The Ten Best Vocabulary Learning Tips
Vocabulary Learning Tip One: Read, Read, Read! Most vocabulary words are learned from context. The more words you"re exposed to, the better vocabulary you will have. While you read, pay close attention to words you don"t know. First, try to figure out their meanings from context. Then look the words up. Read and listen to challenging material so that you"ll be exposed to many new words.
Vocabulary Learning Tip Two: Improve your context skills. Research shows that the vast majority of words are learned from context. To improve your context skills pay close attention to how words are used. Doing a search on a word using dejanews.com (for searching newsgroups) will give you many examples of how that word is used in context. Play our Daily Context Vocabulary Quiz.
Vocabulary Learning Tip Three: Practice, practice, practice. Learning a word won"t help very much if you promptly forget it. Research shows that it takes from 10 to 20 repetitions to really make a word part of your vocabulary. It helps to write the word - both the definition and a sentence you make up using the word - perhaps on an index card that can later be reviewed. As soon as you learn a new word, start using it. Review your index cards periodically to see if you have forgotten any of your new words. Also, do a search on a word using dejanews.com (for searching newsgroups) to get many examples of how the word is actually used.
Vocabulary Learning Tip Four: Make up as many associations and connections as possible. Say the word aloud to activate your auditory memory. Relate the word to words you already know. For example, the word GARGANTUAN (very large) has a similar meaning to the words gigantic, huge, large, etc. You could make a sequence: small, medium, large, very large, GARGANTUAN. List as many things as you can that could be considered GARGANTUAN: Godzilla, the circus fat lady, the zit on your nose, etc. Create pictures of the word"s meaning that involve strong emotions. Think "the GARGANTUAN creature was going to rip me apart and then eat me!"
词汇学习技巧二：提高你的上下文理解能力。 研究显示大多数单词是在对上下文的理解中学会的。 要提高你的上下文理解能力，你必须注意词汇在上下文中如何使用的。如果要查询单词你可以浏览我们的网站dejanews.com (用于搜寻新闻事件)这上面将给你介绍单词怎样在上下文内使用的很多例子。 你可以做一些我们的每日的上下文词汇测验。
词汇学习技巧三：练习，练习，练习。 学了一个单词"如果你迅速忘记它，这就根本等于没有学。 研究显示要学会一个单词需要经过10～20遍的重复才能成为你词汇量的一部分。只有这样你才能理解词汇的定义学会如何在句子中使用这个词汇。如果可能你可以制作索引卡，把生词写在上面，便于你以后的复习。在学新单词的时候，周期性通过索引卡片你可以知道哪些单词你已经遗忘，当然你也可以浏览我们的网站dejanews.com (用于搜寻新闻事件)这上面将给你介绍单词怎样在上下文内使用的很多例子。
词汇学习技巧四： 尽可能的多联系相关的词汇，大声的朗读以强化记忆，例如GARGANTUAN (very large) 和gigantic, huge, large等词汇的意思相近。你可以得出结论small,小 medium中等, large大, very large很大, GARGANTUAN巨大，尽可能多的列出象GARGANTUAN这样可以联系的词汇哥斯拉，马戏场肥胖的女士，你的鼻子上的丘疹，等等，制作一些类似这样的词汇画面，会加深你的情感记忆，这样你就不难理解the GARGANTUAN creature was going to rip me apart and then eat me!是庞大的动物将要撕碎我然后把我吃掉的意思了。
窍门二：改进你文章结构前后搭配的水平。研究显示，大多数词汇来自文章的前后文。（要去上课啦，回来给你翻译！）本回答被提问者采纳
