●keepavocabularynotebook．whenyoulearnanewword，addittoyournotebook．writedownasentencethatwillhelpyourememberhowtousetheword．
●usealearner‘sdictionary．thereareseveralexcellentdictionariesforlearnersofenglish．theseprovidesimpledefinitions（定義）andsamplesentencestohelpyoulearnnewwords．
●choosewordsthatareimportanttoyou．whenyoustudytopicsandwordsthatyouareinterestedin，yourememberthebetter．
●groupwordsbytopictorememberthem．it‘seasiertostudynewwordswhenyouorganizethemintogroupslikefoodsoractionverbs．
●makeflashcardstostudyyournewwords．putoneenglishwordoneachcard，andthenputeitherthetranslationortheenglishdefinitionontheback．afteryoustudythewords，reviewthemquicklytoseehowmanywordsyouremember．
●usenewwordsasmanytimesaspossibleinyourdailylife．thebestwaytolearnandremembernewwordsistousethemwhenyouspeakorwrite．tryusingatleastonenewenglishwordeveryday．
●learnsynonyms（同義詞）fornewwords．asynonymisawordthatmeansthesamethingasanotherword．youcanexpandyourvocabularybylearningsynonymsforyournewenglishwords．forexample，smallisasynonymforlittle．
●learnantonyms（反義詞）fornewwords．anantonymisawordthatmeanstheoppositeofanotherword．learninganantonymforeachnewwordcanhelpyouincreaseyourvocabulary．forexample，badisanantonymforgood．
●studywordroots．manyenglishwordshavelatinroots．whenyoulearnoneroot，youcanoftenlearnmanynewwords．forexample，thelatinrootportmeanstocarry，andthisrootisfoundinmanyenglishwordslikethefollowing：export，import，support，andtransport．
●learnprefixes（字首）．prefixesaresmallgroupsoflettersthatyouputinfrontofwordstogivethemdifferentmeanings．forexample，youcanputin-，un-，ornon-infrontofmanyadjectives（形容詞）togivethemanegativeoroppositemeaning．thewordflexibledescribesapersonorthingthatcanchangeorbechangedeasily．inflexiblemeansjusttheopposite．
●learnhowtopronounceeachnewword．animportantpartofusingnewenglishwordseffectivelyislearninghowtopronouncethem．asyouknow，manyenglishwordsdon‘tsoundthewayyouthinktheywill！
