confidence in Vocabulary
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confidence in Vocabulary
How can we feel confident about DC vocabulary? I am asking this question because there is no end for vocabulary to learn. How can we determine what extent we have to make DC to be prepared for the 11+ vocabulary?
Hope some one can share their throughts to define what is the limit for the 11+ vocabulary
Hope some one can share their throughts to define what is the limit for the 11+ vocabulary
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I know how you feel so many words so little time. Give them vocab tests, there's a list of CEM words used in past papers and get your child to read good books and look up the words, you can't know every single word but its good to increase your vocabulary anyway.
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Hi target14 totally agree with MamaBear...its true you can't know every single word...what i tend to do with my Ds if he doesn't know the meaning of a specific word i get him to read the full sentence and then make a guess also does the word look similar to another word that your Dc knows
Tbh i don't think there is a limit hth
Tbh i don't think there is a limit hth
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catwoman wrote:Hi target14 totally agree with MamaBear...its true you can't know every single word...what i tend to do with my Ds if he doesn't know the meaning of a specific word i get him to read the full sentence and then make a guess also does the word look similar to another word that your Dc knows
Tbh i don't think there is a limit hth
Working out the root word/finding familiar words within the given word, completely backfired for me with ds2 once; Einstein known for his idiosyncrasies became an "idiot".
Made worse by the fact that the word idiot is banned (although they still use it on one another) in our house, as it is such a cruel world to use as an insult.
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Yes i stumbled across that one a few days back 'idio what could it possible be?' 'something to do with idiot mum?'
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Thanks for inputs..
We ensured to DC to go through following vocabulary resources
CEM past vocabulary list picked up in this forum
NFER list
AE Vocabulary
freerice
additional to these we are ensuring book reading aswell as DC like to read books. Any additional suggestions are welcome to gain confidence
We ensured to DC to go through following vocabulary resources
CEM past vocabulary list picked up in this forum
NFER list
AE Vocabulary
freerice
additional to these we are ensuring book reading aswell as DC like to read books. Any additional suggestions are welcome to gain confidence
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Hi All,
I have searched a lot for link to CEM vocabulary. Can anyone help pls?
Is there a link to AE vocabulary as well? Thnx in advance.
I have searched a lot for link to CEM vocabulary. Can anyone help pls?
Is there a link to AE vocabulary as well? Thnx in advance.
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AE is an exercise book isn't it? Very good for increasing vocab, shame I found out a little too late, otherwise I would have started earlier.
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We did not find AE useful.
CEM past is good but super-selectives do ask for more ambitious words embedded in passage and questions.
I guesstimate the vocab to be 2.5K words. Please don't ask me for the list as I don't own it.
CEM past is good but super-selectives do ask for more ambitious words embedded in passage and questions.
I guesstimate the vocab to be 2.5K words. Please don't ask me for the list as I don't own it.