English Vocabulary in Context
English Vocabulary in Context
The Outline of This Lesson on English Vocabulary in Context
Context 1
Many people readily admit that they are hypochondriacs. For example, Travis once thought he had a flesh-eating virus when he found a mysterious red spot on his arm, and Kevin needs only sneeze and he is convinced it’s pneumonia.
Context 2
Katie often feels enervated by the Florida heat in August. She’s too tired to move!
Context 3
Amber’s writing professor taught her it is acceptable to use colloquial words when writing e-mails and texts; on the other hand, when writing an academic paper, she should use more formal language.
Context 4
Jennifer begged her mom to let her go on the spring break trip, and she was thrilled when her mother acquiesced.
Context 5
Why do you want to fritter away your hand-earned paychecks on new designer purses and shoes that you don’t need?
Context 6
The instructor’s explanation of comma use was esoteric; it would have been much easier to understand if he had told me, “When in doubt, leave the comma out!”
Context 7
It was presumptuous of Jennie to assume Michael would ask her out on a date, but she was happy when he did.
Context 8
After the surgery, I noticed that my arm had started to atrophy. For example, it was much thinner than my left arm, and I could barely lift a three-pound weight.
Context 9
In my new position of assistant teacher, I was subordinate to the lead. Even though I knew more about pre-school children than she did, her degree made her my superior.
5. Who is a mortician?
“mort” related to “death”
Mortician: funeral director, undertaker
That’s right, Maryam. Thank you.
4. What are some signals indicating that you should search for an antonym in the context?
Notice to antonym clue words like “but, yet, however, on the other hand, in contrast”
You’re right. Cohesive marks and conjunctions can give us vivid clues.
3. Enumerate all the techniques for improving vocabulary in context as stated by the teacher.
1. Pay attention to example clue words like “for example, for instance, including, such as”
2. A synonym context clue: word of similar meaning
3. An antonym context clue: notice to antonym clue words like “but, yet, however, on the other hand, in contrast”
4. Use the general sense of the passage by choosing the word that seems most logical.
5. By prefixes, suffixes and roots of words
That’s precisely correct. Such an inclusive and comprehensive comment! Thank you so much.
2. How can you practice improving your vocabulary in context?
We can notice some context clues in sentences to figure out the general meaning of the passage for example synonym, antonym, examples and general sense of passage.
Yeah. This is a perfect example of active reading, scanning, skimming, and making inferences.
1. When is it not a good idea to refer to your dictionary according to the teacher in the video?
When you reading a complicated passage, it is very time-consuming to refer a dictionary for finding the meaning of an unknown word due to stop the reading for that. Also, it has a negative impact on your comprehension and follows fluently in figure out the general meaning of the passage.
* When you read
* refer to a dictionary