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    This document provides techniques for dealing with difficult words when reading academic texts. It recommends pre-reading materials to anticipate new vocabulary. If words are unknown, use dictionaries focused on learners or specific subjects. Make your own flashcards with words in context. Break words into parts to understand meanings. Consider context for guessing definitions. Ask others for explanations. It's okay to skip words and continue reading, then review troublesome words later. Use dictionaries for words critical to comprehension or previously unknown. The goal is understanding texts, not memorizing every word. Authors may define unfamiliar or specialized terminology.

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    This document provides techniques for dealing with difficult words when reading academic texts. It recommends pre-reading materials to anticipate new vocabulary. If words are unknown, use dictionaries focused on learners or specific subjects. Make your own flashcards with words in context. Break words into parts to understand meanings. Consider context for guessing definitions. Ask others for explanations. It's okay to skip words and continue reading, then review troublesome words later. Use dictionaries for words critical to comprehension or previously unknown. The goal is understanding texts, not memorizing every word. Authors may define unfamiliar or specialized terminology.

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    This document provides techniques for dealing with difficult words when reading academic texts. It recommends pre-reading materials to anticipate new vocabulary. If words are unknown, use dictionaries focused on learners or specific subjects. Make your own flashcards with words in context. Break words into parts to understand meanings. Consider context for guessing definitions. Ask others for explanations. It's okay to skip words and continue reading, then review troublesome words later. Use dictionaries for words critical to comprehension or previously unknown. The goal is understanding texts, not memorizing every word. Authors may define unfamiliar or specialized terminology.

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    COPING WITH

    DIFFICULT
    WORDS

    TECHNIQUES IN
    DEALING WITH
    DIFFICULT WORDS

    Pre-read before a lecture so you can anticipate some of the new words.
    Use a glossary or specialist dictionary , e.g. nursing dictionary.
    Use an advanced learner's dictionary. These dictionaries use the most
    frequent words in English in thheir definitions so they are easier to
    understand than most other dictionaries.
    Make your own dictionary of new words. Put them in a sentence or given
    an example.
    Use your ow words for definitions.
    Try to break the words up into parts.
    Guess from the parts of the words , e.g. anti is against , ante is before.
    Leave the word out and read the rest of the sentence to see if you can
    guess its meaning from the context.
    Think about your subject. How could the word relate to something you are
    expected to know about?
    Ask tutor / friend / native speaker to explain words.

    The first step is to note the words mentally , or make a pencil mark in the
    margin, and read on.Going on prevents further interruption of the
    author's thought. It also gives you a chance to find out whether the rest
    of passage makes the meaning clear enough for your purpose. It is more
    important to go on enjoying the book than to find out how the dictonary
    defines every new words.
    The second step is to return to troublesome words after completing a
    passage , and try to work out what each one means. Saying the word
    aloud may help you to recognize it as one you have heard and then to
    recall how it was used. If this fails , you can often make an intelligent
    guess based what you have learned from reading the whole passage.
    The third step , using the dictionary , is important for two kinds of words.
    The first group consist of words which must be understood to understand
    the whole passage adequately and second group consists of words you
    know you have met before but still do not fully understand. If you came
    across a word three times , then clearly it is a word you should master.

    Is it necessary to know the exact meaning of a particular word? Often a


    rought meaning is enough ( does the word have a positive or negative
    meaning ?). Remember that the purpose of reading an academic text is to
    get information and it is not necessary to be able to explain , or translate ,
    the meaning of a word.
    Look for definitions. Author may know a particular word may be new so
    explains. The author may also be using the word in a new , or unusual
    DEALING WITH
    DIFFICULT WORDS way so will need to explain how it is being used. This will be done

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