II. HOW TO KEEP VOCABULARY RECORDS

You’ll learn a lot of new words during your study at the university. It’s important to organize your vocabulary learning by keeping a record of all the new words that you want to remember. All new words should be written down into your vocabulary. You can divide your notebook into topic pages or organize the pages alphabetically. Another way of recording vocabulary is to write each new word on a card and keep all the cards in a box. Write the word on one side of the card and the meaning and an example sentence on the other. Later, you can test yourself: look at the word on the front of the card and try to remember what it means, or look at the information on the back of the card and see if you can remember the word.

How to record the word

1. Write down the word with the transcription, if you are not sure how to pronounce the word consult the dictionary.

2. Write down the meaning of the word (translation/definition or explanation in English). E.g.: to speak [spi:k] говорить. There are several ways of recording the meaning of a new word: you can draw a picture, you can give the word in your own language.

3. Always try to write an example sentence, because this will help you remember how the word is used in English.

4. It would be good if you find and write down a synonym or opposite to the new word. E.g .: awful = terrible (synonyms); beautiful – ugly (opposite). It’ll help you to enlarge your vocabulary.

5. Certain words often appear together, so it’s good to write them down into your vocabulary together. E.g: to tell the truth, to tell a lie, to tell a joke, to tell a story, to tell someone the time, to tell somebody’s fortuneor to take a decision, to take a shower, to take

time, to take a photograph.

6. Sometimes it is helpful to write down words in groups. You can record words in a table or a diagram.

E.g.:

7. If you want to know more about the word, write down its derivatives.

For example: the word “to manipulate”

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