The document discusses the full meaning of knowing a word in another language. It is not just understanding definitions and translations, but also being familiar with commonly associated words, different forms of the word, and being able to accurately use the word in different contexts. The document then provides a detailed example of fully knowing the word "friend" through its various definitions, translations, parts of speech, collocations, and suggestions for remembering and practicing new words.

1. Knowing words... What does this mean, exactly? http://www.flickr.com/photos/photojonny/2268845904/sizes/z/ How to Learn English Vocabulary by Karenne Sylvester

3. Knowing a word in another language is not just understanding the dictionary definition(s) and knowing the translation. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcquinn/2302027163/

4. It also means being aware of the words most commonly seen and spoken around it ( collocations ).

5. It's not only evaluating how it's said , by whom, when and where... ...or when it's not .

6. It isn't just recognizing the part(s) of speech , its other forms and conjugations.

7. Knowing a word means you are able to use it accurately in a different place and time from the one you learned it in . http://www.flickr.com/photos/clairity/154640125/sizes/z/

8. Huh? Can you please give me some examples ? Should I learn all the new words I see or hear? http://www.flickr.com/photos/photojonny/2268845904/sizes/z/

9. Teacher Karenne :-)

10. New words come to us from conversation & texts we read or hear: www.spezify.com

11. Let's look at this word: Friend

12. Friend = IMPORTANT to learn Very frequently used: in top 2,500 words spoken in English.

22. Collocations words that often go with ~friend http://www.imagechef.com/ic/word_mosaic/

23. Expressions Common Phrases & idioms to make friends with someone to be friends with someone to no longer be friends with someone to be on friendly terms to have friends in high places friendly fire a friendly society a friend in need is a friend indeed a friendly takeover man's best friend

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32. This free e-document is a learning-to-learn tool I give to my students at the beginning of courses with me. You are welcome to send, electronically share it and use with your own too. It is creative commons licensed which means that as a teacher, company or other educational enterprise you have my full permission to share it with teaching colleagues or institutions and embed it on other sites - commercial or non commercial. If you are a student, you are also welcome to share it with other language learners. You do not have permission to to brand this document with a company logo or your own name. If you refer to it or copy parts, in any other form: paper or digitally; for training purposes, please do not forget to respect the time and energy which went into its creation by attributing to the source appropriately. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO KNOW A WORD? 6th version by Karenne Sylvester, 2003-2011 CC-SA-ND Kalinago English More resources for TEFL teachers to share with students http://kalinago.blogspot.com/search/label/h2le Blog for German speaking language learners: http://businessenglish5mins.posterous.com/