Having overcome a couple of dozen pages of a simple textbook of a foreign language, one faces a problem: he is already able to speak, but ... there are not enough words. Those who have studied the language for a long time, also lack words - refined, subtly conveying new shades of meaning. In an endless pursuit of new words simple and practical advice will help.

Use pictures

Draw diagrams, outlines of objects, sketches to remember the meaning of the word. Visual information is perceived by the brain faster and easier than sounding or tactile.

 

Stick stickers on objects

While you move around the apartment, you will automatically remember, repeating the words every day.

 

Write stories

If you have to learn a lot of new words, especially not related thematically, you need to come up with a short story with them. Bonus for diligence - work on grammar and development of speech.

 

Remember the opposite

The brain stores information in such a way that each word is associated with a similar in meaning and with an antonymous, that is, opposite in meaning.

 

Learn synonyms in rows

Write chains of words that have the same or similar meanings. Remembering such series will greatly enrich the speech. Do not say "went" - say "walked", "trailed", "wandered", "raced", "followed", "stomped", "pattered."  

Disassemble the word by composition

So it will be possible to understand approximately what an unfamiliar word means. Learn the meaning ​​of several basic affixes. For example, there are suffixes in English -able, -tion, -ly, -ent, -ive.

Memorize phrases

Choose an interesting example of using the word - and learn the sentence or the phrase entirely. So you will learn the word faster, and the effect will be greater, because the word will be stored in the brain contextually. If necessary, you can only "fetch out" the prepared phrase from memory.

Learn proverbs, sayings and poems

It trains memory perfectly and at the same time helps to expand vocabulary. In addition, you become acquainted with the culture of another country, its habits, interests, concepts. Furthermore, the rhymed words are easily remembered.

Sing songs in a foreign language

Choose simple (for the first experiments children's or joking songs will do). Rhythm, rhyme and melody will help to memorize the words faster. The modern songs, as a rule, contain simple conversational turnovers which not always found in textbooks.

Use cards

Write them yourself or buy ready. You can buy children’s - they are usually collected by thematic groups ("Insects", "House", "Birds", "Transport", etc.). The cards are small, light, they can be carried in a bag and viewed in the subway, at a stop, in line.

Compose associative networks

You should write a word in the center of a sheet of paper - to lead the lines from it to other words, related to the original. So you will have a thematic card in which your associative connections are displayed. For convenience, you can make notes about the origin of the word, depict objects schematically.

Repeat words

According to the modern concept, new information should be repeated immediately, after 10 minutes, in an hour, the next day and a week later.

Read

In the process of a fascinating journey with the heroes of an interesting book you will learn a lot of words. The first time you meet them, you will probably understand the meaning of the context. Reading helps to memorize new words, improve knowledge of grammar, teaches to think and develops spiritually.