HOW DO WE LEARN NEW WORDS?

Well, many pages have been written on the subject of how we acquire new words. It is proven that we learn them like in waves, like the ones you see when you throw a rock in a pond, gradually acquiring their semantic features.

Here is a link to start thinking about it. You'll find it under VOCABULARY.

And what about you? How do you learn new words? Do you learn them in the same way in your first and second language? Do you have any tricks that you'd like to share?

WANNA VISIT A FAMOUS CITY OR PLACE?

Well, everybody's talking about the crisis. Travel is getting expensive for our short budgets. Why don't you go there virtually? What about a visit to Las Vegas, for free?

Please, keep in mind that there are also other ways to travel cheaply, such as armchair travelling or travelling with your eyes closed and your imagination open!

We have a new link list in our blog: VIRTUAL VISITS.

Enjoy!

CAN YOU PLEASE FILL IN THE MISSING WORDS?

Somebody stole one word from each of the following proverbs. The missing words are at the top. Can you please try to complete them?

WORDLIST: You Youth a and can't ear flies get good hare have hounds its old omelette silk stone them vinegar what you young

You are never too ___ to learn

You are ____ you eat

You can ____ too much of a ____ thing

You can lead _ horse to water, but ___ can't make it drink

___ can't have your cake ___ eat it

You can't ___ blood out of a _____

You can't make a ____ purse from a sow's ___

You can't make an ________ without breaking eggs

You _____ make bricks without straw

___ can't run with the ____ and hunt with the ______

You can't teach an ___ dog new tricks

You _____ judge a book by ___ cover

You can't win ____ all

You catch more _____ with honey than with _______

You pays your money ___ you takes your choice

_____ is wasted on the _____