Master English Vocabulary In 3 Steps

I want to tell you a quick story it’s a

story about a time when I had to prepare

for a Korean vocabulary test now this

exam was gonna be extremely hard so I

stayed up late and I also got up early

the morning of the test as I laid in my

bed around 4:30 a.m. trying to memorize

and trying to master the vocabulary I

got frustrated you see I had been

studying very diligently but for some

reason I couldn’t remember the

definitions I couldn’t remember the

example sentences and I had reached my

wit’s end I didn’t know what to do now

my roommate was sleeping below me on the

bunk underneath my bunk so I had to

remain quiet but the frustration was

written all over my face why was I

having such a hard time mastering the

vocabulary now you probably have had a

similar experience you’ve studied

English vocabulary but for some reason

you haven’t been able to master it when

you speak you forget words when someone

else uses a vocabulary word you don’t

know what it means well if you’ve ever

experienced that this lesson is for you

because today I’m gonna teach you three

steps to actually finally master English

vocabulary I’m teacher Tiffany let’s

jump right in

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all right just like I mentioned in my

story you want to master English

vocabulary you wonder how can you find

more vocabulary how can you remember the

vocabulary words and then how can you

apply the vocabulary that you actually

learn well the first step is 10

vocabulary words now let me explain what

that means you see the first thing you

need to do is find 10 words and you can

find them in magazines books online or

even TV programs you watch now very

quickly I want to explain this to you

guys these are 10 random English words

but they must be words that you

currently don’t know you can find them

wherever wherever you see them online or

in books or anywhere you see them just

pick 10 that’s right 10 vocabulary words

and I’m specifying 10 because sometimes

when you’re trying to master English

vocabulary you may think that it’s best

to find a long list of vocabulary words

but in actuality just using these 10

words will help you be able to

comprehend and retain or keep the

information okay so let’s go back to my

screen now again guys remember I said

wherever you find the vocabulary words

so it helps though if they are connected

to your interests things that you like

to read about or watch now the next step

is you want to write the definitions

look up the definition for each word and

write it down in your notebook also

write one sentence now this is very

important because writing them down is

the key or is a key to the learning

process now for those of you that follow

me on Instagram or see me on Facebook

you know that I keep a lot of notebooks

and the reason is because I am well

aware of the fact that by writing you

actually help your brain retain

information so going back to my screen

now

if you keep a notebook this will help

you now after you’ve written the

definitions you want to memorize them so

memorize the definitions and make sure

you know them well okay practice until

you know them well there’s a very common

and popular expression in English we say

no something like the back of your hand

that means you know it so well that it

is almost impossible to forget it that

is a key for this step remember step

number one is finding ten words writing

the definitions and then memorizing them

this is all part of step one okay

all right now going back let me show you

an example of how you would do this so

let’s jump right into the example so

I’ve chosen ten words

acceptable accumulate accurate

accustomed acquire adequate adjust

advantage aggressive and agile now once

again guys I chose these words randomly

okay so they didn’t have to be connected

to each other at all I just chose ten

random words the same thing you guys

need to do for the first step okay

alright you know going back to my

example next I have my notebook right

here now organize the words the

definitions and the example sentences so

let’s zoom in real quick so you guys can

see exactly what I have done

so you’ll notice on top I wrote the

title or the section okay then I wrote

the definition using the words that I

understand let me explain that so

sometimes when you are learning English

vocabulary you will look in the

dictionary and you don’t understand the

way the meaning is written so look in

other dictionaries until you find the

meaning that you’re able to understand

that’s the one you want to write down so

example if you find a meaning for a word

that uses words you don’t know that’s

not the meaning you want to

down find an explanation for the word

that you can fully understand okay all

right now after you’ve done that you

need to make sure you know and

understand the example sentences okay so

again we have the title the word with

the definition and then the example

sentence okay you want to make sure your

notebooks are organised okay if you have

more than one notebook make sure they

are all organized this will really help

you as you study English and try to

master English vocabulary

all right so step one is done now let’s

move on to step number two step number

two is three image connections now for

those of you who have studied with me

for a long time whether you’re in my

Academy or whether you follow me on

other platforms or even if you’ve seen

some of my other YouTube videos you know

how much I love to use images as a

connection because I am a visual learner

images help you to make triggers as

you’re studying so let’s keep going and

I’ll help you okay

all right so going back to my screen

here we go now the first thing is you

need to find three images you can find

them online or in a magazine and they

can be random images any image that

catches your eye now the expression

catch your eye means something that

makes you want to look again you’re

looking this way and suddenly you zoom

in or focus on something so sometimes

there are images that look more

interesting to you select those images

again any image that catches your eye

select three of them okay all right now

after you have your images what you’re

gonna do is you want to think creatively

study each image carefully and try to

guess what is going on you can use the

five W’s as you think remember your goal

is to create a story that answers the

five W’s who what when where and why so

let’s say for example I love food which

is true and I love to cook

so when I’m online and I’m looking at

pictures I may see a picture of some

amazing food

well that picture caught my eye because

I like to look at pictures of food so

now I have my picture but I must think

creatively well who made that food or

why do they make the food where are they

so in my mind I’m making up my own story

about that image this is very important

and key for you to understand the

vocabulary and also helping you to think

in English okay

so I have my image and I thought

creatively about the image right now the

next thing you have to do again this is

all part of step 2 you need to connect

and write so connect each image by

creating a sentence about the images

using each word so you should make 30

sentences now let’s see this in an

actual example okay so really quick your

notebook is going to look like this

three topics and ten sentences for each

topic but each sentence will have one of

the words so here we go now again we

have the same ten words that’s something

I want you guys to remember we are still

working with the same ten words that we

chose in step one okay so now going back

to my screen our ten words acceptable

accumulate accurate accustomed acquire

adequate adjust advantage aggressive and

agile making sure you guys have the

right pronunciation now right here I

have my three images then going over to

the right side you’ll see that I’ve

chosen one of the images just to show

you and I’ve made ten sentences about

the image using the ten words so let’s

get closer okay now again describe the

image so you see that I have ten

sentences and each one includes one of

the ten words but let’s look at one or

two of the sentences a little bit closer

so you can see

actly what i did and i want to show you

that i actually described the image so

here we go alright so let’s see number

two well my second sentence is they have

accumulated a lot of plants ok so again

remember the word accumulated means to

grab or gather to have gathered a lot

okay

so i’m saying that they have accumulated

a lot of plants and then i’m pointing to

the plant that’s in the picture again

I thought creatively about the picture

maybe it’s an office building and they

actually have a lot of plants so I’m

able to use the word accumulated to

describe this image okay let’s look at

another one here we go the next one

let’s see number three he told the woman

on the phone the accurate time well

again we see that this man is on the

phone right here and there’s a woman in

the picture so maybe the man is also

talking to someone on the phone who

happens to be a female again we’re just

creatively thinking about the situation

okay now I do want you to remember

something look at the bottom right of

your screen remember to look closely at

every part of the image this is going to

help you as you create your sentences

okay so again you’re gonna do this for

each image so I did it for one image and

I have ten sentences so the other two

images need to have the same thing done

to them ten sentences and another tens

and this is the total will be thirty

sentences this is step number two now

let’s move on to step number three now

step number three is three topic

connections alright so this is what’s

gonna happen with step number three you

need to select three topics any random

topics that you want and then they can

come from your own ideas or from an

online list so the same thing that I

said before

guarding the images also applies to the

topics any topic you want you can say

sports you can say family you can say

art you can save food whatever topics

you want to choose it’s okay whatever

you’re interested in okay now what

you’re gonna do is again for the third

step you need to remember okay any topic

but remember that you need to think

creatively study each topic carefully

and try to figure out a way to connect

the words remember this will really help

you begin to think in English so guys

what you’re noticing is that even though

we’re talking about mastering English

vocabulary one thing it is very

important is thinking creatively so I’m

trying to teach you or help you think in

English because that actually leads to

mastering English vocabulary okay

alright now the last part of this is for

step number three is that you need to

connect and write so connect each topic

by creating a sentence about the topics

using each word so just like our

previous step you should make 30

sentences so here we go remember this

may seem challenging at first but the

more you do it the better you will get

now guys this is so true the more you do

this the better you are going to become

now again just very quickly some of you

know that actually in my academy I have

other courses on vocabulary and also

other courses on teaching you how to

think properly in English so as you’re

doing this lesson or as you’re following

along with this video lesson if you feel

that you want to study with me more and

learn even more the link is right here

on your screen

and it’s also in the description and I

would love to have you as a student all

right okay now let’s go back to the

example so we can see exactly how to put

this into practice here we go

now you see that I have chosen three

topics I chose friendship business and

travel now

again I just chose three topics that I’m

interested in why I love my friends I

love business and I also love to travel

so I chose those three topics I wasn’t

thinking about the ten words at all but

now I have to connect the ten words to

the three topics I chose so here we go

now what I’m gonna do is show you how I

connected them to the topic of

friendship you’ll see right here on the

right side of your screen I’ve already

made ten sentences for friendship now

let’s zoom in a little bit more so again

the topic is friendship well the first

sentence is his conduct wasn’t

acceptable as a friend

so you’ll see what’s happening guys the

topic is very broad it’s friendship now

all of these vocabulary words probably

at the beginning you didn’t understand

how I was going to connect those words

to this topic because they don’t seem to

be connected at all that’s where your

creativity comes into play you can think

of a way to connect them okay now let’s

keep going when I show you how I

connected the other words as well number

two I have accumulated lots of memories

with my friends well that’s actually

very true my friends and I have went on

many trips together we’ve done many

things together so we’ve gathered up and

collected or accumulated lots of

memories okay now the next sentence is

his statement about me was accurate

because he is my friend

very easy next I am accustomed to making

friends now remember the word accustom

just means to get used to to be

comfortable with now again I thought

creatively what am i accustomed to what

am i comfortable with when it comes to

friendship

you see I did that right okay you can do

the same thing remember it’s possible

just follow these three steps okay all

right next moving on number five I

acquired many things due to my friends

help next number

six my friends advice was more than

adequate or proper or useful number

seven I have to adjust to life again

because my friends moved away okay eight

one of the advantages is that my friend

lives there good number nine my friend

can be a bit aggressive when she gets

angry but number 10 my closed friend my

close friend is as agile as a cheetah

so guys you see what happened right

these were 10 words that really had no

connection in the beginning to the three

topics we chose but one of those topics

was friendship and after thinking

creatively I was able to connect

friendship and the ten random words I

selected in step number one all right

guys now I taught you guys these three

steps on how to master English

vocabulary I really hope that you guys

enjoyed this lesson

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