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Vocabulary When I was studying English. My friends usually said that vocabulary is important that you need to memory them first. I bought a book about a particular level in English vocabulary and didn't want to read it anymore. It's so boring if I just read the vocabulary book. I don't like this method even though almost of people recommended it.

Nowadays, I find a useful book, it's called "Oxford Word Skills", I was so delighted because of the content of the book. It's not only a vocabulary book but also having sentences and scene of using. But a few days later, I would forget 40% words when I did revision.

Vocabulary is difficult to remember for me. Do you have any good methods to remember them?

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When I was studying English. My friends usually said that vocabulary is important that you need to memorize it (vocabulary) first. I bought a book about a particular level in English vocabulary and or (but ) I didn't want to read it anymore. It's so boring if I just read the vocabulary book. I don't like this method even though almost everyone recommends it.

Nowadays, I have found a useful book, it's called "Oxford Word Skills", I was so delighted because of the content of the book. It's not only a vocabulary book but also has or (includes) sentences and scene of using  examples. But a few days later, I would forget 40% of the words when I did revision.

Vocabulary is difficult to remember for me. Do you have any good methods to remember them?

Hi Elevena, I use a free program called Memrise for vocabulary it's quite good! I also listen to songs on Youtube with the lyrics :)

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Thank you, everyone. It's useful suggestions!
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Hi Elevena. I've ever stumbled upon the same questions many years ago, now I find out that to memorize the the words I must use it actively. I must expose myself to English reading/listening to get familiar with words, phrases, expressions, slangs, and natural sounding sentences as much as possible, and it works well for me. We really need to immerse in the language if we want to achieve fluency indeed. I know it sounds tough but I believe you're doing great so far. Enjoy learning! :)
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Use it or lose it! Keep practicing using the words so you remember them. Also, read, listen to music and podcasts, practice speaking with a partner, and watch TV shows and movies so you can hear how they're used. Lastly, use a spaced repetition system/flashcards. Example sentences and sentence patterns are very important to study when learning vocabulary. It takes time. Don't be discourage by forgetting 40%. That means you remembered 60%. Then, review the 40% you forgot. If you remember 60% of that, you've learned 84%. Then, repeat it and with time you'll remember 99% of it.

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