Studies show that a good vocabulary is essential for success in life. The same studies show that a person's vocabulary is one of the strongest predictors of career and life success.

 

Inside this website, you'll discover techniques that will dramatically improve the speed at which you can learn new words. And what's best is that it's all completely free!

 

NOTE: If you're looking to improve your vocabulary right now, we highly recommend the popular Ultimate Vocabulary Software

 

 

 

The Six Very Best Ways to Improve Your Vocabulary

 

After years of exhaustive research, we have come up with the six most effective techniques to improve your vocabulary quickly and easily. Here is a summary of the techniques:

 

Vocabulary Technique #1 - Elaboration

 

Elaboration is an easy technique that will increase your retention of new words by more that 670%. To find out more about elaboration, go to our lesson on elaboration.

 

Vocabulary Technique #2 - Repetition

 

Repetition is one of the most effective ways to learn new words. However, most people overlook a simple technique that will double the effectiveness of repetition. To find out more, go to our lesson on repetition.

 

Vocabulary Technique #3 - Read and Record

 

Contrary to popular belief, reading alone won't do much to improve your vocabulary. This is because most people tend to simply "skip over" words they don't know. We have put together some powerful techniques that will allow you to get the most out of your reading. Read about these techniques in the lesson on reading and recording.

 

Vocabulary Technique #4 - Personal Relevance

 

Did you know that our memories are actually geared to block out information that isn't considered personally relevant? You can use this to your advantage by making new words personally relevant and dramatically improving your retention as a result. Read more in our lesson on relevance.

 

Vocabulary Technique #5 - Imagery

 

Are you a visual learner? If so imagery could be your best bet for improving your vocabulary. Although imagery is a great tool, it doesn't work well for all types of words. To find out how best to use imagery, go to lesson 5.

 

Vocabulary Technique #6 - Play With Words

 

A great fun way to improve your vocabulary is to play word games. We show you the best games to boost your vocabulary and have fun while you do it. Read more in our lesson on word games.

 

Vocabulary Technique #7 - How children do it

 

An 8 year old child learns more words in a week than the average adult does on a year. We can learn a lot about vocabulary improvement by studying the strategies children use to learn new language. Find out more in lesson 7.

 

Vocabulary Tools

 

We have reviewed every popular vocabulary building tool available. In doing this we have been disappointed many times. Many vocabulary courses cost a lot of money, make big promises, yet still fail to deliver.

 

The good news is that we did find a few tools that proved to be really effective. Having reviewed all vocabulary tools, we recommend Ultimate Vocabulary as the number one tool for learning new words.

 

Vocabulary and spelling are closely related. If you currently have issues with spelling, consider a free course to improve spelling, or hiring a spelling tutor.

 

If English is your second language, be sure to check out this cool ESL Podcast site.

 

Help With English

 

For help with English, check out English Language Skills

 

Audio CD Programs

 

We recommend vocaulbary software as the fastest way to improve your vocabulary. However, if you prefer to listen to an audio CD (for example to make use of time driving in your car) we highly recommend this vocabulary cd.

 

Speed Reading

 

Speed reading and vocabulary often go hand-in-hand. If you are interested in reading faster, be sure to have a look at our 7 Speed Reading Review. For a great free speed reading site, also look at how to speed read and some cool speed reading courses. Finally, here is a speed reading test.

 

 

Other Software

 

If you are looking for software other than vocabulary software, Software Review Boffin has some great reviews.