Good advice on how to increase your pool of vocabulary - and become able to use these words?

Recently, I relieased the great importance of having a large pool of words and phrases at my own disposal - for different social settings, understanding others, describing a thought, an idea, a process, almost anything involving verbal communication.


However, i find myself using the words and phrases I have been accustomed to use since I was a child. Recently, I started to read alot...


Do you know a good method to increase your vocabulary? And how do you master these words - like consciouly incorporate them into your conversation, writing so on? Are there any good books or sites on this subject?


I really want to improve my word choice and in turn the style of my speech!!Good advice on how to increase your pool of vocabulary - and become able to use these words?
Funny: I was looking for a book to increase my vocabulary 2 days ago! But couldn't find any at the bookshop I went to. I know they exist because I've seen them in another bookshop. I'm French but wanted to learn words that expressed ideas and concepts rather than words such as ';table'; or ';leg'; or ';concrete';, etc...


Just go to a book shop. They have such books and they also help you memorise them and use them again. I think a good idea would be to learn those words and write down sentences before using them in a conversation: you don't want to confuse one meaning with another!





Reading is a good idea. But the problem with reading non-fiction is that you tend to learn words which are not grouped together by theme.Good advice on how to increase your pool of vocabulary - and become able to use these words?
When my children were young we made a game of using the word quizz at the front of the Readers Digest and seeing how many they knew and got right. And most particularly could they score higher than mom. It increased their vocabulary immeasurably.
there is a book called ';Use the Right Word';


Buckley: ';The Right Word';, I was just looking on amazon, seems this newer book is better
i know this sounds silly-read the dictionary-maybe twenty words a day and try to use those words that day at least once when talking to other people-wont be long before you might not understand youself when you speak-old hippie
Reading is certainly a key way to improve your vocabulary, as is having conversations with people who have more extensive vocabularies than you do. Is there a specific area of technical words that you need to know, or just general knowledge words?





Here's a trick I've learned from a book on learning another language, that has worked well both in my second language and in English. As you read, make yourself flashcards with the words that are unfamiliar to you. Rather than putting one word on each card, you can hold the card the ';tall'; way and write about six words on each side. On the first side, number from 1-6 and write the words you are unfamiliar with. Then, flip the card over and number 1-6 again and add the definitions. They don't have to be full dictionary definitions - just enough to make it clear to you what the word means. Carry your set of homemade flashcards with you, and review whenever you have a spare moment. By doing this, you will internalize the vocabulary and find it at your disposal when you need it.
You can read the dictionary, and find words that might be useful to you. Keep a notebook and write the word, the meaning and how it's gonna help you. Eg. U have the word extraodinary-out of the normal stuffys.


Your skills are extraodinary! (plz bear with me if i have any grammartical misstakes.)
immersion. hang around the natives of the language u wanna master. watch gd flicks recommended by the natives. n gd books on tape.songs, poems
read and while speaking practice as hard as you can
READ, READ, READ!!!!
Go here, and use them too. Find a friend to do this with you. Make it into a game, for the both of you to use the new words in sentences. Laugh about it. Have fun
Well, dont watch tv, read, learn new words everyday one or two a day then write them down the meaning then use it in a sentence say it outloud....but..I must warn you ..just because you expand your vocab it doesnt mean the whole world is.becareful where and to whom you use ur larger voc. it might offend someone!
I think reading all types of book improves your vocab. U can see the word used in a sentence so it helps that was too.
Reading books on different subjects, also enroll in a college course so that you can have some intelligent discourse and not the everyday ';Did you see American Idol'; conversation...
i was acommunications major in college and on the first day of class my professer said that the most inmortant thing about communication is to listen......we gain more knowledge that way and lessen our chance of miscommunicating our own ideas
constantly meditating on few new words silently in your mind and trying to use it appropriately is the key.Once you master it proceed for other new words.Do not make haste.


aloke
speak slower, to give yourself a chance to choose the words you want to use instead of the ones you first think of