Best Vocabulary Learning Techniques: Experts Say

You can now master GRE Vocabulary in no time!! Learning Vocabulary for GRE is no longer an arduous task. We can now learn new words daily and commit them to our memory forever by using these simple yet very effective techniques. These Vocabulary Learning Strategies stated underneath will help you remember the high frequency words of GRE.

Predicting Meanings

<!–[if !supportLists]–>• <!–[endif]–>When you read the title of a passage try to predict at least 10 words that you might find in it. These exercises focus your attention on either new or known vocabulary and at the same time stimulate your desire to find out what is actually in the text.

Where else do they fit?

Choose a passage and list 10 words from it which can be contextualized in other fields. Some words as examples:

• Suit

• ball Hitch

• rough space

• gear reckon

• automatically

• Then prepare three-word sets of other words to indicate particular field

Give the opposites

• Whenever you read a passage underline all the words you find tough to comprehend. Try to know the meanings of those words and then provide a set of antonyms for each word underlined in the passage.

A Memory game

• Read a passage casually for a few minutes. Then recollect the number of adjectives and verbs they came across in the passage.

Once the recollected words are ready, then more synonyms and antonyms can be discussed.

Patchwork Text

• Select a passage from newspapers or magazines and delete some important verbs and then substitute the blanks.

• For example : Much awaited monsoons —- disappointed —— farmers —– water scarcity —– government —- alternatives —–

Brain storming around a given word

• Select a word and then choose as many words as possible that complement the given word

For example take the word ‘Shopping’

selection special occasions discounts branded things local made sales friends choice fashions expensive budget

selected outlets in thing outdated readymade tailored

colors etc

Word Picture:

• Make a list of words from this picture which talks about science and progress and man’s role in it.

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Word Sets

Try to group words that belong to a particular set.

For example words related to Feelings: elated, sulk, determined etc

. Role assignments

• Qualities of a good politician

• Journalist

• film maker etc

• Adjectives describing their roles can be listed down.

Sentence Completion

Try completing a few incomplete sentences using appropriate words

• English is ——-

• English as an International Language ——–

• It is difficult ————–

At least seven different completions are required.

From word to word

One base word is taken and you can add on words which may continue the paragraph in a logical sense.

Country - government – party - elections – manifesto – promises – welfare schemes – vote – term – etc

These methods suggested by experts will make vocabulary learning a fun filled process. If you know any interesting technique please share it here or post it on the forum.

Do read these techniques more than once and jot them down in your note book. Practice them and I am sure you will benefit immensely.

We are awaiting your responses/queries/comments on this blog.

Wishing you Success!!

Regards,

Anu Veluri

Manager- learnwordlist.com

36 Responses to “Best Vocabulary Learning Techniques: Experts Say”

1. anil kumar on January 18th, 2010 8:31 am

   gre is playaing a most revoluantry part in study of eng.

2. seng on January 20th, 2010 6:16 am

   Important for me. It is a good Techniques

3. AnuVeluri on January 20th, 2010 6:54 am

   Thanks Seng..are you taking GRE?

4. vidhya on February 1st, 2010 5:36 am

   hi,this is really inspirative.plz provide us with informations.thank you

5. AnuVeluri on February 1st, 2010 7:13 am

   Hi Vidhya..which info are u looking at? Are you appearing for GRE?..

6. Alashi, Monisola A. on March 19th, 2010 11:27 am

   Good tips I’ll try and incoperate them into my daily life so that I can be a master in English. Thanks

7. AnuVeluri on March 22nd, 2010 4:42 am

   Yes Alashi, pls do that..

8. kakon on March 29th, 2010 5:27 am

   dear anu veluri thanks for your advise .ideas are so interesting .give more ideas.

9. sajid Iqbal on March 29th, 2010 6:48 am

   For improving English vocabulary GRE is the best book to learn

10. AnuVeluri on March 29th, 2010 1:09 pm

    Hi Sajid, GRE is taken to pursue master’s program in the US.

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13. Moncef Charai on March 30th, 2010 6:03 am

    Good approach…Need for contextualized techniques and tasks, though…Thank you for caring for English teaching…
    Moncef,
    Tunisia.

14. Atujenga L Wefogi on March 31st, 2010 2:03 pm

    Indeed GRE has given me a lot of ways of learning English language but because i do not have access to computer that make me forget whatever i have learn.But thanks to the founders of the program

15. Murad Baig Gupis on April 3rd, 2010 10:55 am

    i think if i reguarly study this book i can easy qualify the test

16. Murad Baig Gupis on April 3rd, 2010 10:59 am

    Dear Anu

17. Murad Baig Gupis Pakistan on April 3rd, 2010 11:03 am

    DEAR ANU
    BEING A SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNER I FACE A LOT OF DIFFICULTIES IN LISTENING. I LISTEN BBC NEWS AND CNN BUT STILL I HAVE MANY PROBLEMS. SPECIALLY ENGLISH MOVIES AND SONGS ARE QUITE COMPLEX TO UNDERSTAND. CAN YOU SUGGEST ANY OTHER TECHNIQUES.

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19. shipra on April 29th, 2010 10:54 am

    hii Murad Baig Gupis

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20. shipra on April 29th, 2010 11:04 am

    hiii Atujenga L Wefogi

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21. shipra on April 29th, 2010 11:10 am

    hiii Sweta Pokharel

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22. shipra on April 29th, 2010 11:12 am

    hiii Mona

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23. shipra on May 1st, 2010 10:38 am

    hii yasir jahangir mughal
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24. shipra on May 3rd, 2010 7:13 am

    hii murad
    thanks

25. shipra on May 3rd, 2010 7:21 am

    hii murad
    Just dont jump on foreign channels.you must be having difficulty in following their accent.at begninng rather watch pakistani English channel.then start watching english movies with sub-tittles.follow this and let me know how much you improving.

26. shipra on May 3rd, 2010 7:30 am

    hii atujenga
    thanks

27. shipra on May 3rd, 2010 7:31 am

    hii sweta

    Thanks

28. krishna on May 10th, 2010 12:42 am

    thank you very much for these superb techniques.
    krishna

29. Stasi on May 24th, 2010 8:26 pm

    Very good suggestions

30. shipra on May 25th, 2010 5:22 am

    hii Stasi

    Thanks

31. zamir on June 8th, 2010 9:33 am

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32. shipra on June 9th, 2010 4:12 am

    hii zamir

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33. Rahul Jumani on June 9th, 2010 3:57 pm

    Nice way to memorize new words and how to use them in daily prospects.

    thanks

34. shipra on June 10th, 2010 4:29 am

    hii Rahul ,please go through other blogs as well their we will find lot of good stuff.

35. Hannes on August 31st, 2010 8:48 am

    Excellent post! The above article have covered creative yet better vocabulary learning strategies which will help you to remember the high frequency words of GRE as faster as possible. Thanks for the excellent post Anu.

36. shipra on September 1st, 2010 4:20 am

    Hannes, we are here to help student like you.Kindly keep visiting us.

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