Many people build their English vocabulary through a blend of methods — by taking English classes, reading books, watching movies in English, and studying English with English language software. Playing word and vocabulary games is a valuable part of learning English. There are thousands of vocabulary words in vocabulary lists. May I suggest that you try www. vocabulary.co.il It has free online word Games which are specifically designed to build vocabulary skills and to motivate people to learn through fun practice in spelling, phonics, and vocabulary.

i completely agree with the above listed statements: YOU HAVE TO BE SELECTIVE and have to try different methods for learning new words: read articles or books (try www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish), watch films with subtitles, listen to music, use online softwares (try byki.com) or books with word lists. This will make sure you learn words that are used every day and learn them in context (so probably not only words, but also certain expressions). The most important thing is that you have to enjoy the process :)

When you just read a list of new words trying to remember them you will forget most of them in a couple of hours, because they aren't associated with something particular in your brain. You need to take words from different contexts while watching videos, reading something, listening to music, playing games, whatever. That's a lot more efficient than just repeating a meaningless list of words 10 times. "What I can do" - use different sources of new words, that works for me.

Learn them by categories at a time, such as clothes, numbers, foods, places, directions, etc. Make flashcards and study from them and quiz yourself. Try to then use those new words in your sentences so that you become familiar with them!

You need context. That means that you need to see the words and how they are used. What works best for me when learning vocabulary of any language is a rich combination of ways to learn new vocabulary: * Sentence flashcards using Anki * Looking up the word for things I encounter in my daily life * Encountering new words from textbooks, websites, comics, elementary reading materials * Browsing frequency word lists