<p>Hi there!</p>
<p>Is there a way to improve your vocabulary (except reading)? Note that I'm not a native speaker.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Nothing better than Weboword.com
It is visual vocabulary, represents each word in a comic visual, explaining the word in the form of visual story.</p>
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<p>The above poster is making an assumption that everyone is used to visualization and can make the most amount of learning out of it, while in reality, that is not true. If you are that sort of a visual person, then please do go ahead, but if you are naturally good at memorization, I recommend that you try using flash cards for retention. And since this is the SAT forum, I suggest that you buy the vouched volumes of DH (Direct Hits) which can be found in Amazon.com. Those books are known to be the most efficient in raising your Critical Reading scores, at least among many CC members.</p>
<p>If you have ample time though, I would highly suggest that you read… and that means reading classics, romance, sci-fi, or whatever best interests you. You will catch some vocabs on the way and be sure to look them up in a dictionary if you do not know the meaning. But after a lot of reading you will have enough skill to guess the definition of some words by just looking at the context of which it is used.</p>
<p>When I read I undersand perfectly beacause of the context. But my problem is the sentence completion SAT part, where the context helps me almost with nothing.</p>
<p>Try plugging in with your own answers. Then compare them with the answer choices; for double-blanks, even if one choice seems awkwrad but another one is correct, eliminate it. Also you might get stumped over a very difficult question for Sentence Completion near the end of that sub-section, so when you reach the end of Sentence Completion and you can’t make heads or tails out of the choices, go through the process of elimination and guess the word that seems the toughest.</p>
<p>I personally found the Direct Hits books very helpful. I had the 2010 books first, but I used the the new 2011 editions to prepare for the Oct. test because they have more words. I saw on the DH Fan page on FB today that the books now have eBooks versions on Kindle.</p>
<p>Have long conversations with someone who speaks great english .</p>
<p>Direct Hits is your best bet</p>