Train your ears. Your ears will tune into sounds and words that are similar to your own language.

Incorporate English into your daily life. Live it, love it.

When you come across a new word avoid translating it into your native language straight away.

Keep a notebook and pencil on you at all times.

Linking a new word to a picture is a good way of remembering it. Try searching Google Images for the word.

If you find it difficult to remember the meaning of a word write it on a card - then look it up in a dictionary, on Wikipedia or Google and copy out (with pen and paper on the other side of the card) a few sentences that you find relating to the word.