I took a TOEIC test for the first time in my life, at last. But you know what score I got? I was really surprised and pleased with my score. I got 910 points for my first TOEIC test. So I want to say thank you guys.
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This article will teach you a simple but effective way to learn vocabulary better. This will help you improve your TOEIC score, and might also help people studying TOEFL or IELTS. You can either read part of the article below, or download a free PDF file with the whole article.
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This article will teach you about collocations, which are natural word pairs used by native speakers in both spoken and written English. Learning collocations will improve your vocabulary knowledge and also help people write or speak more effectively. You can either read part of the article below, or download a free PDF file with the whole article.

One Effective Way to Learn Vocabulary

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Introduction
For most English tests, like TOEIC, TOEFL or IELTS, it is helpful to have a good vocabulary. This can make every part of the test easier, which will probably increase your score. However, most students do not know how to study vocabulary well. This short article will suggest one way to do that: make connections between words. By doing this you will not only learn those words more easily, but also remember them for longer.
The human brain is very good at making connections between things, and very good at remembering those connections. The human brain is not so good at remembering isolated pieces of information. So, if you try to learn new vocabulary by connecting a new word with other words that you already know, you will probably remember it easily and well. If, on the other hand, you try to learn new words individually, you may find it hard to remember them. In a test situation, this will probably reduce your score.

The Power of Collocations

This article is copyright Higher Score®, 2008. It may not be reproduced in whole or in part in any form without permission.
Introduction
Having a large vocabulary is a highly effective way to improve your TOEIC, TOEFL and IELTS score, as well as your overall English ability. However, memorizing many new words is not only boring and difficult, but often also time-consuming. An alternative approach is to combine learning some new words with learning to use the vocabulary you already know more easily, effectively and naturally. Learning collocations is a great way to do this.
What are collocations? Basically, collocations – also known as 'word combinations' – are a pair or group of words that are often used together by native speakers in the same sentence or phrase. Collocations are often combinations like verb + noun or adjective + noun. Some common examples of collocations are 'catch a cold', 'catch a bus' and 'catch something that somebody said'. You can see that all of these examples use the same verb, 'catch' but a different object (noun).