When vocabulary ist the problem

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When vocabulary ist the problem

by Sandy26 » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:33 am
Hi everybody,

during the last days I did the diagnostic tests from OG11 and usually I was above average, sometimes average. After doing the diagnostig test, I feel that the level of difficulty is pretty low, both in the quant and verbal part. But my main problem is that I am not an english native speaker so e.g. I dont know technical terms in maths (though the math level is pretty low). I also understand questions wrong sometimes. Especially in the verbal part this problem is very annoying. When I translate the question (or at least the few words I don't know) using a dictionary I usually solve the question.

Since I haven't done more than solving the diagnostic test, I dont know wether there is common pattern of the test questions in regard to the vocabulary needed. But maybe you can tell me how I could solve this problem.


with best regards

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by DanaJ » Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:11 am
I had the same problem as you do.

When I first registered for this forum, I had trouble understanding some of the questions because I didn't get all the words, despite my relative proficiency in English (I've been to the US and now boast a pretty decent American accent - you can barely notice my slightly "Russian" accent when I'm very tired + I'd studied English for 12 years before my US experience).

My advice is: try to solve some of the problems on this forum and use an online dictionary to translate words you don't know - it's fast and efficient. You'll notice that in 2 weeks' time you'll master all the vocabulary you need - after all, the GMAT doesn't test for "rocket science".

If you still have trouble remembering some of the words after two weeks, you should make up a little list of terms: I guarantee it won't be more than two pages long.