ARTICLE 1:

COPING WITH DIFFICULT WORDS

- Pre-read before a lecture so you can

anticipate some of the new words.
- Use a glossary or specialist dictionary such as
Nursing Dictionary
- Make your own dictionary of new words and
use your own words for definitions.
- Try to break the word up into parts, guessing
the meaning from the parts such as their
prefixes and suffixes.
- Leave the word out and read the rest of the
sentence to see if you can guess its meaning
from its context
- Ask a teacher/friend/native speaker to
explain the words
Article 2:
TECHNIQUES IN DEALING WITH A DIFFICULT
WORD

- Step 1: note the word mentally or make a

pencil mark and read on to prevent further
interruption of the authors thought. It also
gives you the chance to find out whether the
rest of the passage makes the meaning clear
enough.
- Step 2: return to troublesome words after
completing a passage and try to work out what
each one means. Saying the word aloud may
help you recognize whether you have heard of
the word and recall how it was used. If it fails,
you can often make an intelligent guess based
on what you have learned from reading the
whole passage.
- Step 3: use the dictionary to find two kinds
of wordswords which must be understood
to understand the whole passage and words
which you know you have met but have not
fully understood.
Article 3:
DEALING WITH DIFFICULT WORDS

- Tell if it is really necessary to know the exact

meaning of a particular word. Often, a rough
meaning is enough for the main purpose of
reading an academic text is to get information.
It is possible to understand the text without
knowing the meaning of every word.
- Look for definitions. The author may provide
meaning to words that may sound new. This is
done through definitions, explanations,
examples or synonyms. This is signaled by
phrases as called, known as, in other
words and more.
- You can use the context which are other
words, phrases, sentences and information
around a difficult word.