How to have phenomenal vocabulary in 8 days
In this section, I have created a different set of tasks assigned for Different days of this 8 days course. You can leave any task or add one of your own according to your circumstances and goals. The important thing here is to do these set of tasks without breaking the pattern or taking days off. This 8 days challenge is for developing not only your vocabulary but also your vocabulary building habits.
Finish it and then take a test to measure your progress and share your results on my blog prakharvasishtha.com.
Day 1:
Ideas are like a treasure for a learner of vocabulary. Here are today's task based on this premise.
a) Read as much as humanly possible. To read a lot you must increase reading speed. To increase reading speed, you must read with great focus and while reading do not regress (Going back ). Practice reading in chunks of two words and when you get comfortable with it, start reading in chunks of three words. For detailed method visit my blog.
b) Read an interesting English novel from “List of 7 best short novels” given in the previous post ”Lists of top media creations and novels for improving Vocabulary”.
Day 2:
a) Read a blog post and watch a YouTube video, and whenever you find a new word pause and search the meaning of that word on Google. You can read any blog post, just type in the keywords of your interest in Google search. If you like, you can also read a post in my blog.
(If you are browsing on chrome, install Google Dictionary (by Google), and just double click the word to get its meaning. )
b) Install Moon reader or other text to speech reader on your smartphone and listen to your first book on a smartphone. Initially, you can slow down its speed for better understanding. You can pick any book from the list “List of top 7 books ( Fiction / Non-fiction ) to boost your vocabulary”.
Day 3:
a) Reread the blog post “Going to the roots of vocabulary – how words are formed” and focus on tables. While reading roots, think of as many as possible words that can be made from these roots.
b) Watch a movie (With English subtitles ) from list “List of 7 best movies for a sophisticated vocabulary”.
(You can download subtitles from Google and just “drag and drop” the downloaded file (.srt ) to a media player. If you are watching on YouTube, just click on “cc” near settings icon.)
Day 4:
a) Read a novel from “List of 7 best novels to increase vocabulary” given in the previous post.
b) Read an article from a newspaper or magazine. Try to find synonyms of new words you come across.
(To find synonyms on chrome browser just install “Thesaurus: Synonym 4 Right Click” from settings-> Extensions)
Day 5:
a) Watch a movie (With English subtitles ) from list “List of 7 best movies for a sophisticated vocabulary”.
b) Write a short article ( 1 page ) on any topic. (You can also take a paragraph from a novel, read it, and try to write it yourself on a paper. After writing match it with an original paragraph. )
Day 6:
a) Read a book from the “List of best books on 8 specific fields” given in the previous post.
b) Write a summary of it. ( Just write it, don’t think about its quality)
Day 7:
a) Watch a movie (With English subtitles ) from list “List of best movies on 8 specific fields”. Try to make the connection among words spoken and context of the scene. Write these new words and also the context in which they are used.
b) Write or record a summary of the movie. After writing, try to insert new words from your new words list into the already written summary.
Day 8:
a) Read a novel from the “List of top 7 books ( Fiction / Non-fiction ) to boost your vocabulary”. Write down any new word you encounter on a paper. ( You can also note down these words on memo, notes or Evernote.)
b) Find out synonyms of the words you noted down.
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