One most important rule of mastering something quickly is to have a genuine pleasure in it. This same rule is equally valid for English. There is no difference whether to master mathematics or a language.

Learning must be fun! But how to have fun in learning English? Is it possible? Don't worry, you don't have to put on a long face when learning English. Just relax.

You can enrich your vocabulary quickly by playing word games such as scrabble. This is a get-clever-quick method.

As you know, scrabble is a word game in wich the player has to think from time to time of the next word that he can construct by using the letters he has on hand.

By playing this game frequently more and more new words will be stored in your mind and can be recalled whenever you need them.

It is true that you can't understand the English grammar merely by playing scrabble. But, if you have a sufficient store of English words in your memory, learning grammar will be a lot easier.

Yes, scrabble can't help you gain knowledge of English grammar. But it is of great help to you in keeping familiar with the proper form of verb tenses, adjective degrees of comparison, noun numbers and other grammatical rules.

In the past, playing scrabble requires two or more players, therefore it was a problem for learning purpose. However, with the technological advancement, now that problem does not exist any more. You can play scrabble by yourself in your own PC.

Playing in your own PC gives you another advantage: you can find out immediately whether the word you submit is right or wrong. Your PC will tell you.

Here are some tips you can use for improving your English vocabulary by playing scrabble:

Remember that a new word can be formed in two ways:

1) By combining the word with another word.
Examples:
-Man+Kind=>Mankind
-Honey+Moon=>Honeymoon

2) By adding a particle to the word.
2.a) A particle is added to the end of a word (suffix)
Examples:
-Direct+ly=>Directly
-Dark+en=>Darken

2.b) A particle is added to the beginning of a word (prefix)
Examples:
-un+Fortunate=>Unfortunate
-dis+Like=>Dislike

The beauty of this word-formation technique is that you can build numerous new meaningful words without suffering from a bad headache for memorizing them. You don't have to remember all the words. What you should remember are just some of the words in their simplest form and the suffixes and prefixes. Try to add a suitable suffix or prefix to each word on the board. If there is a word that you don't understand, don't forget to open your dictionary to find the meaning.

Good Luck!

Heris Yunora
www.WordGamesNow.com