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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