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Q&A Effective ways to enrich your active vocabulary?

Read out loud whenever you get the chance. Hearing a word spoken adds another point of reference to the word--along with seeing it, interpreting it, and, potentially, writing it--and, like hearing ...

posted 12y ago by tylerharms‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:35:49Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar tylerharms‭ · 2019-12-08T02:35:49Z (almost 5 years ago)
Read out loud whenever you get the chance. Hearing a word spoken adds another point of reference to the word--along with seeing it, interpreting it, and, potentially, writing it--and, like hearing a song, makes it stick more firmly in your memory.

Language learners are taught to "sing" useful expressions so that they stick in the memory. Initially, this does nothing for cognition, but when combined with research, it can help ingrain the word.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2012-11-23T10:01:03Z (almost 12 years ago)
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