Unit 14 – Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Quote
Don't understimate the seductive power of a decent vocabulary.
Vocabulary: Practice tip!
Don't learn words without context. It's pointless to try to learn isolated words from a word list; it's much more fruitful to learn a sentence where the word has been used, Why? Because you learn
• The words that collocate with it
• The word's shades of meaning (positive/disapproving, informal/formal...)
• Ideas to express in the exam
Vocabulary: How to learn it
Vocabulary: Practice tip!
You don't need to learn all the words you come across. Some words will become part of your active vocabulary - speaking and writing - so you will learn to use them in your output, while other words will become part of your passive vocabulary - reading and listening- so you will only need to understand them.
Make sure you take the reins of your learning and know which words belong to which group!