my friends, please, give me some advice ;) I belive that one of my major problems is my tiny vocabulary! It's frustrating sometimes to know perfecty what I want to say and realize that I don't know th

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my friends, please, give me some advice ;) I belive that one of my major problems is my tiny vocabulary! It's frustrating sometimes to know perfecty what I want to say and realize that I don't know the words that I need. So I've to use turns of phrases, periphrases, or the longest descriptions to say the simplest concepts! now, all this, to ask you: Have you some advice, some tips, to enlarge rapidly the vocabulary? I've tried with TV series, but there are so many words that I don't know then i've to stop it continusly... Sure that you can help me =) Fab

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My friends, please, give me some advice ;)

I believe that one of my major language problems is my the tiny size of my vocabulary! [I prefer to say, "... is my limited vocabulary". The way you wrote is that you are advertising the smallness of your maleness!]It's is frustrating sometimes to know perfectly what I wanted to say and but realized that I don't know cannot find the right words to express myself that I need. So I ended using phrases and a long winded way of saying I've to use turns of phrases, periphrases, or the longest descriptions to say the simplest concept things!

Now, all this, to ask my question to you:
Have Do you have some any advice, some or tips, to expand one's enlarge rapidly the vocabulary quickly?

I've tried with watching TV series, but there are so many words that I don't know then and my interest waned i've to stop it continusly...

Sure that Thanks for your can help! me =)

Fab.

My advice to you is to read more! Watching TV even subbed is no good. My Japanese did not improve while watching subbed anime! Even in this correction, there are some words that you do not know. The best is to read Grimm's Fairy Tales. They are meant to be read by children. The language used is easy but at the same time, new words are introduced and used again and again to reinforce your memory. Once you are done, graduate to higher levels. Getting a vocabulary is never easy. There are still new words I learnt everyday and after a few days of non-usage, I forget!

Hi! I think you need to watch real videos of high level language! I have been thinking about this for a long time because people hit a wall when they get really good at English but want to get to really free and fluent and creative about expressing themselves. I made a blog that curates some videos that I use in my classes. I have used these in Japan, Korea and Canada. Some of them have transcripts, but not all -- the transcripts are SO USEFUL (IMHO) because you can see real, creative language in action. Also, you can watch TED talks on youtube and if you go to their channel you can get transcripts in any language. Again, SO USEFUL because you can compare languages. ESL books are just to give the basics. Once you have mastered that, you have nothing more to learn from books. Research will support what I'm saying -- working with authentic videos, articles, news clips, documentaries, movies, real people, doing role plays with others learning business English -- anything REAL. Anyhow, my collection of short videos is here: http://authenticaesl.wordpress.com To find the transcripts, go to CATEGORIES and you'll which posts have transcripts.

You can't acquire all the words that you need in a day so I suggest that you use some books and do the following. When listening or watching anything that uses English, make sure that you have a dictionary in handy so you can check any difficult words that you may encounter. You can write the words in a notepad if you want. The books that I can recommend to you are English Vocabulary in Use pre-intermediate and upper-intermediate. You can also use the Business Vocabulary in Use which has a lot of business jargon words. I really like those books because they are easy to understand and made especially for ESL learners.

start with a simple english book, look up only 1 word every two pages, try to read some every day and memorize the new words every time after reading. u can look up more words but the key point is not to look up too many while reading otherwise u'll lose the fun of reading and fail to memorize. that's the fastest way i know about building vocabulary. also helpful for reading ability:)

leggi un libro in inglese semplice e la traduzione in italiano: ad esempio, un giallo di agatha christie ... ci sono molti termini, e piano piano incrementerai il tuo vocabolario

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