Finding the words that you need at the moment you need them is the struggle of every language learner.

The fifth technique that you can use to improve your vocabulary.

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– Keep a journal in the Target Language

Keeping a journal in English is the perfect way to find words you did not even know that you did not know (Confusing, right?)

Want to mention something you did or experienced, but don’t know how? That’s probably a word you will want to know in the future, so look it up!

Great! Now that we agreed that you will start your English Journaling, let’s see how you will do it;

1- Take a few minutes every day to write about your day
2- Look up the words that you are not sure about
3- Highlight the new words in each entry
4- At the end of the week, go through your old entries and review these new words again

This way you will be writing in English every day about your feelings and the events of your day. You will look up and add the new words that you need to express your thoughts. This means you will add to your vocabulary new words every single day. And finally, you will revisit your journal every week for few minutes to keep the words fresh in your memory.