There are indirect and direct effects of improving your vocabulary. The direct ones are, Scoring better in competitive exams ( GRE, GMAT, CAT, IELTS etc...), performing well at professional or educational interviews, working with clients and people management, preparing notes, thesis, presentations and writing effectively and having a greater understanding of the English language. The indirect benefits are building self-confidence, attaining recognition and visibility on the professional front, being held in higher regard by your peers and seniors. These are but a few of the outcomes of having a good vocabulary.
One of the best ways to improve your vocabulary is to listen to audio over and over again. Research shows that vocabulary building via listening is faster, even if the listener is exposed to minimal number of new words . A study revealed that students who listened to just 3 lectures demonstrated marked improvement in vocabulary when compared to students that had read the words. This suggests that listening is a better substitute for reading, in regards to improving vocabulary.
DictionUP is an audio tool that utilizes simple audio tracks and simpler format to improve your vocabulary. What it relies on is the ability of the user to create his/her own relationship with each of the thousand words. This is not as hard as it sounds. Our minds are programmed to automatically relate to most of the words we hear.
Take for example:
Gargantuan: This is defined as - of immense size, volume or capacity.
Of immense size: The biggest thing in my mind when I was a kid was Godzilla. For some reason there was nothing bigger in this world, not the tallest skyscraper or the highest mountain. The specials effects in the movie, I guess, did a number on me. So when I first heard the word gargantuan a few years later, the first thing that came to my mind was Godzilla. This is a very simple example, I use it only to demonstrate the automatic connection that my mind made due to a personal experience. You might relate this word to Gulliver, or Mt. Everest or even Andre the Giant. This is what DictionUP exploits, your automatic ability to make connections with the words, resulting in you remembering and utilizing them better. DictionUP exposes you to a deeper understanding of definitions, this will give you an ability to comprehend words as opposed to just identifying them.
Listening to rich quality words while performing chores, driving, exercising or any other activity will serve just as well to improve your vocabulary. Since it is recommended that you repeat these tracks multiple times over the course of a month, you can multitask while using DictionUP. The repetition will reinforce the connections that you make the first time and solidify the connections thereby helping you retain the definitions more efficiently. Another recommendation is to follow no particular order while listening to the tracks, but rather use the shuffle option.
So, go ahead and take this small step for developing your vocabulary which can only benefit you more than any other skill in the future ahead of us and thereby, bridging the gap to your success.
One of the best ways to improve your vocabulary is to listen to audio over and over again. Research shows that vocabulary building via listening is faster, even if the listener is exposed to minimal number of new words . A study revealed that students who listened to just 3 lectures demonstrated marked improvement in vocabulary when compared to students that had read the words. This suggests that listening is a better substitute for reading, in regards to improving vocabulary.
DictionUP is an audio tool that utilizes simple audio tracks and simpler format to improve your vocabulary. What it relies on is the ability of the user to create his/her own relationship with each of the thousand words. This is not as hard as it sounds. Our minds are programmed to automatically relate to most of the words we hear.
Take for example:
Gargantuan: This is defined as - of immense size, volume or capacity.
Of immense size: The biggest thing in my mind when I was a kid was Godzilla. For some reason there was nothing bigger in this world, not the tallest skyscraper or the highest mountain. The specials effects in the movie, I guess, did a number on me. So when I first heard the word gargantuan a few years later, the first thing that came to my mind was Godzilla. This is a very simple example, I use it only to demonstrate the automatic connection that my mind made due to a personal experience. You might relate this word to Gulliver, or Mt. Everest or even Andre the Giant. This is what DictionUP exploits, your automatic ability to make connections with the words, resulting in you remembering and utilizing them better. DictionUP exposes you to a deeper understanding of definitions, this will give you an ability to comprehend words as opposed to just identifying them.
Listening to rich quality words while performing chores, driving, exercising or any other activity will serve just as well to improve your vocabulary. Since it is recommended that you repeat these tracks multiple times over the course of a month, you can multitask while using DictionUP. The repetition will reinforce the connections that you make the first time and solidify the connections thereby helping you retain the definitions more efficiently. Another recommendation is to follow no particular order while listening to the tracks, but rather use the shuffle option.
So, go ahead and take this small step for developing your vocabulary which can only benefit you more than any other skill in the future ahead of us and thereby, bridging the gap to your success.
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