How to Improve English Vocabulary

Learning English is always challenging. It takes a lot of effort to master the four skills – listening, speaking, reading, and writing. One of the important things in learning English is vocabulary. Many students feel that they know little English vocabulary. There are some reasons for that. Some are lazy to read English articles, and others are lazy to look up the dictionary. Everyone can learn anything, anywhere, and at any time. The Internet makes learning much easier than before.

There are some ways to improve English vocabulary:

1. Reading English books, magazines, articles, or Instagram captions. Find books or articles that interest you so that you cannot be easily bored. You will also have the eagerness to look up the dictionary if the reading materials are interesting. Everyone has different interests. You can also follow the Instagram account of international stars – football stars, basketball stars, movie stars, or any other stars. You can learn from their captions. Make sure you look up the dictionary when you do not know the meaning of a word.
2. Watching English movies. It helps a lot in improving listening skills and in understanding how to express something. You can also watch any English videos. For example, motivational videos, and interviews with artists, singers, or anyone who speaks English. You can find all those things on YouTube. It makes the process of learning English easier.
3. Listening to English songs and paying attention to the lyrics. You can find the lyric of a song on Google. There are also videos with lyrics of songs that you can find on YouTube. Besides improving listening skills and vocabulary, it will also influence mood. Your English learning activities will be more enjoyable.
4. Having a diary in English. Writing a diary in English helps improve the writing skill as well as the English vocabulary. Try to use the words that have been learned from the reading articles from the English songs or from the dialogues you get from the movies.

The best way to learn a language is by practicing it. Improving English vocabulary is a long journey. It takes time, so you need to be patient. There are still many other ways you can use to improve your vocabulary. Make sure you always have a dictionary with you.