https://padlet.com/dvlaeva/pe1kcbh73lvu Some ideas for improving your vocabulary en-us 2018-07-31 19:53:53 UTC 2025-11-23 13:14:00 UTC hello@padlet.com dvlaeva https://padlet.com/dvlaeva/pe1kcbh73lvu/wish/271589000 Websites like Glogster allow you create posters about a word, or a whole word family, add videos, images, etc. ]]> 2018-07-31 20:24:10 UTC https://padlet.com/dvlaeva/pe1kcbh73lvu/wish/271589000 dvlaeva https://padlet.com/dvlaeva/pe1kcbh73lvu/wish/271589487 Do your words have something in common?
Put them in groups! Finding similarities between words is a great way to learn them.
For example, how can you group these terms here?
_{^{From Ellis & Sinclair (1989), Learning to Learn English (p.35)}}]]> 2018-07-31 20:32:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dvlaeva/pe1kcbh73lvu/wish/271589487 dvlaeva https://padlet.com/dvlaeva/pe1kcbh73lvu/wish/271590306 Choose words that have a similar meaning or the same topic, and write them in one place - this can help you remember them. A great way to revise for speaking/writing exams, too!
_{^{From Ellis & Sinclair (1989), Learning to Learn English (p.36)}}]]> 2018-07-31 20:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/dvlaeva/pe1kcbh73lvu/wish/271590306 dvlaeva https://padlet.com/dvlaeva/pe1kcbh73lvu/wish/271591616

With a friend, choose 5-6 difficult words from your textbook. 

Write them down on a piece of paper.

Get ready to imagine (close your eyes/look in the distance + take a deep breath)

Your friend says one of the words: slowly and loudly

Now open your eyes and tell your friend what you saw - be very specific

Repeat with 5-6 more words - until you get bored!

Now help your friend to do the same thing.

Think: does this help you to remember more easily? Try it for a few days/weeks and decide. Creating images/pictures/movies in your mind usually can help a lot. 

_{From Arnold et al. (2007), Imagine That! Mental Imagery in the EFL Classroom, p.71}

]]> 2018-07-31 21:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dvlaeva/pe1kcbh73lvu/wish/271591616 dvlaeva https://padlet.com/dvlaeva/pe1kcbh73lvu/wish/271591935 This exercise is good for concrete words (so, objects/physical actions/things you can see and touch)

• Choose a city you know well. Imagine you are organising a sightseeing tour for tourists. (E.g. London)
• Choose five places in the city where you want to take the tourists. Write them down (e.g. Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Downing Street)
• Close your eyes and image these places, where you will go first, second, third, etc - learn your tour very well!
• NOW, choose five words that you want to revise - these are your tourists! You will take each word to one of your places (e.g. 'apron' will go to 'Trafalgar Square', 'dustpan' will go to 'Buckingham palace', etc...
• Imagine these objects in these places - like the picture below (The Queen is using a dustpan)
• This is a bit crazy, but actually matching a new word to an old picture or a familiar situation really helps your brain to remember better. 

_{^{From Ellis & Sinclair (1989), Learning to Learn English (p.36)}}

]]> 2018-07-31 21:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dvlaeva/pe1kcbh73lvu/wish/271591935 dvlaeva https://padlet.com/dvlaeva/pe1kcbh73lvu/wish/271592007 If the word is too abstract (so, there is no object and no physical action), and you can't see it: make a story - like a movie - in your mind. Imagine famous people acting in your movie; they are doing or saying the words you want to remember. ]]> 2018-07-31 21:10:13 UTC https://padlet.com/dvlaeva/pe1kcbh73lvu/wish/271592007 dvlaeva https://padlet.com/dvlaeva/pe1kcbh73lvu/wish/271592893 Does your new English word sound a little bit like a familiar word in your native language? Think about that familiar word, and imagine what the object or situation looks like. You are helping your brain to learn the new word by linking it to something old and familiar. 
Here are some more instructions]]> 2018-07-31 21:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dvlaeva/pe1kcbh73lvu/wish/271592893