Vocabulary Confusion

[languagemonster]

Hello; I'm in the process of learning new words, but I have a problem: I can't use the new words when I'm speaking, they don't come to my mind. How can I make them more active in my mind Regards.

[Miner49'er]

Perfectly normal.
When you learn new words, at first you only will be able to recognise them when you see them written.
Later on they will jump up into your mind when you're speaking.
And the only way to accelerate the process is by listening to and speaking/writing in English.
What also helps, don't translate, try to think in English.

Edit: another tip; Don't be shy!

[Miner49'er]

Read books, but only those of which the story carries you away. Don't listen to teachers who want you to read literary works in whose content you're not interested.
Only read them when you're really an advanced learner.

No offence teachers

[languagemonster]

I've already been an advanced reader but unfortunately words that I have to learn never ends up You're also right to read the books that I only interested in; in other way, they never come into my mind.

[svartnik]

Hi

practice makes perfect;)