Learning English vocabulary, especially abstract and academic words, has always been a big challenge for English learners because the majority of ESL learners simply memorize words out of context. Therefore, English learners cannot score high on standardized English tests, such as IELTS, TOEFL, GRE, SAT, etc. with relatively long passages and contextualized words.
Vocabulary learning should be integrated with listening comprehension to become a more natural process. For this reason, our students can select any word, phrase, passage or the entire article in order to listen to the selected text. That is to say, LELB Society is genuinely talking to and interacting with our students.
As mentioned earlier, it’s a wrong approach to learning vocabulary out of context. At LELB Society, we provide our students with this exceptional opportunity to build up and expand academic vocabulary in real or authentic context extracted from novels, books, websites, plays, scripts of movies, poems, and the like. What’s more, our students can master advanced vocabulary in organized themes and subjects by clicking on the tags or keywords located at the bottom of each lesson. To browse our most frequently-used tags and keywords, click here and study all lessons.
Abstract words should become tangible in your mind for a longer retention. One perfect way to make abstract words tangible is to make appropriate associations between them and corresponding visual concepts, and using images and illustrations can help you achieve this goal. At LELB Society, we have illustrated thousands of advanced English vocabulary found in best-selling vocabulary books, such as 504 Absolutely Essential Words, 1100 Words You Need to Know and 601 Words You Need to Know to Pass Your Exam.
The images and illustrations are accessible only to our students or members.
Discourage Discourage (verb) to stop something from happening by making it more difficult or unpleasant, make someone less confident or optimistic, deter, frighten, dispirit, dishearten, cast down, dissuade, oppose, hinder, prevent, suppress: His lack of confidence is rooted in his parents who used to discourage him when he was a young child.
Social Social (adj & noun) /ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/ US /ˈsoʊ-/ relating to people’s interaction in groups or any group activities – communal – societal – collective: Unemployment is a major social issue these days.
Create Create (verb) /kriˈeɪt/ to make something new and bring it into existence – invent – generate – produce: Knowing English can create multiple job opportunities for you.
Monthly Monthly (adj & noun) /ˈmʌnt.θli/ happening or being produced once a month – once-a-month: You need to renew your monthly subscription to continue receiving the newspapers.
Participate Participate (verb) /pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/ US /pɑːrˈtɪs.ə-/ to attend or take part in an activity or become involved in it – take part in: Being an astute student, she was ready to participate in any scientific contest.
Corrective Corrective (adj & noun) /kəˈrek.tɪv/ intended to correct something or improve the quality of something – remedial – helpful: He could regain his eyesight completely after a corrective eye surgery.
Renowned Renowned (adj) /rɪˈnaʊnd/ famous and well-known, particularly for expertise and skills – celebrated – prominent: Albert Einstein was a renowned scientist.
Free of charge Free of charge (adj) if something is free of charge, it is completely free and you don’t need to pay for that – on the house – for free: I was surprised to see that my order was free of charge in the opening day of the new restaurant.
Specific Specific (adj) /spəˈsɪf.ɪk/ 1. relating to something or someone in particular – special – exclusive: This teaching method is applicable only to students of a specific age group. 2. precise and exact – detailed and explicit: Could you please be more specific about your proposition?
Gender Gender (noun) /ˈdʒen.dəʳ/ US /-dɚ/ the physical and/or social condition of being whether a male or female – sex – sexual category: Before getting married, it’s wise to know basic mental gender differences.