proved. However, an intensive reading method would be insufficient without a sec

ond one, an extensive reading. By this method we can hopefully get an access to

a large number of words in contexts with a practical knowledge about collocation

s as well as the different meanings and different styles resulting from differen

t choices of words. Only in this way can we enlarge our vocabulary with a simult

aneous awareness of the uses of words. By and by, our English vocabulary will be

 enlarged enormously.ª¥

Language is a living thing. We should enlarge our English vocabulary practically

, that is, through reading both intensively and extensively, which I believe is