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Old 18-Jul-2007, 04:51
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Originally Posted by Englishlanguage View Post
As for me, I think I have not found my method yet. I'm trying to create one.
So far, I have just been looking words up confusingly in the dictionary.
At least I have experienced that's not a good method.
I try to build my own dictionary. Dictionary of words that I've been using and words I would like to use. I wrote down meanings and usages and sample sentences of how I saw them in a book. Others I ask here in this site from teachers to give me sample sentences or make sentences of my own and let them correct it. I think using the word more often helps a lot and making some categories also will be useful, like if these words could be used at work, in the kitchen, at home, in school, or anywhere else....

I think this method is very basic but it works for me so I go for it....

I also would like to improve my vocabulary, which I think is my achilles' heel, that I would like to write articles using more difficult words and post it here for corrections and help as well....
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