Start an English Vocabulary Notebook
It’s a good idea to write the English vocabulary from the learn new words activity in a vocabulary journal or notebook. You may want to write a translation in this journal or write a sentence using each word. With a vocabulary journal you can review and practice the English words even when you are not on the USA learns website. Remember, to really learn English vocabulary, you need to see, hear, and use the words many times.

Practice Activities for Important English Words
USA learns offers many different activities to help you practice and learn the key words in each unit.

When you read the word, do you remember what it means? The Meaning Match and Definition Match activities will help you test yourself on the meaning of each word in English.

Practice English Listening
When you hear the English word, do you recognize the word? The listening activity will check your listening comprehension of the word.
In natural spoken English, you must be able to recognize words in sentences in conversation. In the listen for it activity, you hear a vocabulary word spoken in a sentence. Can you still recognize the word when you hear it in a sentence with a lot of other English words? This is more challenging to your ears, but more realistic.

Improve Your English Spelling
Writing words helps you to remember them and it will improve your spelling. Practice your spelling skills in spell it! If you make a mistake, the program will show you the mistake, and you can try to correct it. After two attempts you will see the correct spelling of the word and you can copy it.

Practice English pronunciation
Saying English vocabulary words out loud is another important step to really learning the words. If you practice the pronunciation of the key words you will have more confidence when you speak. In the Say It! activity, you can listen to the word as often as you want, record yourself saying the word, and listen and compare your pronunciation to the native speaker’s. If you don’t think it’s good enough, listen again and click the Speak button to try a new recording.

Play an English Vocabulary Game
Finally, playing a game with your new English vocabulary words is a fun way to help you remember the words and definitions.
In the match game you must match the words and pictures or definitions to show you know the meaning of the words.