subject: Good Vocabulary Increase The Fluency [print this page] Vocabulary is the key to reading, writing and verbal expression. It also builds analytical and critical thinking. A person's vocabulary skills can be measured in terms of how fluent they are while writing and speaking. People can build their expressive vocabulary in two ways that can get measured: the written vocabulary words or their spoken vocabulary words. Building vocabulary skills improves reading comprehension and reading fluency. When a person doesnt have a good vocabulary, then the student cannot read correctly. To be able to read correctly a person should have good knowledge of the words, only then can it be pronounced correctly.
Building up a vocabulary involves the art of cramming words with the proper usage and meaning. Children should be brought up in a rich language environment which is where they learn and build attitude. Children learn from their parents so building vocabulary starts as a family affair. Children are greatly influenced by the amount of conversation, by the nature of the conversation and the awareness of the word used in the family. There are many families where vocabulary word games are played with the children just to enhance the vocabulary and word awareness.
The best method for building vocabulary is to be an active reader. There are vast differences between skilled active readers and less skilled passive ones. Students should learn to interpret vocabulary words through proper vocabulary building techniques. When students come across a new word while reading, they should take the initiative to find the meaning of the word and its write pronunciation. When the students go through different story or novel in a school, they find many words which are not familiar to them. In that instance they should use internet or dictionary to find the meaning of the word. They should also learn about the word roots in which they should learn to define words by learning the meaning of root words, prefixes and suffixes. The Latin and Greek word roots in English is very useful for the students just to have the knowledge where from the English language vocabulary words are derived and structured.
These days the use of media enhances the vocabulary thanks to the media and TV. There are many television programs telecasted which use a large and rich vocabulary, while many contemporary and classical films had great conversations based on a rich vocabulary. Students also asked to watch English news as the newsreader read the news in a proper manner. In this way students will learn many new words with correct proper usage and pronunciation. They will also know about the latest in current affairs and how to explain the things in English. When a person cant speak fluent English, it means they havent got sufficient vocabulary. Earlier English learners thought that the English speech was formed by taking separate words and combining them together while in fact any language is build from word chunks and phrases. So you may be focusing on memorizing large English vocabulary lists even when you go out and talk with your friends start socializing and communicating with English speaking persons. When you always to communicate in English this will also help you gain fluency.
