The linguist Wilkins has a classic saying: without grammar, only a little information can be conveyed, and without vocabulary, nothing can be conveyed. American linguist Diller's research shows that if we know 25 words, on average, we know 23% words per page; If we know 135 words, the percentage will reach 50%; The amount of 2500 words corresponds to 78%; 5000 words corresponds to 86%; 10000 words corresponds to 92%. Practice has proved that in the IELTS test, candidates with large vocabulary often get higher scores than those with small vocabulary. It is generally believed that if you want to get more than 6 points in the IELTS test, your vocabulary generally needs to be around 5000-6000. Memorizing words is a boring and arduous task for many students, and it is difficult to stick to it. How should candidates get twice the result with half the effort in a short time? I think they should at least do the following:
1) Make a reasonable plan and do it again and again.
Memorizing words is a very heavy task, which requires a lot of energy. Without careful planning, many candidates will find it difficult to stick to it. So this step is very necessary. Generally speaking, you must recite the word manual three times before the exam. The first time carefully study, the second time consolidate, and the third time check the missing and fill the gaps to deepen the impression. This is much better than just reciting it once.
2) Listening, speaking, reading and writing go hand in hand.
Many candidates only look at the words when remembering them, and the result is often that they only remember the appearance, which can be recognized when reading, but not when listening, spelling when writing and speaking. Such words are just negative words in English learning. The best way to recite words is to read the words first and listen to the standard recording at the same time, then keep reading in your mouth, and finally record the words with your own pronunciation. Only when a variety of feelings go hand in hand like this can we remember the words the deepest.
3) Synchronization of recitation and practice
In the final analysis, English words should be used in language. If you only recite words without understanding them in context, the efficiency of memorizing words will be greatly reduced. Therefore, candidates must be accompanied by a lot of listening, speaking, reading and writing exercises when memorizing words, so as to consolidate the pronunciation, meaning and usage of words in repeated use. Cambridge IELTS is a good material for practice. After listening and reading, and analyzing yourself, if you have time, you'd better listen to the tape carefully, read the article intensively, record all the core words you have learned in a special notebook and recite them repeatedly. You can learn more from these words when writing and practicing oral English. Usually, you should also listen to the original English programs such as BBC and VOA, and read more original magazines such as The Economist and National Geographic, so as to achieve multi-angle contact and multi-directional memory, consolidate the words you recite and turn negative words into extreme words.
4) Pay attention to the relationship between words.
There are many English words, but many of them have certain internal or external relations. For example, some words have common roots and affixes, such as: ban, ban, habitat and so on. Some words can appear in a scene at the same time, such as the names of diseases: myopia, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and so on. Subject name: psychology, anthropology, archaeology, sociology, ecology, etc. There are many words and phrases that are synonymous or similar. For example, cause, induce, breed, lead, lead, contribute, cause, be responsible, etc. Can mean "why". There are many words that are related to some extent, such as smiling, grinning, giggling, laughing and so on. If we can master the above rules when memorizing words and connect isolated words in series into a net, then we can get twice the result with half the effort.