, since people both unconsciously and consiously regulate their language to the audience and situation, and most don't want to risk sounding like a pompous pedant (there's one to look up), while obscuring whatever they were trying to say when simpler language can do a better job.

While everyone seems to absorb things to memory differently and some may have more success with rote memorization such as instructional vocab lists and word exercises, your best long term bet is to take on challenging books(any literate reading of any sort is a help), watch TV and movies that employ the full english language, and hang around more educated/read people and you'll naturally pick up on their language. The last piece of advice isn't exactly the most practicle nor accessible, since you'd be learning faster with a book anyway, but it brings it's own benefits, and keeping that type of company is probably a good idea for its entirely own set of reasons. On the other hand, reading too comes with its own list of additional benefits.

Beyond this, keeping a notebook of unknown words you encounter, wherever they may be, will defintely aid you. You can write down words as your reading accompanied with a page # to return to later with a dictionary and also return to the page to examine it in use and context. If you run into words in the middle of you day in conversation or school or whatever it may be, you can keep a mental note and write them down later, and chances are if you can remember to write them down, you'll better remember the context and memorization should be easier. You can transfer these to flash cards or write the defintion alongside the word. Practicing the word later will help solidfy it your memory, either through your writing, or more simply creating practice sentences to use them in, or inserting it into casual conversations where you're comfortable experimenting(just try not the be the pedant).

In short, expose yourself to new language by whatever means you wish- be it reading, TV, or conversation- and make a conscious effort to aquire and understand any new words you encounter.

Answer 4

When we were in primary school we used to have books where we would write down any new words. We would then have tests to see if we could remember those new words at the end of the week. You can purchase books-like telephone notebooks, where there is a section for each letter of the alphabet. Look up the meaning in the dictionary and write it down. Psychologists say it takes the average person 10 times to memorise a word. So keep on revising the new words that you have written down.
Apart from this, read, read,read!!!

Answer 5

Best method is a good read. Every time you come across a new word look up it's meaning and try to put it to use in writings and speaking. The Readers Digest is a very good read. Make full use of RD's "How to increase your word power"

Answer 6

Read constantly. Read books that have words that you are unfamiliar with until you get used to the new words and keep going.

Answer 7

"The A-Z of Success". This book is designed to guide you through all the steps, from start to finish, to stay healthy, wealthy, and wise in your life. here is the link : http://www.navitus.biz/ebooks.asp

Answer 8

concerted efforts - reading a lot of materials - referring encyclopaedias freely - interaction - observation - continuous practice.

Answer 9

Reading more books, subscribe to dictionary.com's word-a-day.

Answer 10

Go to school.