Learning new words

Learning new words

This section gives you lots of advice and ideas on how you can learn new words.

This section gives you lots of advice and ideas on how you can learn new words. When you’re learning a new language it’s really important to keep learning new words to improve your vocabulary. When you learn new words you need to try and use them as soon as you can so they will become part of your active vocabulary. We need to see a new word at least five times before we are able to use it correctly. There are lots of opportunities on this website to learn new words, and by writing comments on the site you can put your new vocabulary into practice.

Don't forget to use the Vocabulary exercises section on our website to help you learn new words. Also, reading and listening to as much English as possible will help to improve your vocabulary.

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