TOP 3 Ways to Improve Your Vocabulary Advanced English Lesson
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm today we’re gonna talk
about the top 3 ways to improve your
vocabulary let’s get started the first
way to improve your vocabulary is to
read read my friends i recommend reading
something in English everyday even if
it’s something small like a Facebook
post I recommend reading news articles
articles about arts or theater or movie
reviews or books or magazines something
in English every day this is going to
help you to see the words in different
contexts I think it’s great to listen of
course listening is important but also
when you read words it helps you to see
them in a different way for me when I
was first studying French I read so many
books in French I tried to visually see
the words because that helped me to
remember them so one place you can go
right now
to read in English is a popular news
website called n P R calm the three
letters NP R calm here you can see news
articles articles about cultural topics
pop culture movies there’s a wide
variety of material you can start
reading today in English even if it’s
just a couple minutes this second way
that you can improve your vocabulary is
to watch or listen to something at least
two times this repetition is not too
much it’s not twenty times but it’s
going to help you to hear the words
again and again let’s say for example
that you’re watching one of my videos
about a new expression I have a video
about the expression to tell or say tell
or say which one should I use maybe
after you watch that
do you you understand it you kind of get
it but you need to remember it you need
to be able to use this when you’re
having a conversation spontaneously
so I recommend watching a video like
that several times watch it at least two
times if you’re watching a YouTube video
about traveling to a place that you want
to go or about some popular topic that
you’re interested in watch it two times
this is going to help you hear the words
again and again but not just boring
repetition you’re going to hear them in
a context that you’re interested in so I
recommend doing that the next time you
watch a YouTube video a TV show if you
have time to repeat it a podcast if you
have time to repeat it two times is an
excellent way to improve your vocabulary
the third way to improve your vocabulary
is a specific technique called the SR s
method it’s the spaced repetition system
SR s what is SRS this is dealing with
the idea that we need repetition but we
don’t always need to repeat everything
some words are easier for you to
remember so with this method you repeat
words or repeat expressions or repeat
full sentences at a specific time maybe
after one day after three days after one
week because that’s kind of when your
brain starts to forget things
so this SRS method will help you to
remember them right when your brain is
about to forget them one way that you
can quickly use this method is with an
app this app is called Anki a n K I with
this app you can write some sentences
write some expressions I recommend using
a full sentence
with one expression that’s new for you
you can write that sentence that you’re
trying to remember into that system and
it will have you repeat it at specific
times it will be spaced spaced means
repeated over a long period of time
exactly when you need it
so it’s kind of like an app flashcard
system but it’s a little smarter than
that so it will help you to repeat those
expressions when you need them when
you’re about to forget them so I
recommend trying this SRS method when
you are about to forget something maybe
you learned a new expression two days
ago today is the day repeat that
expression repeat that YouTube video
where you learned it or download the app
on key a nki and try that system I think
that’s a really useful way to have
repetition in a pretty scientific way
that is scientifically shown to help you
remember I hope that these three ways
reading listening and watching at least
two times and the SRS method will help
you to improve your vocabulary do you
have any other suggestions for improving
your vocabulary write them in the
comments below
let’s share our ideas together thanks so
much and I’ll see you later bye
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