Dear members,
I want to know the ways you study English vocabulary. Would you like to share with me and other members? Thanks for your interests.
I strongly believe that the best way is by learning words --or phrases-- in their context. If you simply learn words by reading a vocabulary list, you will probably forget most of them in the following three days. Instead, I suggest you get a book for learning vocabulary through reading articles.
Take, for example, the idiom “to make ends meet.” If you learn the meaning of it (to have just enough money to pay for the things that you need) you will probably forget it cause you do not remember a situation in which you applied it.
But if you read something like the following, you will probably remember it:
I hope this helps.
hi !!!
yeah… to study English vocabulary :oops: …
if you have any idea how we can do this, I’m with you…
ps sorry for my English
Hi
I like Jamie’s Google idea. And Jan’s A4 idea, too. 
Reading and listening help a lot, but much/most vocabulary will remain passive until you get active with it.
Active means, you have to DO something with it! Speak it, write it, sing it, draw it, play with it, “google” it, etc.
And don’t be afraid of making mistakes!
Amy
In a British film I started watching (and enjoying!) yesterday, Ladies in Lavender, there is another (funny) idea for learning vocabulary.
The movie tells the somewhat unlikely, but quaint, lovely and humorous story of two spinster sisters (the great Judi Dench and Maggie Smith) who find a young Polish violinist on their Cornish beach (dramatic and stunning scenery!) in 1936. They jealously take care of him and one of them falls a bit in love with him. He can’t speak a word of English, so she devises a method to teach him: she writes out labels and pins them all over the place (chair, mirror, window, etc.), including one on herself with her name (she then gets scolded by her sister for making holes in the furniture – they didn’t have post-its back then!).
Conchita, that’s a delightful method of learning new words.
Well, you know, there is a relatively painless method of learning some new words - just post them on your bathroom wall. 
Considering the time we spend in the bathroom, it’s an excellent idea, really! I used to do that with general culture information from encyclopedias in a shortlived attempt to cultivate myself.
Well, another way of doing it is by reading a book. Just read a book and find the meaning of each word which you don’t understand. You don’t only learn the meaning of the word, you also get a good example on how the word or phrase is used in a sentence.
Hi everyone
Maybe I am old fashioned but I believe in the old fashioned way of studying vocabulary. Learning them from a list of words. This doesnt exclude other ways like reading books, watching films, posting notes on the bathroom walls etc 
I use an online tool www.vocabitor.com which has helped me a lot lately. I learn a lot in an organised way. I can easily go back to old words and repeat them etc.
I guess we are all different but it worked for me
Johan
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Does anyone know any screensaver program which can put a few words on your desktop every day…it will be helpful to look at your desktop to learn a couple of new words every day this way…isn’t ?
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Reading book and watching movies with subtitles and also lyrics from songs . For that i’m using Songbird ( it’s like Itunes) , when you are playing a song you’ve got in the same time the lyrics on the right. It’s really fun for me to learn vocabulary like that !
Hi,
I have been casting around for some ways to improve my vocabulary since 2008 but failed to find a website that teaches me from a to z…
I’ll be grateful to you if you give me some suggestions.How can I build up my vocabulary?
I want to start it from easy words then I’ll learn difficult words because one has to learn to walk before he wants to run…
What’s the best way of improving it?
Don’t hesitate to tell me if you know…
Your answers, suggestions will be appreciated.
Regards!
Absolutely I agree with you Jamie.
I am a language learner who believe with the exposure of words will cost more benefits for the learners. I proved it myself. The more we are exposed to words, no matter how we do it (reading anything in English is the easiest way for me) watching English movies, listening to interesting songs, or whatever. Moreover, If I am not sure about the pronunciation, I have a very good friend of mine to discuss with. My friend’s name if “Oxford Dictionary.”
Cheers
Adin