BUILD YOUR VOCABULARY THE EASY WAY

Vocabulary enables us to Interpret and to express. If you have a limited vocabulary, you will also have a limited vision and a limited future.

(Jim Rohn)

Whether you need it for better understanding of literature, for improving your conversational abilities, for enhancing your perception of things, for an exam or for grooming your personality, Building vocabulary requires a dedicated effort. 

Determination and Perseverance is the key

Once you decide on improving your vocabulary, you need to make sure that you do so on a regular basis, Starting and giving up immediately or losing interest will not benefit you in any way and so once you have made up your mind, you need to keep your nose to the grindstone. This holds true not just for enhancing your linguistic skills but for anything that you wish to achieve in life. 

A few Tips and Tricks on enhancing your vocabulary are listed below.

1. Read Newspapers, Magazines and Books

• Develop a habit of reading. If you cannot read a lot or if you are not a fan of reading books and other stuff, just read one small paragraph at a time.
• Highlight an interesting word and note it down in your word journal or in an index card.

2. Using Post it Notes or keeping Flash or Index Cards in office or at home

This technique is what helped me the most in improving my vocabulary. 

• Write the word and its meaning with an example on a Post it note and stick it where you can read it even if you don't want to. Like on the fridge, on the study table, etc.
• Write the word on a flash card and keep the card with you. You can read them even when doing some house or office chore, while watching TV or doing office work.

3. Maintaining a word Journal

• Grab a notebook, a small diary or if that is too much trouble then just use the notes app on your mobile phone and write down the words that you find interesting.
• Keep reading them everyday so that the words become a permanent part of your memory. 
• Try using them in sentences.

4. Write More

• Write Letters and use the new words in your sentences
• If not letters then write Articles or Essays. That will give you the added benefit of improving your writing skills.
• If you hate writing then at least you can Text. Instead of using slangs and abbreviations, use complete and proper words while writing texts to your family and friends and add new words wherever you can. 

5. Download a Vocab app

• An application on your phone that notifies you of a new word each day, such as the app by www.dictionary.com, which is easily available for downloading on most android and iOS devices, have a widget that gives you a new word to learn daily.

6. Watching English movies with Subtitles

• This is something that will serve a dual purpose. While providing entertainment, it enables to build your conversational skills and learn new words and ways of using those in sentences.

Building vocabulary needs constant revision of words because if you don't use the words, you forget them. Incorporating the newly learned words in your conversations, either they are face to face or on the phone, is what will help you in the long term.