| Building up the vocabulary of a foreign language is | | | | practice. Include these words into conversations or |
| undeniably hard for anyone, especially if you don't use | | | | e-mails. If you cannot find any opportunities to use |
| the language often in day-to-day life. So it's highly | | | | those words, speak to yourself using these words. |
| understandable if you are feeling anxious about your | | | | The most important thing you have to do is to activate |
| upcoming TOEFL test. But don't worry, here are 5 tips | | | | your knowledge. |
| to help you effectively build up your vocabulary for | | | | 4) Use technology |
| TOEFL. | | | | Watching English movies is a fun and effective way to |
| 1) Read plenty of reading materials that interest you | | | | understand English speakers. You can also make use |
| You don't have to force yourself to read only | | | | of software programmes and TOEFL preparation |
| educational books that bore you. Read plenty of books | | | | DVDs designed to build power vocabulary. Using |
| that interest you. Try to vary the styles of books to | | | | technology will save time in comparison to the |
| read and don't bother to read books that bore you. | | | | old-fashioned ways of learning words. |
| Then pick out the words that you don't know the | | | | 5) Create specific goals |
| meaning to and look them up in the dictionary. | | | | It helps to create specific goals to build your |
| 2) Design the most effective way for you to build | | | | vocabulary. For example, choose a different topic |
| vocabulary | | | | each week and find out all the necessary vocabulary |
| Everyone has different learning styles. There are quite | | | | associated with the topic. Give yourself a small reward |
| a few effective ways to build vocabulary. The first | | | | at the end of the week to motivate yourself to |
| method is to use vocabulary trees that help to provide | | | | continue building up your vocabulary until your test day. |
| context. Map out a few vocabulary trees and you'll | | | | 6) Picture your words |
| automatically start thinking in vocabulary groups. When | | | | When you try to memorise the words that you've just |
| you see a cup, your mind will quickly relate to words | | | | learned, use your imagination. Picture the word in your |
| such as knife, fork, late, dishes, etc. | | | | mind. This is the easiest and most effective way for |
| An alternative method is to create vocabulary themes. | | | | you to remember new words. |
| This method includes listing down vocabulary themes | | | | Since bolstering your English vocabulary is a very |
| by arranging them according to the vocabulary itself, | | | | important factor to ace the TOEFL test, full |
| definition and a sample sentence. Try out both | | | | preparation for the test will take a good few months. |
| methods and find out which way helps you to build | | | | But follow the given tips and you should be able to |
| your vocabulary quicker and easier. | | | | handle the test. If you require further discipline to work |
| 3) Try to put the newly learned words into practice | | | | on your vocabulary however, don't sweat it. Consider |
| Even if you are rarely in an English-speaking | | | | taking up a TOEFL course to help you prepare for the |
| environment, try to put the newly learned words into | | | | test. |