Your success in business, your ability to connect with others, your expertise at expressing yourself are all connected to your vocabulary level.
Websters defines a person's vocabulary as "All the words used, recognized and understood by a particular person."
Educators define four groups: 1) Reading 2) Listening 3) Speaking 4) Writing.
Our reading vocabulary is largest. We recognize words and get their meaning in context.
Listening is similar but we may not catch the drift without the visuals.
Our speaking vocabulary is much smaller. Our writing vocabulary is dwindled down unless we work at it.
Vocabulary and Relationships
With our personal and business relationships, our speaking vocabulary decides how well we can tell others:
- How we feel
- What's bothering us
- Our opinions
- What excites us
- What we're angry about::
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What we think needs doing
- What we believe is happening.
How educated and well read our parents were, how they interacted in the family and the amount of time we spent with them establishes our vocabulary capabilities and builds our skills at talking with others.
Vocabulary and Success in Life
It has been shown again and again that business professionals with large vocabularies increase their income and get promoted over people with lower vocabulary levels.
A study by Johnson O’Conner Research laboratory demonstrated that word knowledge levels matched ranks on the corporate ladder. Look at the results of the business English test given to employees at 39 Manufacturing Companies:
| Vocabulary Score |
Company Position |
| 236 Points |
Executive |
| 168 Points |
Manager |
| 140 Points |
Superintendent |
| 114 Points |
Foremen |
| 86 Points |
Floor Boss |
If you want to communicate better with others and expand your business career, you’ll want to increase the number of ways you can communicate through words.
Tips to Improve Vocabulary:
- Keep your dictionary handy and open. Make a list of words you don’t understand and look up every word.
- Read difficult books and look up all unknown words.
- Journal daily. Writing three pages a day has assisted scores of people at becoming successful in many areas of life.
- Here’s a link to sign up for a free vocabulary building course. http://www.vocabulary-vocabulary.com/
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Some software to help you improve your vocabulary.
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