How to develop your vocabulary

Dictionary the stock is active or passive. The active are the words that you use regularly in speaking and writing. Passive includes words that you know but don't use for one reason or another, for example, because they are not associated with your professional activity. As a rule, passive vocabulary stock is several times more active, words can move from one to another. It is important to increase your vocabulary stock, since it contributes to successful communication.

You will need

• - handle;
• paper;
• dictionaries;
• books;
• - interlocutors.

Instruction

1. In Russian, about half a million words. On average, the vocabulary stock is 3000 words, that is, the expressive power is quite limited. The more words you know, the more you have means to implement the thoughts in speech, the more pleasant and easier to talk with you. For enriching the vocabulary stockand it is possible to apply the following methods.
2. Communicate more – join saveopen with different people. From the interlocutor you can learn a lot of new words, especially if he is the representative of another generation, another profession or Hobbies other than your own. In addition, in the conversation you can hear the words from your passive vocabulary stockand will remember them and actively use. And don't be afraid to ask what an unfamiliar word means! Believe me, the human desire to understand the other helps to find a common language.
3. Read aloud. When you read the "about yourself" in perception involves only visual analyzers. Involving more and hearing you tight remember new words.
4. Make a detailed paraphrase is still fresh. While reading the text has not faded in the memory, there is a rare chance to pronounce the words you met. The child can be asked to retell close to the text topic of homework. If he's not familiar with some words, explain their meaning. This vocabulary work will benefit both of you.
5. Every word of the Russian language is synonymic rows in an average of 5-6 words (synonyms are words similar in meaning). Take any text you have written and try to replace it on similar in meaning, but the content has not changed and it was understandable. If it is difficult to select the words, consult the dictionary of synonyms.
6. Memorize verses by heart. Not only will this allow you to exercise finesse in the moment, but will help you to get many elegant and graceful words, peculiar to poetic speech. They are not suitable for daily and dust on the margins of memory, but you can at least get used to their sound in my head. Will see, you will be interested.
7. Write down ten new words and try to make a story with them. The words most often are completely unrelated and weave them into a meaningful text should be exciting. This will help not only to remember new words but also to enter into active vocabulary stock of some of the passive.
8. Replenishment of the vocabulary stockand is a prerequisite for the successful mastering a foreign language. Here are some effective ways to memorize foreign words.
   
9. Card
   Write the words on colored cards with two sides: on one side is a foreign word, and on the back – its translation and example of use (easier to remember words in context, i.e. together with the nearby words). Good idea to use cards of different colors for sorting by parts of speech. As the cards are not fixed, you will not remember the words in sequence and can always mix it up. They are small and compact, you can work with them even on the road.
10. Stickers
    Post stickers with the names on various items in your room or apartment. They will constantly fall out of your eyes, rather remember.