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Home > Schedule > Improve Your Vocabulary

Improve Your Vocabulary

Mavis Hara shows you how to develop your vocabulary.

Did you know if you read 15 minutes a day, you will read over one (1) million words per year.
When: Monday, February 8, 2010
Where:Lama 116 (Library)
Time:12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

VOCABULARY BUILDING

1) Increase your vocabulary by learning to use CONTEXT CLUES, so that you can teach yourself new words every time you read.

Synonyms - http://www.synonym.com/
Antonyms - http://www.synonym.com/antonym/

http://www.wordsmyth.net/ --> new site http://new.wordsmyth.net/

2) Increase your vocabulary by learning to use WORD PARTS so that you can figure out word meaning by looking at their prefixes and roots.

3) READ WIDELY, READ A VARIETY OF THINGS so that you will exposed to thousands of new words each month. Keep a vocabulary journal to record that interesting words you find, or make word cards so that you can see your vocabulary growing.

4) TEST YOURSELF and have fun at the same time.

You can use the "It Pays to Enrich Your Word Power" feature in Reader's Digest magazine each month.

Reader's Digest Online http://www.rd.com "Free registration and signup"

Click on | Games | in the top navigation bar

Click on Word Power under MORE FUN WORD GAMES

signup - (Free) or
login - (member already)

Go ahead and try some of the other games. Have fun and learn!

Other sites:

AgameAday: http://www.agameaday.com

Dictionary.com: Word of the day and many other useful links. http://dictionary.reference.com/

Interactive Word Games: http://www.wordplays.com

Word games from http://www.pogo.com/ (Word games)

TELFGames.com: All levels, fun vocabulary matching games.
http://www.teflgames.com/interactive.html

SAT Vocabulary Tests on Vocab Test.com: offers you, the eager student ready to learn, free vocabulary tests, which are the best way to boost your verbal skills. http://www.vocabtest.com/

Vocabulary.com: a free resource used in over 20,000 schools to enhance vocabulary mastery & written/verbal skills with Latin & Greek roots. http://www.vocabulary.com/

vocabulary.co.il: The Fun Way to Build Vocabulary Skills!
Test Preparation & Vocabulary Building Made Fun.
http://www.vocabulary.co.il

Vocabulary University: http://www.vocabulary.com

Vocabulary Workshop Online: Link

For Levels A-F: iWordsTM Interactive Audio Program includes definitions, pronunciations, and examples of usage for all 300 words per Level
For all Levels, A-H: Interactive Game and Puzzles that extend and enrich the instruction and practice provided in the Student Texts

The Longman Vocabulary Website: Word Parts

Yahoo Word Games: http://games.yahoo.com/word-games

Learn Vocabulary and Donate Rice at the same time!
http://www.freerice.com

ESOL Sites:

Activities for ESOL Students: Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL) This project of The Internet TESL Journal (iteslj.org) has thousands of contributions by many teachers.
http://a4esl.org/

PODCASTS (Links to iTunes)

Hot for Words | Learning words can be fun. Marina Orlova – Not your typical philologist. Etymology, philology , word origins, origin of, hot teacher.
http://www.hotforwords.com/

Other Vocabulary Podcasts from iTunes

Other Podcasts

5) Use the Library to find other resources for building your vocabulary. Bookstores have "Word for Today" calendars, crossword puzzles, and vocabulary word card boxes.

Online Flash Cards (Most are free)

Flash Card Exchange: http://www.flashcardexchange.com/

Flash Card Machine: http://www.flashcardmachine.com/

ProProfs Flash Cards: http://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/

Quizlet: http://quizlet.com/

6) USE your new words from time to time in conversations.

Resources: Handouts see SOS coordinator

PowerPoint Presentation

Mavis Hara is the author of the book "An Offering of Rice"
https://www.bambooridge.com/storeitem.aspx?pid=66

Google books information

An Offering of Rice
Mavis Hara
ISBN: 0-910043-76-0
171 pages

Location:
Kapiolani CC: Special Collection
(Behind Circulation Desk)

Call Number:
PS571.H3 B35 no.90

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