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Subject-specific vocabulary

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Hi

Here’s a question that I get asked a lot: ‘What vocabulary should I learn as part of my IELTS preparation?’.

Last month, I talked about learning words on the Academic Word List; today, I’d like to recommend that you also learn more vocabulary specifically-related to common IELTS topics.

To get you started, I’ve found some words related to the common IELTS topic of the natural world that appear many times in one of the articles I suggested you read in my post ‘Some recommended reading for you‘.

One of these words is ‘species‘.

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The Academic Word List

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Hi

Some vocabulary that you should learn more about as part of your IELTS preparation are the words on the Academic Word List (a list of words that are commonly used in academic texts but not so common in everyday conversation).

One way to learn more about these words is to look at how they are used in texts.

Here’s an example.

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New online dictionary is fantastic!

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Hi

I’ve recently  started using the free online edition of the Macmillan dictionary to check the meaning and usage of words that I get asked about.

And, in short, it’s fantastic!

What I most like about it, and what I think you’ll find useful, are the audio recordings of the pronunciation of the words you look up (in British and American English), and the link to words/phrases with similar meanings (i.e. synonyms). Read the full post »

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