Vocabulary Sci-Fi

   

     It`s not a secret that a person have to know at least one language in addition to our mother tongue to become successful and simply not to lose contact with world around us. We need it not only to talk business, but also to make some small talks. For sure, English is used more often. If you know English you can come into touch with almost anyone, not only with native speakers. It is the official language of many leading countries.

     Learning English nowadays is not like it was 20-30 years ago. So let me tell the difference. Of course, we appreciate old methods, such as reading, speaking, using dictionary, doing exercises and so forth. To speak up my mind, the most interesting and effective way is to communicate with other people in English. Chat with people, talk non-stop, practice! Write a letter to someone, whose first language is English. Also it is possible to connect with people by internet. But if you don`t have opportunity to get hold of somebody to improve your English and you are not out of touch with computer – welcome to modern interpretation of good old methods. Clap your hands in astonishment, because now you don`t need to use huge awkward dictionary any more – there are a lot of electronic equivalents which contain much more information than printed issues. Moreover even the process of studying will make you yawn anymore, because nowadays you can bump into a plenty of websites and programs created specially for learning languages with laugh and fun.

     For example, this site http://graphwords.com/ will help you to create funny word maps. Just look!

 

     But if you prefer word clouds – this is right for you http://www.just-the-word.com/

   

     And this I have made with http://fraze.it/ (P.S. the fraze I used – “being in a close proximity”)

     I was only the second person in my family to go to university, after my sister. So when I got to Oxford, in the autumn of 1983, I didn't have a lot of tradition to live up to. You quite quickly met people who were ready to tell you about what their fathers or grandfathers had done "in their day". One of the first people I met told me that his father had – as an undergraduate – accidentally killed a swan while punting and had plucked and drawn the thing before roasting it on the fire in his room. I was pretty sure none of my ancestors had ever done such a thing. They would have mentioned it.

  
     In addition you can even create your own set of flashcards and make an interesting game http://quizlet.com/51205298/theatre-for-deaf-flash-cards/