Goal Categories
Identify Voids in Vocabulary
Students need to read or hear new words in context. Reading from a diverse library of authored works is critical for developing a broad vocabulary. Listening to diverse sources of music and speakers can introduce some new words, but there is no substitute for reading content that is complex and specialized to learn complex and specialized ideas.
Starting Steps To Identify Voids In Vocabulary
(1) Find A Dictionary. Open The Dictionary To Any Page of Words. How Many Words Out Of 20 Do I Not Know?
(2) Find A Book About A Career I Want To Pursue. On Page 1 of Chapter 1 - How Many Words Do I Not Know?
(3) Find A Book With An Index On An Interesting Subject. Read The Index. What Percentage of 30 Indexed Words Do I Not Know?