What are Some Good Ways to Improve my Vocabulary?

There are some websites where you can mark your difficult words and refer to them later.

I'm a teen writer, and i just can't seem to find the right word for anything anymore! It really drives me crazy sometimes. So this website has some good ideas.

I can write english and can speak it too, but in simple ways. If someone speaks some good english words that give me problems. The person stood right in front of me and understands that i know english well. I know well that I am not perfect in english. A perfect word is far away.

I think your website is great way of helping people improve their vocabulary. i think this site was a really useful site and thank you very much.

i want to speak english fluently, but i can't speak very well as i don't understand. i feel very bad when someone talks in english and i can't reply.

I don't remember words. While reading, i mark new words and I even search their meaning also, but i don't remember it for long, and if i don't remember, then how can i use it?

I'm an engineering student. i can't speak in english fluently. i want to improve it. Please suggest to me what should i do?

I'm subash from faridabad. i go to english classes to improve my fluency. i can understand english, but i can't speak it. so tell me what should i do?

i am junaid. i want to improve my english. my english is very weak.

You can increase your English vocabulary by reading, speaking and writing in a culturally relevant manner.

For example, find a book written in America, or the U.K. and read the book, but don't use a dictionary and try to understand the meaning of the words that you read.

If you use context to discover your words then this will give you a better understanding of the words and this will improve your English vocabulary. Watching movies, and listening to conversations on the same sort of topic will also build on your knowledge as well. You can also find audio books which you can listen to instead of just read. Harry Potter has both. By doing this you will reinforce your learning.

Find something that interests you and you are on your way to success!

I am a student studying B.Sc first year. i have some difficulty in english speaking, and writing as well. when i watch english movies i find it difficult to understand the conversation, however i understand with my english teacher while communicating. in this situation i want to guided in the right way so that i can build up a strong confidence in both writing and speaking. thanks!

I can understand english but i can't speak like other people. i'm getting stuck and all the words run out of my mind, only to find myself blank.

i am darren from singapore. i completed an engineering course but i don't know ow to speak in english fluently. what can i do? please tell me.

I am vino working in a software company. i have to improve my communication skills. i can't speak fluently. Please help me and give me some tips.

I'm Rija, a student in upper six from SMK Bingkor, Keningau, Sabah, Malaysia. I have difficulties in speaking well in english. how can i solve this problem? please help me. thanks.

i can understand english, but my english is not good. my communication skills are very weak. how can I improve my skill? tousee

I am student of MCA second year. my english is not good compared to all my friends. I never participate in any college functions. only one problem is my english is not so good and my word power is also not good. please tell me how I can improve my english in easy way.

i am ankit from noida. now i am in btech third year. my english is very weak. what can i do? help me. i have a lack of confidence.

Hello sir i am a student of engineering and i have a lot of problems regarding english. i want to improve my english. how i can solve this problem? please help me. --amit.

i am kapil from delhi and I want to improve my vocabulary so please tell me what can i do.

I had completed my PG and am now preparing for interview but my communication is not good. I'm just using global words please suggest to me how can i improve my vocabulary.

I always hated reading and i really wanted to find new ways that could help me improve my vocabulary. but now i definitely should get help to expand my regions and be able to sit down and enjoy a good book from now on.

I am also sailing in the same boat but i am telling good news to all. Every day listen to an english movie and spend a minimum of one hour doing it. after one month your listening skills will change rapidly and you will learn at least five words per day.

I want to improve my english so what can I do?

My name is Yasmeen and I am from pakistan. my speaking skills are not very good. i can understand the words but i have no words to say to others. i have a little bit of hesitation in my speaking english and i have no vocabulary, so tell me what can i do with my english.

I want to improve my english skills so what can I do?

My name is wahaibi and I am from pakistan. my speaking skills are not very good. i can understand the words but i have no words to say to others. i have a little bit of hesitation in my speaking engling and i have no vocabulary, so tell me what can i do with my english.

I am waiting for good friend or teacher who can help me in my english. I really want to learn or speak english. Please, please, please, please help me ASAP. Regards.

I am Humam. I have the same story as well. I am not good in english. i am going to start my graduation and I think it's the starting of my career and I know english is the first step of everything, so i want to improve my overall english skills. So please suggest to me the best way to do so. thanks

English is a great language. I always study dictionaries and read shakespeare's works. I also listen to audio tapes and hence i have been able to achieve a huge success in improving my vocabulary.

You can also improve your vocabulary through cartoons and images.

right now i am in the usa and i want to do my masters here and i am from india so i have degree from India, but unfortunately to get the admission i need to pass the exam Toefl and GRE, and to improve my english skills in speaking and discussion. Please help me? i want to improve my english skills and vocabulary.

English idioms i think are also difficult. How can I learn them?

i can speak and write english but sometimes when i am reading some articles i still find difficult words. Also when i was watching western movie while they were speaking I did not understand. what does it mean? even though i have a friend from Australia and i can speak well with her but why when i am watching tv can I not follow it well. so help me. what should i do?

My english is so poor most of the time i will not participate in discussions. I always feel shy about express myself, knowing that my colleagues will make fun of me. So i am like a sponge. i just take everything that comes my way and normally respond in broken english or my mother tongue. please, i desperately need your assistance.

I am from northern part of Pakistan and i am working in an NGO but unfortunately my english is not good as well as my communication skills. Please give me some suggestion on how can i improve my communication skills. thanks

I am a graduate student, but my english is so poor, my word power is so bad. how can i improve my english.

Good article. Everyone knows that reading is something which may dramatically help you to obtain new words.

However we all know that it can be difficult to remember new words. Personally I can even write down a word to my notebook and pretend that I know it. Then I encounter the word one more time and write it down again as a new word.

I found a software which allows to maintain my vocabulary online. When I read a text it finds words of my vocabulary in my text. Nice stuff.

i am manpreet. i feel very bad when i can't talk with my M.D in English. she often talks to me in English. but i reply in Hindi just because i can't talk.

I am amar. my problem is I can understand english, but i have a lack of confidence to speak to other people, so pleas give me good advise to improve my anxiety and confidence level. and another thing is that my vocabulary is very poor. that is the main thing. thanks.

I am a girl, i can speak and as well write english well, but have this problem with mother tongue interference. please can you help me overcome this? and i will be grateful

i can understand english but i am not able to speak freely with others. Please help me on how to improve my english.

I am good at writing english. I can't speak fluently. I can speak only few minutes.

i am a shakespearean and student of Sir Daewood Umer Daraz. i think he is the best teacher of english in Karachi. He has already thought of so many tips to improve english but i want new suggestions.

I am best in writing, reading and speaking but i have a problem: i always make mistakes in spelling. What do I to overcome this problem?

I am sree. i understand english but i am not able to speak freely with others. Some kind of fear is there. Please help me on how to improve my english.

Thank you for giving some suggestions. i will implement them. my english is so poor due to lack of vocabulary. i am preparing for a bank examination specially closet, error, phrase etc. but am not improving.

i am turkish who is studying in pakistan at numl in elt last semester. unfortunately, i am not satisfied with may english and english vocabulary. i just came here for learning english but i couldn't manage to learn it. please help me. thanks.

I am a student. I can understand english language, but i can speak little english. i am confused in sentences spoken rapidly so please give me advice to improve in my english speaking.

I am a graduate student, but my english is so poor, i can't understand the meaning of sentences and my word power is so poor. so please help me.

Really it is a great article. I'm 31 now and i got stuck up with vocabulary. Definitely this article will help me out to overcome my issues.

i understand english but i don't select the suitable words for the paragraph.

nice article.

i can understand english, but my english is not good. my communication skills are very weak. how can I improve my skill? tousee

I am from pakistan and i want to improve my vocabulary. i just want to improve my word selection which I will use in my daily life.

kindly help me out.

I think the best way is to memorize the text. if you memorize the text then you can ımprove your vocabulary and grammar and also reading skills.

Something fishy about Latin. Latin shows up in fish anatomy: dorsal and ventral fins, but which one is on top, on bottom? With the help of Latin, we find out that the top fin is the dorsal as dorsum is back in Latin. And, the bottom fin is the ventral as ventra is belly in Latin. This word thing gets interesting when the fellow on stage with the dummy throws his voice – you know the ventriloquist.

I graduated high school in 1946, but like many others, I treated my high school days as a good place to play sports. So, in 1968 I found myself a 40-year-old college freshman in the University of Maryland overseas program (military). I had to struggle with word comprehension, but I took it a word at a time – and the longer I studied, the easier it got. Fortunately, I purchased a college dictionary, with an Appendix of Indo-European roots. I cannot give the name but it is the only dictionary with a comprehensive listing of the approx. 600 Indo-European roots that have derivatives in English, with links to the corresponding entries in the online edition. My criteria, even if I had an idea of the definition, was to enter the word in a notebook glossary along with the etymology (true meaning). Like the wordsmiths say, “Words come in families” and I was happy with my newfound family.

Postscript: 1972 graduate, University of Nebraska at Omaha (Recreation Leadership), and 1976 graduate University of Southern California (MsEd)

Hi, Thanks for a great article - there are some great tips here! I have also found that a great way to my vocabulary is by using software. I am currently using [url removed by editor] which is working really well for me...