OXON HILL, Md. – The sign outside the waiting room read: "Preliminaries Test, Quiet Please." Spellers emerged one by one, having taken the first vocabulary test in the history of the National Spelling ...

Many students fail to perform well on the TOEFL and TOEFL iBT because they have poor vocabulary skills.Our TOEFL iBT Vocabulary Practice Advantage+ Edition book contains the vocabulary you will see on ...

To bee, or not to bee, has now become a tougher question to answer -- even for whiz kid spellers. The Scripps National Spelling Bee has announced that it is changing the format of its annual ...

Having a large vocabulary is certainly helpful. It can impress a potential employer, or it can greatly aid you in your line of work if you’re a writer. If you’re a student, it could give you some ...

Evaluating your vocabulary will let you understand where your knowledge stands. You will learn new words and know about your strengths. This approach will help you retain learning for a longer period.

David A. Wilkins wrote, “Without grammar very little can be conveyed, without vocabulary nothing can be conveyed.” Learning new vocabulary is essential for success in English for academic purposes ...