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Hello! Before you roll your eyes with the title of this blog post, let me tell you that this is not a legit word. I innovated this acronym as one of my vocabulary learning techniques.

Vocabcuemery - means that it's time for me to learn new words using cue cards. Also, to jot down unfamiliar words or phrases as a vocab exercise.

This is a weird term, isn't it? As an English learner, it's essential to improve our vocabulary for every day activities. Even native speakers learn new words once in awhile. It's humourous to think that this exercise is helping me pumped up my desire to acquire new idioms and phrases.

In four years of my stay on MyEC, I've read different blogs and watched plenty of videos about how this activity could be useful and educational in enriching our minds. Actually, I tried reading a page of a dictionary before, but it didn't work out. I ended up losing some words in a couple of days! So, I told myself to try this fun activity. I'm glad that it's working well for me. I'm currently using Macmillan Dictionary and Merriam-Webster as resources. I wonder if the MyEC dictionary app would be available again, though.

I bet you're now wondering how I spot a new word, aren't you? There are plenty of ways to catch a new one. First, our surroundings are full of things that we can describe and learn from. Second, read a novel, magazine or newspaper. You may also try to read the product's label, packaging and instruction. And third, watch your fave movies, videos and TV shows. For example, the TV hit series, Downton Abbey, offers interesting phrases and expressions as well as stories of the elite and its servants in a 1920's setting. You'd also get familiar with the British accents. You could jot down the words that sound new to you. Search their meanings online and copy them using cue cards.

The next thing you'd do is to practice using them in your own sentences. Try to understand how those words are spoken. Pay attention to the proper pronunciation and use the phonetic symbols as guides. Do this activity daily or during your free time. I hope you're vocabulary would sky-rocket! You may go over those cue cards any time you want.

I hope this would work for you!

Thank you for reading this blog! Cheers!

Do you have other useful tips or activities that encourage you to improve your vocabulary? Feel free to share them in the comment below.