This article was originally written specifically for preparing for the TOEFL and IELTS test, but the tips and suggestions have proven to be very helpful and successful for all students who are preparing for any of the international English exams. When it comes to learning new vocabulary, it is easy to get lost among all of the English words. Your thick dictionary has thousands of words, and even the many Advanced English word lists have several hundreds of them. Seriously, how are you supposed to learn all of them at once? It is important to progress slowly but steadily, at your own pace. Aiming to learn five new words a day, five days a week is a proven strategy I recommend to my students. 5 words a day , or 25 words a week , may not seem like much. But if you think about it, that is about 100 new words a month , or 1200 words a year . Since most word lists and international exam preparation books include about 500 words , this means that you should be able to learn all of th
David White is an Australian English teacher who has been living in Peru since 2001. In partnership with his wife Claudia, they are the owners of ¨English For You Language Institute´, an institute that specializes in the teaching of all levels of English from Basic (A1) to Advanced (C2) including international exam preparation. They are also the owners of ELT Educational Services and David is also the Headmaster of the American School, a respected bilingual ib school in Northern Peru.