如何积累SAT考试的词汇量 全英文
SAT考试的词汇量仅次于GRE，处于11000-13000的词汇量。因此，能否攻克记忆单词的难关也是SAT考试成败的一个关键点。SAT考试的词汇量积累在于多遍、重复，课间、饭前、饭后、活动课、睡前这些零散的时间都可以充分利用。
下面介绍一下积累SAT考试的词汇量有哪些技巧：
No wonder English poses such a challenge to non-native speakers. This most global of languages has more words than any other, over one million at last count according to the Global Language Monitor (languagemonitor.org) And these million words are more varied in their form and origin thanks to English’s willing absorption of words from other languages. Out of this vast collection, the average American college student has mastered between 8,000-15,000. In contrast, the best English learners in China – as measured by Gaokao results – know a mere 3,000-4,000 words.
Realizing that like bricks, words are the building blocks of language, many Chinese students diligently try to catch up. Dutifully, they make out long lists of words –often in alphabetical order –and simply memorize their definitions and Chinese translations.
The bad news is that definition memorization does them little good when it comes to college entrance tests like the SAT and AP which demand that a reader and writer understand, not merely, parrot words studied.
The good news is that there are better –and more motivating –ways to build an academic English vocabulary.
Vocabulary Learning System
The first thing to do is to develop an organized, but easy means of collecting and learning new words. We recommend a card system that includes the following information:
Word –Simple Definition –Phrase or Sentence –
Related Words –Synonyms and Antonyms –with a Chinese translation on the reverse of the card. The advantage of this system is that with a single card, a student can learn as many as ten new words.
Keep your cards on a detachable metal ring, so you can carry them around and add to your collection daily.
Learn by Theme not Alphabet
Psychologist who study learning have found that people understand and remember facts better if they are presented in logical categories. For example, it is much easier to remember words that are related to each other or to a central concept than it is to remember a random list of unrelated words. Creating lists of words related to common themes – friendship, family, wealth, poverty, careers, sciences will be much more effective – and interesting – than collecting words related only by their first.