Welcome to the April 2020 edition of Spotlight Vocabulary.
In this series, we curate articles that contain ideas and high-level vocabulary you can use in tests like IELTS or OET.
These are just a selection of the articles we read in April; you can find more on our LinkedIn and Twitter accounts.
How To Use These Articles
Just reading them would be a good start!
If you have a little more time, record the words you find in a vocabulary app, like Anki.
Have more time? Write down the whole sentence in which the word appears. Learning new vocabulary in context will help you to remember it and use it accurately – especially when it comes to collocation.
Finally, use the words you learn as often as you can. That way, you can transfer them from your passive to active memory.
Passive vocabulary is good for listening and reading tests, but you need ready recollection for it to be useful in speaking and writing.
For the ultimate practice, book a lesson with one of our teachers or submit a Writing Correction.
History and Pollution
Did you know that serious levels of pollution were around as early as the 12th Century? Neither did I …
Would you like to know how ice cores in Switzerland contain physical evidence of the death of 12th and 13th century British kings? If not, you will still find some excellent #vocabulary in this BBC article for #IELTS topics on #History and #pollution https://t.co/uiiKL0kcvV
— Andy T (@withanexpert) April 6, 2020
Technology
The future is almost upon us. Learn what might be about to happen and the vocabulary you can use to talk about it…
Need more vocabulary to discuss #technology on #IELTS test day? This article discusses whether pilotless commercial jets have a future. Were the luddites right? Should we be replacing humans with machines? https://t.co/ElalfsrFlb
— Andy T (@withanexpert) April 7, 2020
Food
If you are feeling hungry, I’d give this one a miss for now. This article contains vocabulary you can almost taste…
If you can describe food like this in the #IELTS test, you might score a 9.0 – “They’re dipping bread crust into a cargo of melted cheese in Manhattan and Warsaw, and savoring bites of eggplant stuffed with ground walnuts in Washington DC and London” https://t.co/MqTTbFKaVy
— Andy T (@withanexpert) April 8, 2020
Society and Community
The coronavirus has proved that we are nicer than we think…
If you can describe food like this in the #IELTS test, you might score a 9.0 – “They’re dipping bread crust into a cargo of melted cheese in Manhattan and Warsaw, and savoring bites of eggplant stuffed with ground walnuts in Washington DC and London” https://t.co/MqTTbFKaVy
— Andy T (@withanexpert) April 8, 2020
Medicine
There can be a lot of truth in old concepts. Discover why copper can help prevent all kinds of infections from diarrhoea to the coronavirus. As usual, this article also contains a lot of useful vocabulary…
Vocabulary for #IELTS about ancient medicine that kills corona. For 1000s of years, women knew that children didn’t get diarrhea so often when drinking from copper vessels. Research shows that installing copper on 10% of surfaces could prevent infections. https://t.co/fhCUU5UFB1
— Andy T (@withanexpert) April 14, 2020
If you’ve been feeling a little old recently, try following the advice (and learning the vocabulary) in this article…
Would you like to reverse the ageing process? This article says it can help. Even if it can’t, you will learn some exam-busting vocabulary for #IELTS and #OET. https://t.co/kxUNaYZlJP
— Andy T (@withanexpert) April 16, 2020
Plants, Bugs And Biology
This one is a video. These topics can be tricky to discuss, mainly because you may have no interest in them and no vocabulary. This video should solve all those problems in one go…
This video supplies hard-to-find vocabulary about bugs, plants and biology for #IELTS test lovers. Slug and tea lovers might like to give this one a miss! Don’t say I didn’t warn you! https://t.co/vsLmIcTnFc
— Andy T (@withanexpert) April 15, 2020
Nature And Urban Spaces
What happens if you cut down all of a city’s trees? Nothing good – except for this video which will reinforce your vocabulary in important areas…
This video tells us why #nature and #urbanspaces should never become disconnected & uses a lot of high-level vocabulary. Useful for a wide-range of #IELTS topics from #nature to #cities and #health. https://t.co/tIHdedfm9l pic.twitter.com/b5EGnypsqU
— Andy T (@withanexpert) April 30, 2020
And there’s more…
We have not shared all of last months collection.
To see the missing articles, and articles from previous months – visit our Twitter and LinkedIn accounts.
See you next month!