Discussion Post: Vocabulary Building via Context Clues
The Strategy I Chose:
The strategy I tried today is using Context Clues. Instead of looking up every unfamiliar word immediately, I tried to guess the meaning by looking at the words and sentences surrounding it.
Did it work?
Yes, it worked quite well! It helped me maintain my reading flow and forced me to think more critically about how sentences are structured. It felt more like a puzzle than a chore.
New Words I Learned:
Through this method, I learned two new terms:
Infrastructure: I encountered this in a technical article. Based on the context of "building systems," I realized it refers to the basic physical and organizational structures needed for an operation.
Redundant: I saw this in a discussion about data backups. Context suggested it meant "extra" or "not strictly necessary but useful for safety."
Reflection:
Using context clues is efficient, though I still like to double-check with a dictionary afterward to make sure my "guess" was 100%
accurate.