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Vocabulary Development, Methods
and Tips
Lecture No. 20
Zafar Ullah, zafarullah76@gmail.com
Why Should We Learn Vocabulary?
• Cells to body or bricks to building
• Without vocabulary, unable to express
• Variety is the spice of life
• Express diversified things in different
manners
2
Strategies
• It is a continuous process
• Be persistent
• Make your own dictionary
• Write 5 difficult words daily
• Consult Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
• Make sentences daily
• Write a diary and use them in your writing
• Idle knowledge rusts and fades
3
Memorize 1000 Words
1000 words with Urdu translation
Make sentences
Base of your English
4
Learn Root Words, Prefixes, Suffixes
•Unmanageable
Prefix Root word Suffix
Core word
5
Prefixes
6
7
Oxford Photo Dictionary etc
1. Picture and voice especially for kids
• https://www.opdome.com/
2. Picture, name, explanation
http://www.visualdictionaryonline.com/food-
kitchen/food/chocolate.php
3. Oxford Photo Dictionary is a paper based
dictionary
8
Oxford Advanced Learner’s
Dictionary
• The best dictionary, online and paper
bound copy
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/
definition/english/help_1?q=help
• Read lemma and other parts of speech
Beauty, beautify, beautiful, beautifully,
beauty saloon, Beauty lies in the eyes of
beholder.
9
Use Bilingual Dictionary
• Change Urdu to English
• Use Google Translate but it can create
ambiguity
• https://translate.google.com/?sl=ur&tl=en&
op=translate&hl=en
10
Thesaurus
• Online thesaurus
https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/work?s=t
Oxford Thesaurus
Penguin Thesaurus
11
Read Jokes
• Jokes online
• http://www.laughfactory.com/jokes/clean-
jokes
• www.cleanjokes.com
• www.greacleanjokes.com
12
Read Children Literature
• Read children story books
https://monkeypen.com/pages/free-stories-
for-kids
Read children encyclopedia
https://kids.britannica.com/kids/search/articl
es?query=bermuda+triangle
Read Children section in newspapers
13
Read 1 Newspaper in a Week
• Online: https://epaper.dawn.com/
• Captions
• Headings
• Letters to editor
• Technology news
• Pieces of news
• Read editorial
14
Play with Corpora
• Collection of digitized texts
• https://www.english-corpora.org/
15
Listen Ted Talks, Talks at Google
Download with Torch browser free and easy
Ted Talks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu4Yvq-
g7_Y
Talks at Google
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsMydM
Di3rI
16
Thanks
17
Question Answers
18

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Vocabulary Development Methods and Tips Lecture

  • 1. Vocabulary Development, Methods and Tips Lecture No. 20 Zafar Ullah, zafarullah76@gmail.com
  • 2. Why Should We Learn Vocabulary? • Cells to body or bricks to building • Without vocabulary, unable to express • Variety is the spice of life • Express diversified things in different manners 2
  • 3. Strategies • It is a continuous process • Be persistent • Make your own dictionary • Write 5 difficult words daily • Consult Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary • Make sentences daily • Write a diary and use them in your writing • Idle knowledge rusts and fades 3
  • 4. Memorize 1000 Words 1000 words with Urdu translation Make sentences Base of your English 4
  • 5. Learn Root Words, Prefixes, Suffixes •Unmanageable Prefix Root word Suffix Core word 5
  • 7. 7
  • 8. Oxford Photo Dictionary etc 1. Picture and voice especially for kids • https://www.opdome.com/ 2. Picture, name, explanation http://www.visualdictionaryonline.com/food- kitchen/food/chocolate.php 3. Oxford Photo Dictionary is a paper based dictionary 8
  • 9. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary • The best dictionary, online and paper bound copy https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/ definition/english/help_1?q=help • Read lemma and other parts of speech Beauty, beautify, beautiful, beautifully, beauty saloon, Beauty lies in the eyes of beholder. 9
  • 10. Use Bilingual Dictionary • Change Urdu to English • Use Google Translate but it can create ambiguity • https://translate.google.com/?sl=ur&tl=en& op=translate&hl=en 10
  • 12. Read Jokes • Jokes online • http://www.laughfactory.com/jokes/clean- jokes • www.cleanjokes.com • www.greacleanjokes.com 12
  • 13. Read Children Literature • Read children story books https://monkeypen.com/pages/free-stories- for-kids Read children encyclopedia https://kids.britannica.com/kids/search/articl es?query=bermuda+triangle Read Children section in newspapers 13
  • 14. Read 1 Newspaper in a Week • Online: https://epaper.dawn.com/ • Captions • Headings • Letters to editor • Technology news • Pieces of news • Read editorial 14
  • 15. Play with Corpora • Collection of digitized texts • https://www.english-corpora.org/ 15
  • 16. Listen Ted Talks, Talks at Google Download with Torch browser free and easy Ted Talks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu4Yvq- g7_Y Talks at Google https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsMydM Di3rI 16