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| LittleKey Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5958 days ago 146 posts - 153 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Japanese | Message 1 of 5 30 December 2008 at 3:19pm | IP Logged |
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Where do you guys get all your vocab? Of course to learn a language, we need to memorize words, but where do you get the words? Using Spanish as an example, I'm relatively okay, I can read a newspaper and get the gist of it. Although I need work with grammar, I can tell that right now what I need most is to boost my vocabulary. But I don't know how to go about it. And yes, Spanish is the most relevant language at the moment, but I'm talking about any language. I guess what I'm asking is, how does someone boost their vocabulary in a language?
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| Julie Heptaglot Senior Member PolandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6909 days ago 1251 posts - 1733 votes 5 sounds Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, GermanC2, SpanishB2, Dutch, Swedish, French | Message 2 of 5 30 December 2008 at 4:14pm | IP Logged |
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I learned a lot from SRS software. I bought some SRS programmes that included vocabulary databases, and it really helped to boost my vocabulary pretty fast. There are vocabulary books too, which may serve as a source of words for such databases. It's very helpful because you can learn the most important words first and choose the topics.
It depends on the learner, though. I don't mind learning words without a context (which some people hate, or even consider wrong) - I try to do extensive reading and listening to be able to see the words I'm learning, and it works for me. Of course, you can learn new words from language courses and original texts / recordings too. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6915 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 5 30 December 2008 at 4:15pm | IP Logged |
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By reading and listening to content that is slightly above your level, you will probably absorb new vocabulary without even knowing. You can also look up words in a dictionary for further study (with flashcards, vocabulary programs, wordlists et.c.).
I did a search for wordlist method and got some interesting threads, e.g. Super-fast vocabulary learning techniques, Iversen (his member profile) and other obvious topics. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Bradley326 Groupie Joined 6182 days ago 78 posts - 104 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian, Kazakh, Spanish | Message 4 of 5 30 December 2008 at 7:15pm | IP Logged |
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I read books. Not literature, but stuff like Harry Potter or The Golden Compass in my target language. The language is modern and regular, and you find yourself reading the same words over and over. I start by looking up every word I don't know, and by the end of the book I'm hardly looking up anything cause they repeat so frequently.
This words best for me because I can't stand rote memorization from lists or flashcards. I need context and enjoyment. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Olympia Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5987 days ago 195 posts - 244 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Old English, French | Message 5 of 5 30 December 2008 at 10:11pm | IP Logged |
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I get a lot of my vocabulary from music. I listen to a lot of music in Spanish and Portuguese, and like any music,
you hear the same songs from your CD's and mp3 player over and over again, and eventually just learn the words to the song. It's much the same in your target language. Over time, you learn the song by heart without even trying and the vocabulary and grammatical constructions eventually just stick in your head. Mind you you'll have to begin by looking up the lyrics to the song that you don't understand and then look for the words you don't know in the dictionary. Another thing you can do is watch movies or TV shows in your target language with subtitles in the target language so you can catch the new words. Then write them down and look them up. Really though, the song method works because of the repetition of the same music over and over again. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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