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BP #3. English Online  Dear Ostap, I haven’t seen you for ages. How are you doing? I’ve heard you start study English again. It’s really great idea. I can help you to make the grade faster. In this letter I give you some advises and step-by-step you approach your goal. As I know, you used to make notes of useful material in order to revise it faster in the nearest future. Also I remember that you usually look up new words in paper dictionary. It’s good method but a bit old fashionable. Instead of these “paper” methods you can use more modern, such as portable devices and online resources. It helps you to achieve your goal faster. For example, there is a word that slips your mind and you want to find it as fast as possible. And you need just a few seconds to look up it in your e-dictionary in you r telephone. Also there is a wide range of websites with a great methods of that help you to expand your vocabulary. For example, I know about website  Quizlet  ...
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BP #2. Dictionary Daze  Hello dear reader. Welcome to the second blog about words management. And today I tell you about dictionaries: what are the best to use in different cases, and how to use. Dictionary – is a “Magic Wand” for every person who is studying a foreign language . It helps us to be aware of definitions, translations, pronunciations of the words. You should take the question of choosingappropriate dictionary for you seriously, because this thing is very helpful in building your vocabulary. In video tutorials I find really useful information for students. If English isn’t your mother tongue you should use descriptive dictionary. Prescriptive dictionaries are better for native speakers. Also you should pay attention for all details that are shown in dictionary (what part of speech the word is ; is there some other possible forms of this word). Moreover, in that videos were mentioned some effective methods and advices. ...
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BP #1. Techniques and Strategies of Vocabulary Building  Hello dear reader. If you are reading this blog, you are interested in English, aren’t you? I want to start with WORDS. At the beginning of your studying you can find it’s too frustrating to learn the long word-lists. But correct organization of your vocabulary helps you to work out the easiest way. All the time you’ll be facing new words.  You can guess the meaning of some of them. But mostly times it will be necessary to look this word up in the dictionary. And there you should pay attention for: -           Spelling -           Definition -           Transcription -           Collocations To make a grade in word learning you should have your own vocabulary. Here is an example of my one: endurance elusive...