How-to-learn-new-vocabulary

Dear  All,

I hope you'd find the tasks I've prepared for you for today useful as well as interesting. What I'd like to discuss with you are some useful techniques for learning new vocabulary. I'm sure you've discussed some aspects of this topic before, so first I'm inviting you to share with your peers in your groups of 2 or 3 the following question:

What's your favourite technique for memorizing, recollecting and brushing up your vocabulary? Share your answers in the thread.

Next, I'm inviting you to read the artile about some strategies for learning vocabulary which are associated with what is known as spaced repetition learning strategies:

https://www.lingualift.com/blog/language-spaced-repetition-learning-srs/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leitner_system

Have you used a similar strategy? If yes, can you share your experience with us by first discussing it with each other and then sharing it in the thread.

After that I'd like to ask you to share the list of dictionaries you use on a regular basis and explain your reasons for your preferences (I think it'd be better if you completed this task at home and published your responses by November 12, a couple of days before the next seminar

Still after that, I'm inviting you to complete the exercises Onestopenglish website aimed at giving you some practice in brushing up your dictionary skills:

http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/vocabulary/macmillan-dictionary-resources/dictionary-skills/pdf-content/dictionary-skills-part-one-level-three/155816.article 

Hope these activities will be useful and give you some idea about how to improve your knowledge of vocabulary further.

If you find some more useful techniques and strategies to master your vocabulary, please share.

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