Vocabulary Learning!!

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Hi all, how are you and how are you preparing for the GRE?!…well, I am back again with some great material to share with you all. This is an expert’s advice on Vocabulary learning..don’t just read it. Get all the points into your daily life. Make vocabulary learning the most important project in your hand..is that right??…Now let’s read what the experts say:

Learning vocabulary is not a mechanical process but mastery through a process of association. The associations and vibrations that a word sets up depend on our own past and present experiences. Vocabulary building can be termed as a social process. We expand our comprehension of words by interchanging and sharing them with others. An effort is made here to introduce some innovative methods of imbibing new words and in the process enable the student to handle competitive tests with confidence.

1. Predicting Meanings:

In this method, the learners are given a text with blanks. On recognition of the tone of the passage, they are asked to predict ten key words that are likely to be found in that passage. This exercise focuses learners’ attention on either new or known vocabulary and at the same time stimulates the desire to find out what is actually in the text. The purpose of communication – that is what and why about the passage, can also aid in predicting the appropriate words in the given context. (Start predicting the meaning of the word depending on the context)

2. A Memory game:

Learners on reading a passage can try to recollect the number of adjectives and verbs they come across. Further the related antonyms and synonyms can also be discussed.

Passages from newspapers or magazines with some important verbs deleted can be taken as task sheets with wider scope for the learner to contribute words in the contextual sense.

For example: Much awaited monsoons — disappointed —— farmers….. water scarcity — government — alternatives —

With this practice task, prediction of words can be learnt in a particular context with the purpose of communication in mind — one can utilize it in terms of cause and effect; compare and contrast; addition of details, etc.

3. Brain storming around a given word:

Shopping

selection special occasions

sales friends’ choice

selected pullets in thing

colors

Through this task the various aspects of a given topic can be explored.

discounts branded things local made fashions expensive budget

outdated readymade tailored

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

4. Variation : Pictures depicting activities can be taken for practice to contribute suitable adjectives and verbs.

Words related to Feelings: elated, sulk, determined, etc.

This word set on ‘association’ can be taken as an example for further practice:

trust non-aggression friendship co-operation

federation partnership alliance companionship

collaboration love sympathy harmony

Variation: antonyms can also be listed out.

5. Role assignments:

Qualities of a good politician

Journalist

film maker etc Adjectives describing their roles can be listed down.

6. Sentence Completion:

English is——-

English as an International Language——–

It is difficult————

At least seven different completions are required.

7. From word to word:

Taking one base word, additions are made to continue the passage logically.

For example, ‘country’ as a base word.

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

Variation:

In this manner, learners can pick out words in a logical order from reading passages. The synonyms and antonyms can also be listed for the chosen words.

It is not with the intention to label language, but brainstorm words under the following headings:-

Verb (past form)

Verb (infinitive form)

Verb (past participle form)

Noun (countable)

Noun (uncountable)

Adjective

Adverb

Preposition

Pronoun

Article………etc.

8. Variations on the above

Choose all the possible answers

He ate lunch in the_____.

cafeteria / restaurant / snack / snack bar / salad bar / diner

9. Team Vocabulary – Race

Establish a vocabulary, category and number of words, e.g. ’20 words connected to sport.’

Keep a running tally on the board.

Other categories include:-

25 irregular verbs

10 prepositions

15 animals

20 phrasal verbs

15 ways to travel. etc.

10. Word domains

e.g., general category: break, damage, injure, mar, spoil etc. He dented the … car’s bumper / tree branch / glass of water. She splintered the … can / board / mirror. He shattered the … mirror / water / curtains. She shredded the … can / tree branch /curtains.

11. Which word in each pair is stronger, more forceful, or more intense?

to surprise to astound

to boil to simmer

to toss to throw

to hurl to throw

12. Different meanings of familiar vocabulary e.g. toll

(Driving on a highway) There’s a toll bridge ahead. Do you have any quarters? The highway death toll has declined sharply since police began to enforce the ‘drunk driving laws’ more aggressively.

The bell in the old church tower tolled four o’clock.

13. The Narrative Chain

With the help of the main idea in the sentence, associated words listed out, serve to create a meaningful paragraph.

For example – Management study opens the vistas to a world of opportunities and challenges.

( An Oxford University Press Publication)

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84 Responses to “Vocabulary Learning!!”

Sharad on June 3rd, 2009 8:09 am

Good article.. I will surely try to implement these ideas!! Thank u for ur efforts!
ABDELKHALEG MOHAMMED on June 3rd, 2009 10:01 am

i need another lessons
AnuVeluri on June 4th, 2009 7:17 am

Hi Abdel, can u be specific about what type of lessons u need?

Regards,
amey on June 4th, 2009 10:21 am

this is a Gud article…no doubt…
but i need to know that which tips are to be implemented right away..which are most important…and a definite order in which these tricks are to be implemented.
wanjala bob on June 4th, 2009 3:00 pm

iam happy to learn
AnuVeluri on June 6th, 2009 11:12 am

Thanks bob for your valuable comments.

Regards,
AnuVeluri on June 6th, 2009 11:22 am

Hi Amey, are you preparing for the GRE? If so when are you taking it? Answers to these questions are imp .

And moreover Amey, as I told in my earlier articles, there is no particular method or trick that works out…if you want to add to your vocabulary, you need to imbibe the flavor of the word thoroughly. Make use of the word in diff contexts. A new word is like a new friend. You ought to spend some time with it, to know it better. For a student like you, whose cognitive ability is above average, I suggest the word ‘etymology’ method..I mean get to know the root of the word..you will never forget it..:)

Regards,
Feyissa Tufa on June 17th, 2009 9:19 am

i want to learn english
OWOEYE TEMITOPE on June 25th, 2009 4:54 pm

I WANT TO LEARN ENGLISH VOCABULARY
AnuVeluri on June 30th, 2009 1:04 am

Dear OT, pls keep in touch with the site. Follow our posts and blogs. We wish u success.

Regards,
Thet Nwe Oo on June 30th, 2009 8:25 am

i am the begineer of the wordlist.com. Our prople are lose intouch with english. But i believe my english will gain from wordlist.com.Could i ask you some vocabulary ? If Yes,

What is the meaning of blip in electronic field?
AnuVeluri on June 30th, 2009 9:34 am

Hi Nwe Oo, blip means..

1. a spot of light on a radar screen indicating the position of a plane, submarine, or other object.
2. (loosely) any small spot of light on a display screen…

You can certainly ask qs. Stay tuned..

Regards,
Tanjeena on July 6th, 2009 2:50 pm

Salam, I am tanjeena zaman, from Bangladesh. Recently completed post graduation and looking for higher study in abroad. As i have to look after my child and a family I can rarely manage time for study.
konan on July 12th, 2009 3:50 pm

I sincerely appreciate the course i see on the net it very important for students who learn English as second languge to know it
thank you
AnuVeluri on July 13th, 2009 3:39 am

Thanks Konan…pls read all our blogs and comment..

Regards,
torongo on July 13th, 2009 8:02 am

can u give me some information about word learning memorizing
easily.
AnuVeluri on July 14th, 2009 6:45 am

Dear Torongo, there is no easy method for learning. As I always tell no shortcut to success!! but you can relate a word to a particular person/ situation and the meaning gets ingrained in ur mind… try and see..

Regards,
divya gupta on July 18th, 2009 9:36 pm

these r really good methods.
i am just a begginer..want to appear in gre in 2010.
plz suggest which method will b beneficial for me.
Tewelde yohannes on July 20th, 2009 7:29 am

I am very much interest to learn english vacubulary, and spoken and written english , I am living in my home land Ethiopia .
what do advice and help me to improve?
Mustapha Othman on July 20th, 2009 10:07 am

i like the way you are helping student to learn this crutial language we are very grateful ,but i will like you to open a special way of teaching spoken english.
AnuVeluri on July 21st, 2009 3:43 am

Dear Tewelde, I request you to run through our posts and take all the tests…do stay tuned to our site and get ur doubts clarified..

Regards,
AnuVeluri on July 21st, 2009 3:44 am

Thanks Mustapha, we shall certainly act on ur advice…until then keep in touch with our site and take all the tests in order to rate ur performance.

Regards,
JP.Omarah Nyaiga on July 24th, 2009 4:24 am

Hai,Iam happy to learn with learnworldlist .com and done a Free TOEFL practice test.How can i get a learning materials?.
AnuVeluri on July 24th, 2009 12:03 pm

Dear Omarah..TOEFLiBT is a skill based test..I am afraid u will not get free material…trust KAPLAN’s series for TOEFLiBT..

Regards,
mitika on July 28th, 2009 8:52 am

its realy of a great help….i’ll try to implement it..
thanx
RICHMOND DUGBATSE on August 1st, 2009 2:39 pm

Thanks a lot for introducing me to words i have not come across before. My co-workers do not like speaking english and as a result i find it very difficult keeping learnt vocabs in mind. Please i need your advice on how to keep and learn new vocabs in memory, thank you.
Nef Gabriel on August 26th, 2009 10:17 am

skills needed for vocabulary development. Thanks for your update.
AnuVeluri on August 26th, 2009 2:45 pm

Thanks Nef, pls run through all the other blogs as and when possible…
duvoc on August 29th, 2009 2:24 pm

what are the things i need to perfect on before i go for my GRE exam on January next year since its a criteria for schools also in canada please relate to me what i really need to do so as to make a good points and grades thanks and i will be glad if past and frequently asked questions are mailed to me so that i will practice with it

thanks and stay cool
yogesh nagpurkar on September 5th, 2009 5:29 am

sir ,please guide me releted toall information of GRE,TOFEL,IILTS,SAT
AnuVeluri on September 5th, 2009 6:35 pm

Dear Yogesh, pls go through all the GRE related blogs. U will certainly know about GRE. Regd other exams that you have mentioned we shall update on the website shortly…
ayukabore on October 13th, 2009 10:48 am

Thanks for your lesson. Hope to try it further. But can you help me out with lessons that can make English more captivating to learners of english as a third language? For we have our mother tongue, pidgin before studying or teaching english.
fantu on October 13th, 2009 2:18 pm

i would like study it is realy greatful help
i will try implement
thankyou!
fantu on October 13th, 2009 2:21 pm

I sincerly appreciate the course
thankyou!
AnuVeluri on October 13th, 2009 4:49 pm

Dear Ayukabore, thsi site is exclsuively dedicated to students who aspire to take GRE. However any other person aspiring to improve his/her vocabulary can benefit from the site. You can expose your students to a natural English speaking environment wherein they do not undergo the language learning stress. Give them many exercises that are communicative in nature.
AnuVeluri on October 13th, 2009 5:00 pm

Thanks Fantu, did you subscribe for the word lists? If not do it right away in order to get maximum benefit.

Regards,
ikram ul haq orakzai on October 18th, 2009 2:02 pm

I read the hints for vocabullary and i feel very happiness, and satisfied from all these guidlines.i have a requist please recomend for me a most popular book for GRE test. which will be easily availible every where.

Thanks.

your sincerely

ikram ul haq

Peshawar Pakistan
AnuVeluri on October 19th, 2009 3:53 pm

Yes Ikram, there are many more blogs that will help you speak good English using proper words..read them all…
rajiv on October 26th, 2009 3:01 pm

sir my english is very poor .i have no idea about that language.so plz tell me how can i improve my english
AnuVeluri on October 26th, 2009 4:18 pm

Hey Rajiv, u write so well and say that u have no idea!! You write pretty well..can u tell us what your problem is exactly??
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AnuVeluri on November 9th, 2009 8:06 am

Arvind..which fees are you talking about?..u have to pay a minimum fee to the ETS either online/mail/phone in order to enroll for GRE. There is certainly a discount offered to deserving students..pls do find that out. ETS gives discount vouchers to a few students..avail it..

contact: http://www.ets.org..
Baltej Singh on November 17th, 2009 2:09 pm

i can remember or relate verbs and adjectives easily……….as you discussed above in the article………but problem is in nouns….there are also generally no roots(etymology) for most of the nouns
AnuVeluri on November 18th, 2009 2:33 am

Hi, did u run through our Vocabulary flash cards..we deal with roots, prefixes and suffixes..I am sure you will benefit..

http://learnwordlist.com/grevocabulary/category/vocabulary-flash-cards

this is the link..
dev on November 19th, 2009 10:35 am

Hi, I have the knowledge of tenses. I am little bit weak in vocabulary and speaking. I feel hasitation in speaking.
AnuVeluri on November 19th, 2009 12:02 pm

Dev first and foremost u should eliminate hesitation..you should speak confidently whatever u can..confidence comes first..vocabulary Grammar comes later..I will put an article on the blog segment that will help in speaking confidently..

stay tuned..

Catch up with all our blogs..

Follow this link..: http://www.learnwordlist.com/blog
siewli on January 10th, 2010 4:59 pm

I seriously want to improve my english. I am planning to take GRE test. Thanks for ur suggestion of methods in vocabulary learning. I rate my english proficiency as average to low, currently i am trying to read newspaper everyday and check out the meaning of words that i don’t know in dictionary. Is this a proper way to study for GRE?
AnuVeluri on January 11th, 2010 4:40 pm

Hi, Siewli, GRE is for pursuing your post-graduation abroad..I am afraid it’s not a language proficiency test..but the ways u have adopted for learning English are good..:-)
Soghra Abdi on January 18th, 2010 12:09 pm

Thak you so much for your interestig and applied blog.i am very happy that i am here with you and i am grateful for your effort .i am going to take Gre in 3 years maybe in 2013 .

be happy and succesful and contiue your way to help those want to take Gre.
best regards.
AnuVeluri on January 19th, 2010 2:03 am

Hi Soghra, I wish you success in GRE..why don’t you stop by in our forum?..u will get to meet many aspiring students like you there…
habtamu degefa on January 19th, 2010 2:44 pm

Please thanks,I hope if i follow you for future i realy develop more skill from you. i am less skill in english please help me more.
AnuVeluri on January 20th, 2010 6:54 am

Pls do stay tuned to the site Habtamu..wishing you success!!
how to remember spellings on January 26th, 2010 5:18 am

thank you so much for such a huge wearhouse that provided to all to get anything from it …… its really adimrable site.
AnuVeluri on January 26th, 2010 6:16 pm

Hi Shabbir..are u taking GRE?
hamed on March 22nd, 2010 2:24 pm

Thanks Anna, that’s good
Gladys on April 28th, 2010 11:58 am

Thanks, I hope my vocabulary improves from here
shipra on April 29th, 2010 6:44 am

hii Gladys

thanks

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hii armani

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subha sree on May 31st, 2010 12:49 am

Thank u very much.
I am searching for website like this to guide me in every aspect of this verbal section .
This website has stopped my search.
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shipra on May 31st, 2010 4:31 am

Hii subha sree

Thanks!!!
Shubhasree.r on June 2nd, 2010 6:19 am

hi,
First of all i’d like 2 thank the site moderators..thanks a ton!!This site has been really helpful.The amount of research u guys are doing on gre and other subjects is evident from the mails u send me everyday.The way u guys focus on every single aspect of gre is something which needs appreciation.
Iam doing my b.pharmacy.I’m in my final year.Will have my xams in the month of August.I will get my statement of marks nd other certificates in september or october.What i want to ask u is dat “will i be eligible to apply for the spring admissions?”.. cos i have learnt from a few sources dat without my final year memo i will not be able to apply although i have the memos of the first 3 years of the course.Another doubt i have is how does a university record my gre scores if i havent sent my application to it before.please tell me the procedure to be followed..do i have to send my application first and then write gre or is it the other way round?
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shipra on June 2nd, 2010 8:50 am

hii Shubhasree

Thanks for your comments .Shubhashree ,kindly visit ETS.org for admission related assistance.Primarily,we are dealing only GRE exam related preparation.IF you have any doubt related to GRE exam preparation ,feel free to post your comment here.

Regards.
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Setareh on July 21st, 2010 5:23 am

HI
i have a question.
some words have some different meanings. how can we memorize and use them?
because i don’t know which meaning is more important.
please help me.
shipra on July 23rd, 2010 4:47 am

Setareh,If given word has more than one meaning then pay attention on context,i mean look in which context that particular word is used and then decide you should use primary meaning or secondary meaning of that word.I am sure this piece of advice will help you.
thongsy on August 18th, 2010 6:14 am

I need you help poor students
shipra on August 19th, 2010 7:24 am

Dear thongsy,Please be little more specific how we can help you.
ravi on October 6th, 2010 3:51 am

hi
thanks for this website.i can improve my vocabulary.and also learn by roots,prefixes etc.its a vagary finding this site
ravi on October 6th, 2010 3:52 am

hi
how can i get free gre materials download
grace on November 21st, 2010 9:59 am

i want to learn english speaking and writing which methods should i apply
shipra on November 23rd, 2010 6:20 am

Thanks for your comment Grace , there is no other way but practice to improve your English Speaking. Kindly keep visiting our blog section as generally we put lot of tips in this section.
raheleh on May 11th, 2011 5:58 am

hi dear,thanks a lot for your advise but can you guide me about some free quantitative tests?in this website we learn only vocabulary not the skill for writing and quantitative part?
shipra on May 12th, 2011 4:35 am

Raleleh, we only cover the verbal section of GRE. We also write many blogs related to Reading Comprehension and AWA from time to time. Kindly visit our blog section regularly.
sowmya on September 9th, 2011 3:24 pm

hai it is very usfull to me
shipra on September 10th, 2011 5:02 am

Thanks Sowmya, kindly keep visiting us.
hema kumary on September 10th, 2011 9:46 am

i’ll surely follow all these suggestions becoz all these are very helpful to improve my language.
thank you so much this website and for the valuable guidance.
shipra on September 12th, 2011 4:39 am

Thanks for your comment Hema, kindly keep visiting us.

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