How to enlarge person's vocabullary fast?

[cloa]

It would make it faster because all the student has to remember when the teacher does a thorough memorisation exercise is that huge, enormous, gigantic, collossal.. .mean big which is a lot simpler than the usual way which is a bunch of unrelated words.

[jutfrank]

People need to remember that it's not the size of your vocabulary that counts—it's how you use it.

[Tdol]

You can often tell when a student uses a thesaurus by the odd choices of words that don't really fit the context.

[Charlie Bernstein]

I'm told that the fastest way to learn a language is through immersion - the more, the better, and total immersion is best.

[cloa]

Yes, I age but some people and situations just want or require more words like for word games or prentiousness.

[Piscean]

Yes, I agree, but some people and situations just want or require more words like for word games or prententiousness.

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[emsr2d2]

And those people can do this in their own time. If they want to sit at home reading a thesaurus to prepare for a word game or to sound pretentious, that's up to them. You should make it clear, though, that that is not what your English lessons are for.