What is the Best Way to Study English Vocabulary
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and in this week’s lesson we are going
to talk about vocabulary
study strategies in this lesson we’re
going to talk about
how to study some ideas for studying
vocabulary
making a study schedule and finding new
vocabulary words
so i hope beginner intermediate and
advanced
learners can find some tips to help
build
vocabulary skills in this lesson so as
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vocabulary
study strategies vocabulary study
strategies
uh so i hope that everybody finds
something some ideas that they can use
today
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okay today we’re going to start the
lesson by talking about
spaced repetition i talk about spaced
repetition
every once in a while because it’s very
important so
we’re going to talk about that we’re
going to talk about
uh where to find vocabulary lists
and some ideas for creating your study
materials
and then we’re going to talk about how
often to study
what to do to review how to make your
next
steps essentially so how to make sure
you continue
to move forward with your studies okay
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so let’s get started with spaced
repetition
what is the deal with spaced repetition
you’ve probably
if you follow this channel on youtube or
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you have probably heard me talk about
spaced repetition
before so spaced repetition
is a study method it’s not only
for language you can use spaced
repetition
to study anything i can think of
anything you need to remember you need
to memorize something
so like preparing for a test for
something for example
you can use spaced repetition to do that
what is spaced repetition oh my gosh
what does this even mean
spaced repetition here the idea here is
you study a new vocabulary word
then take a break then review the word
again
then take a longer break then review
again
and again and again and so on okay this
is the
basic idea of spaced repetition oh
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so oh so
if you imagine this uh visually
imagine this as an image yeah so new
word
is at the start here you learn a new
word
then maybe at the end of the day
you review that word again this blue
line
then the next morning you review the
review the word again
you wait a day review again you wait
three days review again you wait a week
review again
so these spaces are important
taking a break between your study
sessions
is important you have to give yourself
time
to remember the information so this is
the idea
with spaced repetition studies space
repetition studies okay
all right so this is the kind of the
focus
uh point for today all right so
how do we use this to improve our
vocabulary
a key point as always is this review
new words and phrases studying once or
twice
isn’t enough you cannot in most cases
read a word or hear a word just one time
and expect to remember it you need to
review those things
review concepts review phrases review
idioms whatever
you need to make sure you are reviewing
information too okay
so this is another very common question
to start especially if you’re stuck
somewhere
so what vocabulary should i study what
vocabulary should i study
so a guide this is not a rule
just some ideas for different levels
of learners if you are a beginner
if you are a beginner look for what are
called
core word lists core word lists
a core word list is a list of the
most common words in the language
so like the most common like hundred
words
means the hundred words that are used
the most
in that language so like numbers
greetings and so on
there are like about for most languages
around 2000 words or so
to get conversational fluency so this is
a great place to start using these
core word lists if you’re a beginner you
can start there
for intermediate learners you can use
of course core words maybe finish your
core word list
and then you can find new topics in your
life
so if you are an intermediate learner
you can probably
understand some daily conversations
maybe you can read things on social
media and
in the news then start looking for new
topics
in your life so your hobbies things like
that
for more advanced learners you can use
news
and media and other current resources to
build your vocabulary
this is what native speakers do i do
this to build my vocabulary
i find new words all the time like we
don’t
everybody it’s impossible i think to
know 100
of a language so we are always building
vocabulary always studying
okay so again review
is so important to do you can’t just
study one time please make sure to
review
okay all right so this is spaced
repetition
super important way of studying a super
important
approach to your studies all right
so that is part one for today’s lesson
next we’re going to talk about how often
to study and how often to review
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onward vocabulary study strategies
so next one part two
how often do i study how often
do i review the best answer is every day
every day so a little bit every day
is the best for example if you study
morning and night or if you study
during work or study breaks like you
make a habit
in other words always in the morning
always at night always when you take a
break
maybe after meals so meals
lunch breakfast dinner yeah so
the point create study habits
throughout your day create steady habits
throughout your day
so 10 minutes am and pm is 20 minutes
a day every day so it seems like a short
amount of time when you do it like only
5 minutes during breakfast today is that
enough
it seems like a short period of time but
with repetition
and review you get a lot of practice so
make some time
every day and you’ll build up a lot of
information
over weeks and months so make some time
every day to do some studies okay
then this one is another common question
that viewers often have i don’t know
what to study next people get kind of
stuck i don’t know what
i’m doing i don’t know what i should how
i should look at vocabulary now
so some ideas for you and if you have
ideas you can send them in the chat
we can all see your idea too
so i don’t know just study next you can
try to read about topics that interest
you
in english so what are your hobbies what
do you like to do
do you have some like specific interests
some kind of like science topic or
technology topic or culture topic
try to find some topics in english that
interest you
so think of the things you like to do in
your native language
and look for that in english so that’s a
great way
to build your vocabulary that’s just for
you
you can find new vocabulary words this
way
another one add new words to your flash
cards
or vocabulary study lists so
not just reading or listening
to new vocabulary words but when you
find
new words with them if you use like a
digital
vocabulary study app uh or you have a
flashcard app you can put them
into your lists for study or you can
write them
you can write analog lists too i i like
to actually write new vocabulary words
down that’s
that’s my favorite thing to do so add
your new words
to your existing study list so that’s a
great way to make sure
you keep reviewing those new words
okay and then review the words so review
those new words that you pick up
and review your readings to see if you
understood
more so for this one uh
you should consider well this one’s more
for
reading if you are looking at books or
magazines or newspapers
that kind of thing read it once like
read a page
one time pick up the new words and write
them down or study them for a couple
days
then go back and review your reading
to see if you can understand it again so
that’s a great way to test yourself
to make sure you picked up those words
okay
so do that again review it’s a key theme
for this lesson
finally don’t forget to practice making
questions with new words as well so
when people say i don’t know what to
study next often like a thing that they
forget
is that they also when they want to
participate in conversations need to ask
questions
so i encourage you please also
study question patterns so use your new
vocabulary to study
question patterns because those are
extremely important
in conversation so a few ideas
for what to study next okay
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okay all right so this is part two uh
john carlo lanois says what if i can
write in english but i struggle to speak
in english yes i will talk about this
in part three speaking of course getting
speaking practice with new vocabulary
words
all right cool so uh oh uh jiren has
another tip singing songs in english yes
singing songs in english can be a great
way
to get familiar with new vocabulary
words
uh just be careful you choose songs that
are helpful
for your everyday life okay other
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uh all right so some ideas
for your studies uh and some ideas for
how to improve
the various aspects of language with
this
so first where do i find vocabulary
lists
so some of you write to me and are like
alicia make a list of this alicia make a
list of that
i have other things i have to do i
cannot make lists for everybody
so where do we find vocabulary lists
you can find pre-made pre-made pre-made
means
someone else made that vocabulary list
and you can access it pre-made
vocabulary list
so you can use englishclass101.com we
have
many vocabulary lists that you can use
to practice
maybe some of you know anki anki is
another
it’s a flashcard program a digital flash
card program you can use to study
like anything so these are some examples
i’m sure there are others that i have
not used you can check that out rocio
hey one of our members says how do we
practice our writing i will tell you
my ideas in a bit okay so
uh other ideas if you don’t want to use
pre-made vocabulary lists you can
make your own make your own vocabulary
list so
for example use your favorite website to
make a list of vocabulary words so
read the website every morning or every
night whatever
and make notes what are the new words on
that website
hobbies so think of your hobbies what do
you like to do
can you talk about that with other
people can you write messages about it
with other people
check out your hobbies where are the new
words there
use your favorite tv show use movies use
music
so always actively participating so
always listening or always watching
looking for those
new words yeah okay
then everybody’s asking how do i improve
this how do i improve that so
study methods of course a key
for most people i think with uh
vocabulary is using
flash cards you can use digital or
analog flash cards
but how do you study to improve
a specific skill if you want to improve
your writing skill
you need to write yeah so try making
journal entries or diary entries or
build questions in a notebook if you
can’t
ask someone the question just write
questions in your notebook yeah
or maybe you find a question online you
think you can use
write it down to get better at writing
you have to write
yeah so don’t worry about making it 100
perfect every time in your journal entry
you just
need to practice yeah so practice
writing
by writing okay to read to work on your
reading skill make sure
you read so visit websites that
challenge you
read newspapers if it’s at your level
try magazines as well
if this is difficult if you’re a
beginner you can
just use children’s books i’ve done it
like start
with the same things that native
speakers use
to practice so if these things are
difficult
you can start by using children’s books
too
okay speaking speaking so
of course to get better at speaking you
have to speak
so you have to practice using new words
in conversation
if you don’t have someone to practice
with talk to
yourself talk about what you’re doing
talk about your day
explain it to yourself maybe it sounds
crazy but it’s a way to get used to
making those sounds a way to get used to
practicing
using new words as well too okay
all right um then uh
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here study oh yeah this tip
study words and phrases this is for
all of these study method points study
words
and phrases sometimes
a group of words is an idiom
and we need to study it as one phrase so
an idiom
means it’s it’s a group of words
together that has its
own special meaning for example
it’s a piece of cake so it’s a piece of
cake doesn’t mean like
something is actually cake this
expression this
idiom means it’s easy it’s
easy this is an example of a word or a
group of words
you have to study together so piece of
cake
might be really confusing the first time
you hear it you need to study these
idioms
or here’s another one let’s bite the
bullet let’s bite the bullet
what so a bullet is the thing that comes
from a gun you shoot a gun
and the bullet comes out so to bite a
bullet sounds
really really strange right but this
idiom
means to accept you have to do
something you don’t want to do and you
do it anyway
so you do this thing that’s
uncomfortable or you you’re not happy
about it it’s painful
but you have to do it so you do it
that’s the expression
so don’t study only one word at a time
but think of words in units
too yeah ahmed says i talk to myself all
the time sounds crazy but it’s effective
yeah i know
right like it’s good to do uh i’ve also
i talk to myself a lot
in the kitchen like when i’m cooking
i’ll think about what i have and what i
need and that kind of thing because it’s
really easy to
kind of to practice for me uh when i’m
cooking or something like that
so in my case that’s one of my favorite
times
to practice using another language just
talking to myself
is in the kitchen sometimes cleaning too
yeah
okay uh jay jason andres says i speak so
well
by myself but when someone talks to me i
get nervous so i get confused yeah for
sure everybody
still does that even native speakers do
that in their native language right
so that’s a confidence issue for sure
but
with practice again with practice it
becomes a little bit easier
all right so that is it for today
vocabulary study strategies maybe you
found some new ideas
but i hope the one thing i hope you take
from this lesson is review
please review uh review is so important
and just keep using those new words you
pick up
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so
we talked about space repetition we
talked about
where to find vocabulary lists and some
study method ideas
and we talked about how often to study
and how often to review
so hopefully you found some new ideas
you got some new ways that you can study
your new words so i hope it’s helpful
for you
uh what about singing in english yeah
someone mentioned that earlier that’s
another good way to practice for sure
just make sure
your songs are helpful for you i suppose
uh in your everyday life okay so uh
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