How to learn new worlds

TOEFL B
DEALING WITH
VOCABULARY QUESTIONS
Theme 2: Animals
www.themegallery.com
Company Logo
Contents
www.themegallery.com
Company Logo
TECHNIQUES OF LEARNING NEW VOCABULARY
Process of learning new words
www.themegallery.com
Company Logo
TECHNIQUES OF LEARNING NEW VOCABULARY
Phase 1: Identify which words to learn:
When you finish reading, make a list of new words to learn separately. Learn words of the same topic at the same time, but focus more on the words that are important to the topic you are studying.
Study carefully words that you encounter more than one time.
Learn general, family words first

Can you think of any important academic nouns in the animal category?


www.themegallery.com
Company Logo
Animals
Vertebrates
Invertebrates
Reptiles,
Amphibians
Mammals,
rodents
Carnivores,
herbivores,
omnivores
Nocturnal,
Diurnal
Microorganisms
Bacteria, viruses,
Algae
Unicellular/
Single-celled
multicellular
…..
TECHNIQUES OF LEARNING NEW VOCABULARY
Use Oxford Advanced Dictionary to check definitions plus correct spellings, pronunciation, and parts of speech. Make sure you know the abbreviations

www.themegallery.com
Company Logo
www.themegallery.com
Company Logo
TECHNIQUES OF LEARNING NEW VOCABULARY
Which word is used to describe tigers, elephants, and humans?

Which word is used to describe tigers, sharks, and snakes?

Which word is used to describe snakes, lizards, and geckos?
www.themegallery.com
Company Logo
TECHNIQUES OF LEARNING NEW VOCABULARY


Phase 2: Choose and combine appropriate methods
Learn faster with the help of flash cards and notes.
For flash cards:
Look at the word and try to recall the definition on the back. Look at the definition and sample sentence and try to recall the word on the front. As you go through the cards, sort them into stacks: know and don`t know. The next time you review, concentrate on the "don`t know" stack. Periodically, review all the cards. Periodic review of information is critical to remembering.
Alternatively, use marking to indicate your familiarity with the word
www.themegallery.com
Company Logo
TECHNIQUES OF LEARNING NEW VOCABULARY


Keep a list of 5 or more new words with you so you can readily learn them whenever you can
Stick new word notes on the table, on the kitchen wall or anywhere which is accessible to you visually
www.themegallery.com
Company Logo
TECHNIQUES OF LEARNING NEW VOCABULARY


Recognize word formation: prefixes, roots, suffixes
Some important prefixes:
A (not, opposite to)
Aero (air)
Neo (new)
Omni (most, supreme)
Photo (light)
Thermo (heat)
www.themegallery.com
Company Logo
TECHNIQUES OF LEARNING NEW VOCABULARY


Make associations
Synonyms and antonyms
go up: soar, rise, raise, increase, push up, surge, augment, rocket

Vietnamese translation
Study parts of speech, and examples
Visualize
Use relations
www.themegallery.com
Company Logo
Use relations
Verbs that describe change?
Temperature
www.themegallery.com
Company Logo
www.themegallery.com
Company Logo
TECHNIQUES OF ANSWERING VOCABULARY QUESTIONS
Determine meaning from context
Use your common sense!
Timothy scowled when he saw the dent in his new car
Timothy scowled when he saw Aunt Lauren. Whenever she came to visit, pleasant family conversations turned into angry family feud
www.themegallery.com
Company Logo
TECHNIQUES OF ANSWERING VOCABULARY QUESTIONS
Using the verb “be”: A porpoise is a kind of sea mammal and belongs to the dolphin family
Using the word “or”: The husky, or sled dog, of the North is a hardy breed
Using appositive and relative pronouns:
Mercury, a silver-colored metal used in thermometers, is usually in a liquid form
Airships, which are cigar-shaped steerable balloons, can be used fro many purposes, such as filming, advertising, and entertainment.
www.themegallery.com
Company Logo
TECHNIQUES OF ANSWERING VOCABULARY QUESTIONS
Using examples: as, like, such as, for example, for instance, etc.
Percussion instruments, such as drums, cymbals, and tambourines, were the preferred instruments in the study.
Everything we know about early humans such as the Homo Scapiens is based on fossilized remains
The baboon, like other apes, is a very social animal.
Flower gardens in Florida included acres of marigolds, which were tended with great care.
www.themegallery.com
Company Logo
TECHNIQUES OF ANSWERING VOCABULARY QUESTIONS
Referents: The solar-powered batteries in the ERS-1 are expected to function for at least two years, during which time this satellite will be able to gather more information than any other previous satellites.
Contrasts: but, in contrast, however, despite, unlike…
The brief scenes in the movie focus on the boy’s point of view, whereas the longer scenes depict the father’s side
www.themegallery.com
Company Logo
TECHNIQUES OF ANSWERING VOCABULARY QUESTIONS
Related words in the sentence:
In order to sip the nectar with its long tongue, the bee must dive into the flower and in so doing becomes dusted with the fine pollen grains from the anthers.
www.themegallery.com