How to enrich your vocabulary & Tips to Increase TOEFL Scores
A.How to enrich your vocabulary What is meant by ‘our vocabulary’? Our own individual vocabulary refers to all the words we know. It includes both our: 1.active vocabulary – the words we understand and use regularly when speaking or writing, and our 2.passive vocabulary – the words we understand when we hear them, but do not or cannot use them. Why is it important to improve our vocabulary? A wide vocabulary helps you to understand what you read or listen, and to write and speak well. It is far more difficult to communicate with no vocabulary than with no grammar. It takes a lot of practice before you really acquire / learn / know a new word. You should be systematic about studying and review new words at least once every couple of weeks. 1. Record your vocabulary systematically As far as vocabulary learning is concerned, one of the main problems is recording your vocabulary in a way that will help you remember it. It is a very good idea to have a vocabulary notebook and to