Put the words and their definitions and a picture on individual cards
Say the words aloud or write them over and over again as you study
Compose sentences with the words you are studying
Read a series of texts on a related topic to see the new words in different contexts
Try to guess the meaning of words from context
Record the words and their definition and listen to the recording over and over again as you study
Colour-code words by parts of speech
nouns, adjectives, verbs, prepositions
Group words by grammar class
nouns: husband, wife
verbs: get married, divorce
Use rhyming
door > floor
Use alliteration
what, when, where
Associate words with the physical world
cat >
Associate words with the context in which it is used
Associate words with their functions
sofa, chair, armchair > they are used for sitting
Associate opposites
tall - short
Learn classes or families of words
vegetables: carrot, lettuce, tomato…
Learn related words
white, whiten, whitish
Back up the word into components
revalidator > re-validat-or
Rubin & Thompson (1994: 79-82)
