Here is a listening activity, click on this link and answer the following questions:

1.     What is the speaker’s name and expertise?

The speaker name is Threse dinghum and her expertise is vocabulary acquisition.

2.     List all the different effective ways to learn new vocabulary that the lady has mentioned in her talk; use present simple tense to write the steps.

For remembering new words you need to be  ever reader. you read books, article, literature. pick word from different text, use word wide web, choose magazine more you read, pay special attention on unfamiliar words, if you do not have dictionary you can ask your friend. after learning new words you can share and use with your friends through twitter,face book. you can write on pocket size  journal book and keep in your pocket. when you have time open and learn.

 

3.     How many parts in the talk?

In three parts

1 how you can use source of new vocabulary?

2 how you can learn and remember new vocabulary?

3 how you can make new word fun? 

4.     What is a ‘Word Journal’? What you need to do with it?

world journal meaning is for daily reading or things. but here its meaning is may be little dictionary. you can write new word daily in your journal book and keep it in your pocket. when you have time you can open and review the words. you can write alphabetically, by theme, group by part of speech or relation to text.

5.     What were the examples that she has mentioned with the words family and collocations?

One word family for example : 

sport  noun

to sport   verb

sportive  adjective

sporter    noun

collocation means the words in specific order  like black and white you can't say white and black or make a mistake not do a mistake.

6.     Use the following table to learn the new vocabulary and then add any new word that you find it hard for you:

Word	Definition	Sentence
Demystify	clarify	The speaker demystify that how we can learn new words.
Repertoire	collection	you have a lot of repertoire to learn new vocabulary.
Infinite	endless	There are infinite way to learn English.
Encounter	exchange	when you learn new vocabulary you should encounter with your friends.
Lexicon	vocabulary you use	I have lexicon in my pocket.
Exponentially	fast, quickly	The exponentially way to learn English is to write down  new words and use them in sentences.
Collocations	specific order, word connected to each other	There are a lot of collocations which we use in daily talk.