Vocabulary Building

[shariperkins.livejournal.com]

What methods do you use for quick vocabulary building? Are there particular texts you use? Learner's Dictionaries? Do you study words in catagories -- such as by root? I'm looking to expand my vocabulary swiftly, and I'd love input on how people here have quickly and effectively incorperated new words into their active (and passive) vocabulary.

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[captainfisto.livejournal.com]

roots of the russian language by G.Z. Patrick

i am using this approach right now and it is working great. russian really pieces together nicely and knowing the prefixes/suffixes is, in my mind, essential for comprehension...so it just follows that the roots are too.

my one and only post is from my "root of the week" i won't post like that often because it is better for me to just write it on paper. i got mine off half.com for 5$ it has examples and some sentences, i then supplement those words with a dictionary (putting other prefixes on the root) to get a broader picture of the root and it's meaning. i have only looked at a few roots so far, and am just working through one a week. but if you are in intense study mode you could do 1 or more a day.

i would also recommend starting with the prefixes and suffixes, then moving on the roots. i found that to be helpful.