myskypeenglishteacher

TUESDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2017

How do you learn new words?

To improve your English it is important to learn new words. To remember new words it is important to be organised. Putting words into categories according to subject or word type can help you to find the words again, and memorize them through word association.

Try to put these words into categories and then add more words to each category.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1_B2HZ_bIsleURIQlM2SUI0SG8/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1_B2HZ_bIslWVBYbzZkRlpGRW8/view?usp=sharing

You can do this in a list form or in a more visual way.

List form - http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/blwordgroups_weather.htm

Visual - http://esl.about.com/library/lessons/nblvocabtrees.htm

This is an example with words about the city.
What other words do you know?

Let's make an example with the subject of food.

For food we can think of four sub categories - ingredients, methods of food preparation, adjectives to describe food and kitchen equipment.

Use the menu on Page 19 and 20 of this document to find examples of different ingredients and methods of preparation and add more.

http://www.ujaz.feec.vutbr.cz/texty/practical_english.pdf

Here are some adjectives to describe the taste of food with a quiz.

http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/adjectives-describe-tastes-foods

On this website you can find lots of words for actions and tools in kitchen.

http://www.say-it-in-english.com/inthekitchen.html

For the PET exam there is are lists of vocabulary that you should know. You can find them here.

http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/images/84669-vocabulary-list.pdf

For FCE and other exams, there is no list, but the following books can help you to increase your vocabulary in some common areas.

PET - https://ymerleksi.wikispaces.com/file/view/Check+your+vocab+for+PET+Book.pdf

FCE - http://vk.com/doc243798239_300780464

CAE - http://www.e4thai.com/e4e/images/pdf/Test%20Your...Vocabulary%204%20(Upper-Inter%20to%20CAE)%20-%2049p.pdf

IELTS - http://www.ycdc.gov.mm/download.php?pdffile=ebook-13

Here you can find a vocabulary list per CEFR level.

http://www.englishprofile.org/wordlists

MARTEDI 28 FEBBRAIO

Come impari parole nuove?

Per migliorare il tuo inglese e importante imparare nuove parole. Per fare questo e importante essere l'organizzazione. Mettere parole in categories secondo l'argomento o tipo di parole puo aiutare a ritrovare le parole piu facilemente and memorizzare tramite l'associazione.

Prova a mettere in categorie le parole in questo documento aggiungendo anche altre parole per ogni categoria.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1_B2HZ_bIsleURIQlM2SUI0SG8/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1_B2HZ_bIslWVBYbzZkRlpGRW8/view?usp=sharing

Puoi fare questo esercizio sotto forma di lista o in modo piu visuale.

Lista - http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/blwordgroups_weather.htm

Visuale - http://esl.about.com/library/lessons/nblvocabtrees.htm

Questo e un esempio con parole che riguardano la citta. Quali altre parole conosci?

Qui ci sono altre attivita per imparare parole sulla citta.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1_B2HZ_bIslemQxSks1VEs5MEE/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1_B2HZ_bIslUGlZRGVOc2w5SFE/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1_B2HZ_bIsldVgyUlExTE9UdHM/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1_B2HZ_bIslUHhNLVhiM1JqSFk/view?usp=sharing