Do You Know the Best Vocabulary Study Strategies in English
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we are going to talk about vocabulary
study strategies in this lesson I’m
going to talk about some vocabulary
study ideas I’m going to cover all right
a kind of approach to your studies it’s
called spaced repetition and then I’m
going to talk about a bunch a lot of
different methods that you can use to of
course learn new vocabulary words but
also to help you remember them too so I
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is what I’m going to talk about today if
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too I’m going to talk about spaced
repetition first what is spaced
repetition why do we care this is an
important point for today’s lesson
second I’m going to talk about
vocabulary study methods so these are
the ideas for your studies third is your
study schedule so I’m going to talk
about how you can make your own study
plan for yourself so this is a topic
that’s like something that everybody
kind of chooses for themselves according
to their learning style and according to
their schedule so let’s get started
let’s begin I showed you the first thing
we’re going to talk about today is
something called spaced repetition
spaced repetition what is this why
should I care this is an important point
for understanding today’s topic I’ve
talked about this before so let’s review
this what is spaced repetition spaced
repetition think of spaced repetition as
a learning method so today I’m going to
talk about spaced repetition for
vocabulary learning but you can use this
idea
this way of learning to study other
things
so usually spaced repetition is used
with flashcards but you can use this
learning method to study or memorize
with other things too
so you don’t have to use only flashcards
with this so what is spaced repetition
like what’s this idea let’s take a look
at this image here this is I hope
helpful to understand this idea so
repetition this is a noun repetition
means like the act of repeating
something and spaced means you leave a
space in between so spaced repetition
refers to doing something you’re
repeating an action with spaces between
like each repetition so that’s what this
is showing this image this graph shows
here this is time time set to 100% so
your retention is how well you can
remember something 100% means it’s super
easy to remember something 0% means I
can’t remember it at all so these red
marks are something that we’re studying
here this first one at the beginning
like on day one here this is like maybe
a new vocabulary word on the day you
learn it the very first time you learn a
new vocabulary word here then after a
day you your ability to remember that
goes down so it’s like I study something
today and then tomorrow I don’t remember
it so well so I study it again this
point right here this is review one so
that means the first time I review
something this is the first review so I
review it one time and then I can
remember it for maybe two days it’s
pretty easy to remember and then I
review again and it becomes I can
remember longer so this is the idea
we leave a space between our reviews so
that we can remember things over time so
you notice we we review here when we
start to forget so it’s not 0% attention
we start to forget and so we review so
this is an important point as we as we
study new things we don’t wait a long
time between these especially at the
beginning we need to review as we start
to forget so this is an important point
for your vocabulary studies we’re going
to talk about this today so main points
I just mentioned we need to repeat our
studies to remember things for a long
time this is something that I know is
difficult maybe when you study
vocabulary you want to study all the
words like right away one time but
that’s not how it works really so we
need to repeat our studies we need to
learn something and then review review
review and over time we review less and
less if we study a new word only one
time we’ll quickly forget it so of
course this is not true for all words
but if you’re studying like special
words you need for I don’t know some
work project or something special you’re
doing it’s hard to remember a word that
you’ve studied just one time and that
you use just one time you need to repeat
you need to review in order to remember
then finally review old study items
regularly to make sure you remember so
this means let’s say for example you
studied something a few months ago and
you can remember it pretty well that
doesn’t mean you never have to study
again it just means review from time to
time so this is true even for native
speakers of a language like if I find an
interesting new word in English I have
never seen before and that’s quite rare
I still need to study that word
because I saw it once doesn’t mean I’m
going to remember it forever so this is
the idea with spaced repetition we have
we have to kind of train our brains to
remember things over time and so we do
this by repeating with a little gap in
between our studies so this is an
important concept for today’s lesson and
something I think this has helped me
study vocabulary for sure as well as
other things so you can use this when
you study other things as well not just
for language learning okay
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says if I find new vocabulary sometimes
I write it down in paper on paper or in
a notebook yes I’m going to talk about
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lesson topic is vocabulary study
strategies vocabulary study strategies
so I’ve just talked about something
called spaced repetition kind of a way
of studying not just vocabulary but
other things too I’m going to talk now
about methods for your studies before I
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again I just talked about spaced
repetition now I’m going to talk about
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ok john-carlos on YouTube says I have to
apply this method with phrasal verbs
yeah for sure all I think all of us do
ok let’s go to let’s go to part 2
vocabulary study methods vocabulary
study methods so when I say vocabulary
study methods
I mean ways of studying like what’s the
process that you use to like find new
words or to learn the new words actually
so first I want to I want to look at
this question I’ve marked it with this
blue star before we start this an
important question to ask yourself is
what’s my learning style
what’s my learning style so I have here
kind of four groups yeah four groups of
like of styles of learning so the first
one so you can think about this maybe
send it in the chat which one you are
visual so if you like if you are a
visual learner it means for you it’s
easy to remember things and it’s easy
for you to use pictures or video TV
movies so these are things that we can
see easily yeah
pictures video that kind of thing so
like you it’s easy for you to remember
things when you watch a video or a TV
show or something like that that means
maybe you are a visual learner auditory
so auditory relates to audio you can
hear audio so audio means sound so for
example podcasts or songs TV and movies
as well of course those have audio as
well so if you if it’s easy for you to
remember things you learn when you hear
someone say it or when you hear it and
yeah like a podcast something like this
maybe
you are an auditory
okay if your like if you like reading
and writing actually this is me I am a
reader and a writer type I I need to see
like text and I need to write
information this is me books are helpful
for you like reading things oh I’m
making a diary or keeping are reading
newspapers taking notes maybe this is
your learning style so if you remember
things easily by reading or writing them
maybe you prefer reading and writing
styles this is definitely me like I
remember things much more easily and
it’s much easier for me to make a
connection with something when I read or
when I write and the other group number
the fourth one here is hands-on hands-on
so hands-on literally means putting your
hands on something but this means
learning by doing so you learn through
doing something doing an activity for
example so it’s maybe like participating
in a hobby or you have to make something
to learn how to do it so maybe you can
some of you are saying they’re almost of
course all of us can learn a little bit
in in each category of course of course
but for many people definitely for me
there’s one category that’s like my best
I know that I learned the best this way
of course we can all learn something in
each different learning style but for
many of us it’s really helpful to find
out which learning style is the most
effective yes some people are saying
visual so everybody’s just writing all
of them so try to think of the ones that
are really really helpful or if you’re
not sure think of the ones that you
really like to use okay so let’s go
through each category and let’s look at
some ideas for your studies then so
first let’s look at visual so if you are
a visual learner you like to see things
you can use vocabulary videos so for
example for your English Studies top
words we
a series called top words on the English
class 101 channel I hosted this I host
this top words is a vocabulary series so
when I say vocabulary series I mean we
introduced 10 vocabulary words in each
video we give example sentences we talk
about the meaning and like the feeling
of the words so this is an example of a
visual learning tool you can also use
vocabulary graphics so for those of you
who follow us maybe on Facebook you can
see sometimes we post like a picture
with some vocabulary words and images so
that’s a vocabulary graphic another one
picture flashcards picture flashcards
are really helpful too so it’s like a
just a regular flashcard but it has a
picture on it as well so a few ideas for
visual learners and of course as I said
TV movies these kinds of things are
super super helpful maybe comic books
are also helpful for visual learners so
if you are a visual learner these are
some ways you can consider studying if
you are an auditory learner so that
means you prefer it’s easy for you to
remember things when you here then you
can of course use vocabulary videos
again same thing because of course the
vocabulary video you can hear my voice
too just like now so you can use this to
learn like a group of vocabulary words
to study that you can use audio
flashcards if you don’t know what an
audio flashcard is it’s a it’s a regular
flashcard digital so on your computer or
on your smartphone but when you open the
flashcard you can play an audio file so
you can hear someone say the word so
that’s an audio flashcard or like a
flashcard with a voice that’s the idea
another really helpful one is vocabulary
songs vocabulary songs I know you might
think like what that sounds really
strange so we use vocabulary songs a lot
when we are beginning
language so maybe lots of you know like
songs from your childhood maybe like
kids songs those are examples of
vocabulary songs but you can also use
this as a tool even now like I know of
course there are many adults watching
now but you can use this as a study tool
to help you remember things you can use
this also for like grammar too and you
can make your own songs if it’s helpful
for you just to use for yourself so for
example it’s not a language learning
example but like my math teacher in high
school she made a song to remember
quadratic equations so and I still
remember the song so I still remember
how to do that that equation I still
remember that
so songs are they can be really really
useful to remember words okay good so
let’s go to reading and writing if you
are a reading and writing preference
person like me this is me for sure you
can use flashcards of course any group
can use flashcards I think most people
use flashcards at some point flashcards
or you can keep a flash like a flash
card notebook kind of so when I say
flashcard notebook it’s like you made
you you write the new words down in a
notebook somebody mentioned that in the
YouTube chat earlier so not just reading
the word so maybe you see the flashcard
but then you write the word down in a
notebook like you keep a list each time
you study so this is a way to study if
you are a reading writing style one
another good one post-it notes do you
know what post-it notes are so a post-it
note here I’ll use this it’s a small
piece of paper you use and you write a
word on the paper and stick it to
something so for example in your house
you want to know the word for like
whiteboard so you write on this post-it
whiteboard stick it to the whiteboard so
that’s an example you write something
down and put it too on the object so
that’s a post-it note
approach one more idea is a vocabulary
Twitter account a vocabulary Twitter
account so this means someone can create
a Twitter account and use it to practice
writing vocabulary and then you can
review your Twitter account to practice
those vocabulary words okay finally the
hands-on group the hands-on group so
again hands-on means people who prefer
to learn by doing something so here I
have post-it notes again so this means
again putting you know a note with a
vocabulary word on something but you can
do this like in your house so label like
your computer or sofas or whatever you
can choose objects and then to level up
this thing you can use verbs so like but
some of you said like phrasal verbs a
way to study phrasal verbs in your house
is to use this approach and put a verb
on your flashcard so that means like if
I want to put this on my light switch
I put turn on or switch on on my on my
flash card and stick it to the light
switch so every time I switch on the
light or turn on the light I think of
that vocabulary word so you can use
verbs on these too okay other points
gestures gestures can be super super
good ways to remember vocabulary words
especially if you’re a beginner so this
is good for verbs of course it’s kind of
hard it’s kind of hard to make gestures
for for like adjectives or for for nouns
in many cases for verbs for verb studies
gestures can be super super helpful and
again for hands on a vocabulary Twitter
account can be good also for hands-on
learning you can use like quizzes and
games and things like that to play
that’s super super helpful okay I want
to look now at this part I’ve erased a
little bit so I’ll read this out loud
this is another this is a point I want
to mention because it’s something you
can use in all in all of these or just
keep in your mind when you study this
word here is mnemonics mnemonics that
it’s been erased so I’ll spell it out
it’s MN e M o n IC s mnemonics mnemonics
is how you say this
what is it mnemonic this is a countable
noun so there’s an S at the end a
mnemonic is a trick to help you remember
something a trick to help you remember
something
so I said like vocabulary songs right so
when we write the song when we make the
song we are like giving ourselves it’s
like it’s like a trick we’re trying to
remember something that’s a mnemonic so
another example this is actually a
question someone asked me like if I’m
studying vocabulary and I like what’s
the difference between assess and
evaluate both of these words these two
words they both mean to check something
so how do I remember the difference
between these two I can remember like
evaluate value is in this word so it
means check to find the value of
something and evaluate so that’s a
mnemonic like I find a small trick to
help me remember something so when you
study vocabulary words you can create
your own tricks you can create your own
things to help you remember something so
this is a list of ideas of course there
are other ideas too so you can just use
this if you need a new idea but these
are just some ways that you can maybe
get start get started or that you can
you know change up your existing routine
okay so those are some vocabulary study
methods I don’t see any questions right
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so I talked about spaced repetition at
the beginning of today’s lesson then I
talked about vocabulary study methods
last I’m going to talk about your study
schedule so this means hot like a lot of
you ask me how often should I study that
kind of thing how do I know what what to
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the last part for today’s lesson which
is your study schedule your study
schedule so people will ask how often
should I study or how much should I
study so first how often should I study
the answer basically is a little time
every day is best if that’s not possible
if you can’t study every day for a
little bit of time find regular times in
your week so remember at the beginning
of today’s lesson I talked about spaced
repetition yeah how we need to start
learning something and then review
review review that’s why it’s good to
try to study every day a little bit if
you can’t do that find regular times
like three times
or five times a week or something like
that so some of some some of you have
also asked like how much should I study
how many words should I study that’s up
to you but if you choose one word a day
you’re probably not going to make
progress very quickly so if it’s like
five words a day or ten words a day
that’s probably much better like ten
words a day in one week that’s 70 words
a week that’s a really good goal
so that’s up to you how much can you
remember if you try to study like 100
words a day you’re probably not going to
remember so you know choose something
that’s good for you but don’t overwhelm
don’t do too much so how do I make a
plan this is something everyone has to
make for themselves step one write down
your schedule so this will help you to
find your time find the time that you
have to practice so write your schedule
on a piece of paper like physically
write it down write all the details so
from when you wake up to when you go to
sleep so the reason that you do this is
so you can look at your schedule you can
find like break times in your schedule
when do you have space to study when is
it going to be easy for you to study so
this is the first step to making your
study plan step 2 find the x in your
week to add vocabulary study so choose
an existing so existing means you have
it now in your schedule choose an
existing part of your schedule to change
for example study on the train to and
from work or watch a vocabulary video at
lunch so these are parts of your day
these are things you already do you’re
just making a small change to them so
this means you’re not saying like I’m
going to get up three hours early and
study because that’s really really hard
for most people and it’s hard to make
that a routine
so the goal with this step is to help
you find part of your routine something
you already do and make a small change
to it so that’s the reason we say add
vocabulary study to your routine okay
finally the last and most important step
is to do it so you’ve made all of these
plans you have to actually do it do your
plan use your study schedule and choose
methods that match your learning style
remember in part two I talked about
vocabulary study method so if you know
for example you want to study on the
train or in the subway on your way to
work you need to choose a learning
method that fits that if you drive to
work you probably should not watch a
video lesson so consider consider
yourself consider your situation and
choose the right method that fits your
learning style and your situation hmm
so those are some ways to study
vocabulary and kind of an approach make
sure to study and then review review
review that’s true for anything you want
to study it’s not just true for a
vocabulary mmm all right so whew
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past perfect continuous I recently
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