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Building Vocabulary

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Building Vocabulary

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Building Vocabulary helps in improving the reading and writing skills. Vocabulary is the primary basis for comprehension. Aspirants of graduate and business programs should have a rich vocabulary that would enable them to communicate their ideas and thoughts effectively. Rich vocabulary also enhances the grasping power of individuals through easy comprehension.

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Learning the way to build a higher vocabulary will be a pleasurable and profitable investment of both the time and effort. A minimum of fifteen minutes on a daily basis of targeted study on a regular basis will induce a fast improvement in his/her vocabulary skills that in turn will increase your ability to speak by writing, conversing, or making speeches. Acquiring a large vocabulary will benefit him/her in school, at work, and socially. It will enable one to grasp others' concepts better and to possess the satisfaction of getting own thoughts and concepts across additional effectively.
Of course, everyone already know thousands of words, and he/she may still learn more whether they work at it or not. the actual fact is that many of the words were most likely learned just by coming across them often enough in reading, in spoken language, and even while watching tv. however increasing the pace of his/her learning needs a homogenous, dedicated approach.
While there are not any magic shortcuts to learning words, the larger one's vocabulary becomes, the simpler it will be to connect a new word with words which already known, and so keep in mind its meaning. Therefore his/her learning speed, or pace, should increase as the vocabulary grows.
There are many ways to learn vocabulary, perhaps even too many. It’d be difficult for someone who determined to build his/her vocabulary to choose the correct methodology of learning as there aren't any general rules which might be good for everyone. Of course, reading has an unshakable place in the rating of the most efficient vocabulary building techniques. However the easy fact is that not all people are keen on reading or don’t have time for that is why they look for ways in which around it. And such ways can be found. for example, it is terribly useful to watch movies with subtitles. If he/she encounter an unacquainted word in the course of the films, it'll be higher to understand its spelling as well as pronunciation. Besides, subtitles will help to understand the meaning of such a word from the context, and one may learn vocabulary much quicker.

    Finding strange words One can find out the meaning of all the strange words in a specific movie, keep playing it while doing things around the house: it'll help to memorize the words and even whole phrases where they were used. try to choose movies with subtle and exquisite language and avoid vulgar and primitive stuff.
    Maintaing a diary Keep a diary. It doesn't mean one should write pages and pages, describing all the events of the day, one's feelings, emotions, ideas, and thoughts, however a minimum of a few lines on a daily basis would be quite enough. Try to use the words learned recently, this way he/she can ensure hammering them into the mind.
    Learn Few people may feel boring to write a diary, so they may just switch to the fiction. Short stories would be perfect. They will not only give freedom to the imagination but will sharpen his/her language as well. It is easy to learn vocabulary when one make sure to use the words they learn, no matter whether in a conversation or in a written form.
    Using internet If not confident using new words in everyday conversations, go for the online chat. it's a well-known fact that people feel less self-conscious over the internet, so it's a nice way to begin using the words which one don’t feel completely comfortable with.

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✦ There are many other ways to learn vocabulary. Of course, this process will require patience, purposefulness and time, but in any case there is no need to hurry: improving the language skills and expanding vocabulary is a lifelong process.
✦ Working in this direction, he/she will be able to improve not only their vocabulary, but the quality of life as well.
✦ Prepare a Study Schedule and improve the vocabulary.

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✦ There are roughly 100,000 word families in the English language.
✦ A person needs to know 8,000-9,000 word families to enjoy reading a book.
✦ The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis".
✦ Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters mt.

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"Vocabulary is a matter of word-building as well as word-using."