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If you're trying to improve your English vocabulary but you feel like you can't really remember everything you're learning, this video is for you.
Si estás intentando mejorar tu vocabulario en inglés pero sientes que no puedes recordar todo lo que aprendes, este vídeo es para ti.
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Today I'm going to share with you the methods I applied when I was learning English.
Hoy voy a compartir con ustedes los métodos que apliqué cuando estaba aprendiendo inglés.
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And these are the same methods I apply with my students and they work.
Y estos son los mismos métodos que aplico con mis alumnos, y funcionan.
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I recommend taking some notes while you go through this video
Te recomiendo que tomes algunas notas mientras ves este video.
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so then you have something to look at when the video is done.
Así tendrás algo que ver cuando termine el vídeo.
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Of course you can watch it again
Por supuesto que puedes volver a verlo
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but it's always nice to write things down because you retain information a little bit better.
Pero siempre es bueno anotar las cosas porque así se retiene mejor la información.
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So first let's talk about something really important and that's the methods
Primero hablemos de algo realmente importante: los métodos.
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that you are currently applying or the methods that are taught to us in schools.
que estés aplicando actualmente o los métodos que nos enseñan en las escuelas.
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So the traditional ways of teaching vocabulary in schools is pretty much you write down the word,
Entonces, las formas tradicionales de enseñar vocabulario en las escuelas son básicamente escribir la palabra,
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you write the translation into your native language, maybe you repeat that word 10 times and hope for the best.
Escribes la traducción a tu idioma nativo, tal vez repites esa palabra 10 veces y esperas lo mejor.
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Some of us may have long vocabulary lists, like trying to learn 10 to 15 words a day.
Algunos de nosotros podemos tener largas listas de vocabulario, como por ejemplo intentar aprender entre 10 y 15 palabras al día.
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We have color-coordinated notebooks.
Tenemos cuadernos con colores coordinados.
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We have stickers on our fridges.
Tenemos pegatinas en nuestros refrigeradores.
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And all of this is great, but it doesn't really do the job.
Y todo esto está muy bien, pero en realidad no cumple su función.
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These methods make you feel productive.
Estos métodos te hacen sentir productivo.
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They give you this illusion that you are learning.
Te dan la ilusión de que estás aprendiendo.
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But a few days or a week later, these words and expressions are gone.
Pero unos días o una semana después, esas palabras y expresiones desaparecen.
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And at some point in the future, you see that word or expression, you recognize it, but you can't really put your finger on it and you can't really use it yourself.
Y en algún momento del futuro, ves esa palabra o expresión, la reconoces, pero no puedes precisar cuál es ni puedes usarla tú mismo.
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So what's really wrong with these methods and why don't they work?
¿Qué tienen de malo estos métodos y por qué no funcionan?
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Well, it's because these old school methods are based on passive memorization and not active use.
Bueno, es porque estos métodos tradicionales se basan en la memorización pasiva y no en el uso activo.
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They teach you to recognize the words, but not to own them.
Te enseñan a reconocer las palabras, pero no a hacerlas tuyas.
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So let me explain.
Permítanme explicarles.
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When you write down a word or an expression and you just write it in your notebook, you translate it and maybe say it a few times but without real context,
Cuando escribes una palabra o una expresión y simplemente la escribes en tu cuaderno, la traduces y tal vez la dices un par de veces, pero sin un contexto real,
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you are creating this false idea of learning.
Estás creando esta falsa idea de aprendizaje.
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You're creating a temporary memory and you're not building any confidence to use this word in real life.
Estás creando un recuerdo temporal y no estás adquiriendo la confianza necesaria para usar esta palabra en la vida real.
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And that's not your fault.
Y eso no es culpa tuya.
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Most schools still teach vocabulary this way, but we have been shown by studies that our brain doesn't learn a language like that,
La mayoría de las escuelas todavía enseñan vocabulario de esta manera, pero los estudios nos han demostrado que nuestro cerebro no aprende un idioma así.
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doesn't retain information through these methods.
No retiene información mediante estos métodos.
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So what is real learning?
¿Qué es, entonces, el aprendizaje real?
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How do you actually learn?
¿Cómo se aprende realmente?
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So a lot of you might think that if you write something down
Así que muchos de ustedes podrían pensar que si escriben algo
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or if you watch a video about something or
o si ves un video sobre algo o
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if you hear a teacher explaining something to you and you understand that, that's learning.
Si escuchas a un profesor explicándote algo y lo entiendes, eso es aprender.
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But that's only the beginning.
Pero eso es solo el principio.
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That's the first step.
Ese es el primer paso.
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You are only getting familiarized with those words, expressions, or concepts.
Apenas te estás familiarizando con esas palabras, expresiones o conceptos.
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You might understand the word today, but if you don't use it, if you don't include it into your everyday speech, you will lose that word.
Puede que hoy entiendas la palabra, pero si no la usas, si no la incluyes en tu lenguaje cotidiano, la perderás.
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And that's because learning has two stages and you're only doing the first.
Y eso se debe a que el aprendizaje tiene dos etapas y tú solo estás en la primera.
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So the first stage is passive vocabulary.
Así pues, la primera etapa es el vocabulario pasivo.
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You recognize the word, you understand it, but you can't yet use it.
Reconoces la palabra, la entiendes, pero aún no puedes usarla.
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And stage two is active vocabulary.
Y la segunda etapa es el vocabulario activo.
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You use that word in the right context when you need it without hesitation and without any translation happening in your head.
Utilizas esa palabra en el contexto adecuado cuando la necesitas, sin dudarlo y sin que se produzca ninguna traducción en tu cabeza.
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Words become part of your vocabulary only through consistent use.
Las palabras solo pasan a formar parte de tu vocabulario mediante el uso constante.
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Until then, they're not really your words, they're someone else's.
Hasta entonces, esas no son realmente tus palabras, sino las de otra persona.
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Okay, another thing I wanted to point out is that you don't need to learn all the words.
Bien, otra cosa que quería señalar es que no necesitas aprenderte todas las palabras.
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You need to learn the right words for you, for your life, for your job, for your interests, for everything that surrounds you.
Necesitas aprender las palabras adecuadas para ti, para tu vida, para tu trabajo, para tus intereses, para todo lo que te rodea.
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Would a ballet dancer and a truck driver use the same words every day?
¿Usarían una bailarina de ballet y un camionero las mismas palabras todos los días?
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Nope.
No.
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Would a fashion blogger or a cybersecurity analyst talk about the same topics?
¿Hablaría una bloguera de moda o un analista de ciberseguridad sobre los mismos temas?
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Definitely not.
Definitivamente no.
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So instead of trying to learn everything, start building your own vocabulary bank.
En lugar de intentar aprenderlo todo, empieza a crear tu propio vocabulario.
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Words you need for work, words and expressions that match your hobbies and interests, words that match your tone, your style, your humor.
Palabras que necesitas para el trabajo, palabras y expresiones que se ajustan a tus aficiones e intereses, palabras que se ajustan a tu tono, tu estilo, tu humor.
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Basically words and expressions you would use in your native language if you spoke English.
Básicamente, palabras y expresiones que usarías en tu lengua materna si hablaras inglés.
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That's how you build a vocabulary that serves you.
Así es como se construye un vocabulario que resulta útil.
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And if you're learning vocabulary that is relevant to you, that you feel like is useful to you,
Y si estás aprendiendo vocabulario que te resulta relevante, que sientes que te es útil,
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you're not going to get bored and you're going to understand exactly where to use those expressions, how to use those words, and actually feel the progress.
No te vas a aburrir y vas a entender exactamente dónde usar esas expresiones, cómo usar esas palabras y, de hecho, vas a sentir el progreso.
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So I like to call these words high impact vocabulary.
Por eso me gusta llamar a estas palabras vocabulario de alto impacto.
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These are words that are frequent, are flexible, are functional to you, are commonly used in English,
Estas son palabras que son frecuentes, son flexibles, son funcionales para ti, se usan comúnmente en inglés,
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or are professionally or emotionally useful to you.
o que le resulten útiles profesional o emocionalmente.
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We all come from different backgrounds.
Todos venimos de entornos diferentes.
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We all have different mindsets, different mentalities, different culture.
Todos tenemos mentalidades diferentes, culturas diferentes.
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We cannot all speak the same way.
No todos podemos hablar de la misma manera.
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You don't all speak the same way in your country and everybody has its own style of communication, right?
En vuestro país no todos habláis de la misma manera y cada uno tiene su propio estilo de comunicación, ¿verdad?
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So we're trying to kind of do the same thing.
Así que estamos intentando hacer algo parecido.
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We're not trying to be robots and everybody have the same exact vocabulary bank, but we're trying to match what we need to our thoughts,
No estamos tratando de ser robots y que todos tengan el mismo banco de vocabulario, sino que estamos tratando de hacer coincidir lo que necesitamos con nuestros pensamientos,
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our ideas, our goals, our style.
Nuestras ideas, nuestros objetivos, nuestro estilo.
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You want to look at, okay, what's my job?
Quieres ver, ¿de acuerdo?, ¿cuál es mi trabajo?
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What are my interests?
¿Cuáles son mis intereses?
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What do I like doing?
¿Qué me gusta hacer?
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What do I like watching?
¿Qué me gusta ver?
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What do I like reading about?
¿Sobre qué me gusta leer?
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Because if you're already consuming content that you're into, that you're interested in, might as well consume it in English.
Porque si ya consumes contenido que te gusta, que te interesa, bien podrías consumirlo en inglés.
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Because if you're actually interested in what you're watching, reading, you're going to pay attention differently than
Porque si realmente te interesa lo que estás viendo o leyendo, prestarás atención de manera diferente.
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if you're trying to learn some random words that you just wrote on a piece of paper.
si estás tratando de aprender algunas palabras al azar que acabas de escribir en un trozo de papel.
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It's going to be organic learning.
Será un aprendizaje orgánico.
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Try to find expressions or idioms or different phrasal verbs that you find that you use a lot in your native language.
Intenta encontrar expresiones, modismos o verbos frasales diferentes que uses con frecuencia en tu lengua materna.
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So this way you want to match what you're going to be sounding in English with your native language style.
De esta manera, lo que buscas es que tu forma de hablar en inglés coincida con tu estilo en tu lengua materna.
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Then learn expressions that match your style.
Luego, aprende expresiones que se adapten a tu estilo.
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If you're sarcastic, learn sarcastic expressions.
Si eres sarcástico, aprende expresiones sarcásticas.
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If you're funny, learn some jokes.
Si eres gracioso, aprende algunos chistes.
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Your environment, your house, try to describe everything around you.
Tu entorno, tu casa, intenta describir todo lo que te rodea.
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Try to narrate everything you're doing.
Intenta narrar todo lo que estás haciendo.
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Try to be comfortable within your comfort zone, but in English.
Intenta sentirte cómodo dentro de tu zona de confort, pero en inglés.
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Your outfit, your breakfast, how your day went, what you watched on the news, talk about your pet, talk about your friend.
Tu atuendo, tu desayuno, cómo te fue el día, qué viste en las noticias, habla de tu mascota, habla de tu amigo.
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Things that you can actually feel, things that you can attach some sort of emotional baggage to.
Cosas que realmente puedes sentir, cosas a las que puedes añadir algún tipo de carga emocional.
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This is how you're going to discover what you need to learn
Así es como vas a descubrir lo que necesitas aprender.
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because when you're going to try to say those things and you won't have them, you're going to know, okay, this is the word that I need to look up.
Porque cuando vayas a intentar decir esas cosas y no las tengas, sabrás, vale, esta es la palabra que necesito buscar.
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This is the expression I need to search for.
Esta es la expresión que necesito buscar.
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This is the style that I'm looking for.
Este es el estilo que estoy buscando.
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And that's how you identify what you need to learn specifically for you.
Y así es como identificas lo que necesitas aprender específicamente para ti.
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Don't just learn random words from an article on a topic
No te limites a aprender palabras al azar de un artículo sobre un tema.
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that you're not even interested in because you will never end up using those words.
que ni siquiera te interesan porque nunca terminarás usando esas palabras.
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So you will never remember those words.
Así que nunca recordarás esas palabras.
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Therefore, you're just wasting your time.
Por lo tanto, solo estás perdiendo el tiempo.
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Remember, you don't need to know everything.
Recuerda, no necesitas saberlo todo.
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And of course, our passive vocabulary will always be bigger than our active vocabulary, right?
Y por supuesto, nuestro vocabulario pasivo siempre será más amplio que nuestro vocabulario activo, ¿verdad?
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Because we're able to understand a lot more, we consume a lot more compared to speaking or producing.
Debido a que somos capaces de comprender mucho más, consumimos mucho más que cuando hablamos o producimos.
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We don't write and we don't speak as much as we listen and watch and read.
No escribimos ni hablamos tanto como escuchamos, miramos y leemos.
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So it's okay to have a bigger passive vocabulary because
Entonces, está bien tener un vocabulario pasivo más amplio porque
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when you're watching a documentary on a topic that you're not even interested in,
cuando estás viendo un documental sobre un tema que ni siquiera te interesa,
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you will understand what they're talking about even though those words might not be part of your active vocabulary
Entenderás de qué están hablando aunque esas palabras no formen parte de tu vocabulario activo.
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so you won't be able to use them in the same way they did in
por lo que no podrás usarlos de la misma manera que lo hicieron en
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that documentary but we are mostly focusing on active vocabulary
ese documental, pero nos estamos centrando principalmente en el vocabulario activo.
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and how you can speak more fluently
y cómo puedes hablar con mayor fluidez
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and more confidently another thing I used to do is practice all the dialogues
y con más confianza otra cosa que solía hacer era practicar todos los diálogos
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and the conversations that I had had during the day in the evening
y las conversaciones que había tenido durante el día por la noche.
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or before bed or while I was taking a shower.
o antes de acostarme o mientras me duchaba.
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So the conversations I would have in my native language with friends,
Entonces, las conversaciones que tenía en mi idioma nativo con amigos,
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colleagues, teachers, parents, whatever, I would try to replay them in English
colegas, profesores, padres, lo que sea, intentaría reproducirlos en inglés.
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and then I would know like okay I wanted to say
y entonces sabría que estaba bien, quería decir
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that but I don't really know how I'm gonna go and look for those words and expressions.
Pero realmente no sé cómo voy a buscar esas palabras y expresiones.
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Or for work for example I would prepare like a little presentation on a small topic
O, por ejemplo, para el trabajo, prepararía una pequeña presentación sobre un tema breve.
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and I would try to talk about it as if I would present it.
Y yo intentaría hablar de ello como si fuera a presentarlo.
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I would convince people of what I was trying to say and again
Yo convencería a la gente de lo que estaba tratando de decir y de nuevo
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because my thoughts were coming from my native language I kind
porque mis pensamientos provenían de mi lengua materna, yo era como
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of knew okay this is how I want to present this information.
de sabía bien así es como quiero presentar esta información.
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These are the words that I needed and I didn't have
Estas son las palabras que necesitaba y que no tenía.
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or I thought I knew but I didn't have on the spot
o pensé que lo sabía, pero no lo tenía en ese momento.
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which means that I had them in my passive vocabulary
lo que significa que los tenía en mi vocabulario pasivo.
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but I had to convert them into active vocabulary
pero tuve que convertirlos en vocabulario activo
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and then I would get a little bit more technical
y luego me pondría un poco más técnico
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and play with root words that could get prefixes
y jugar con palabras raíz que podrían obtener prefijos
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and suffixes added to them in order to create new words
y sufijos añadidos a ellas para crear nuevas palabras.
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so English is fun and interesting that way you have one root word
Así que el inglés es divertido e interesante de esa manera tienes una palabra raíz.
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and then you can add different elements either at the beginning of the word
y luego puedes agregar diferentes elementos ya sea al principio de la palabra
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or at the end and create three four maybe five new words for example the verb to create.
o al final y crear tres, cuatro, tal vez cinco palabras nuevas, por ejemplo el verbo crear.
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It could be creativity for the noun and it could be creative for the adjective.
Podría ser creatividad para el sustantivo y podría ser creativo para el adjetivo.
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Help, helpful, helpless, happy, unhappy, happiness.
Ayuda, útil, indefenso, feliz, infeliz, felicidad.
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So when you start getting used to what type of prefixes there are and what type of suffixes there are,
Entonces, cuando empieces a acostumbrarte a qué tipo de prefijos hay y qué tipo de sufijos hay,
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you can kind of play with it yourself and you develop this logic of,
Puedes jugar con ello tú mismo y desarrollar esta lógica de,
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okay, what would make this word the opposite of the other if I added a certain prefix. Do, undo.
Bien, ¿qué haría que esta palabra fuera lo opuesto a la otra si le añadiera un prefijo determinado? Hacer, deshacer.
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Interested, uninterested.
Interesado, desinteresado.
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Competent, incompetent.
Competente, incompetente.
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And so on and so forth.
Y así sucesivamente.
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Most important thing, do not learn too much at once.
Lo más importante es no aprender demasiado a la vez.
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I know it gives you that instant gratification feeling, that sense of learning when you write many things down,
Sé que te da esa sensación de gratificación instantánea, esa sensación de aprendizaje cuando escribes muchas cosas,
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but you're not going to retain those words.
pero no vas a recordar esas palabras.
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You're not going to remember them.
No los vas a recordar.
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They won't even become part of your passive vocabulary let alone
Ni siquiera llegarán a formar parte de tu vocabulario pasivo, y mucho menos.
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active vocabulary this is just wishful thinking this is just hope
vocabulario activo esto es solo una ilusión esto es solo esperanza
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and this hope fades away
y esta esperanza se desvanece
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so instead what i would do i would choose three to five words maximum five is like a lot
así que en vez de eso, lo que yo haría sería elegir de tres a cinco palabras, máximo cinco es como mucho.
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so three to four is perfect i would focus a lot on the pronunciation to make sure
Entonces, de tres a cuatro es perfecto. Me centraría mucho en la pronunciación para asegurarme.
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that i'm confident i'm saying them right then i would try
que estoy seguro de que las estoy diciendo bien entonces intentaría
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to find real life examples in my mind even imaginary situations
encontrar ejemplos de la vida real en mi mente, incluso situaciones imaginarias.
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but realistic situations that could happen in my life where I could use that word.
pero situaciones realistas que podrían ocurrir en mi vida en las que podría usar esa palabra.
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And very importantly, I would say those things out loud.
Y, lo que es muy importante, diría esas cosas en voz alta.
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I would also try to write a little short story with those words.
También intentaría escribir un pequeño cuento con esas palabras.
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It's kind of a fun exercise especially for my students
Es un ejercicio bastante divertido, especialmente para mis alumnos.
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when you give them kind of random words
cuando les das palabras un poco aleatorias
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and they have to find a way to put them all together and to make them make sense.
y tienen que encontrar la manera de juntarlos todos y hacer que tengan sentido.
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Or you can also journal about your day for example and try to incorporate those words into your sentences.
También puedes escribir en un diario sobre tu día, por ejemplo, e intentar incorporar esas palabras en tus frases.
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So as you can probably notice it's a lot more production rather than consumption.
Como probablemente ya habrás notado, se trata mucho más de producción que de consumo.
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So you write things down and then you start using them.
Entonces anotas las cosas y luego empiezas a usarlas.
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You start to produce your own thoughts containing that word or that expression.
Empiezas a generar tus propios pensamientos que contienen esa palabra o esa expresión.
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And one of the most important things that a lot of people forget about
Y una de las cosas más importantes que mucha gente olvida
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or maybe they don't know about is that you need to revisit those words.
o tal vez no saben que necesitas reconsiderar esas palabras.
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You need to reuse them, refresh them.
Necesitas reutilizarlos, actualizarlos.
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Imagine I curl my hair today and I want the curls to last for two weeks.
Imagina que hoy me rizo el pelo y quiero que los rizos me duren dos semanas.
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They won't.
No lo harán.
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I have to re-curl them maybe in two days, maybe tomorrow in order for them to last.
Tendré que volver a rizarlas tal vez en dos días, o incluso mañana, para que duren.
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Those are your words.
Esas son tus palabras.
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The curls are your words.
Los rizos son tus palabras.
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You have to continuously use them, introduce them into your vocabulary, look at them, say them,
Tienes que usarlos continuamente, introducirlos en tu vocabulario, mirarlos, decirlos,
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so they stay alive and they stay in your active vocabulary and they don't go into passive vocabulary or completely fade away.
De esta manera, se mantienen vivas y permanecen en tu vocabulario activo, en lugar de pasar al vocabulario pasivo o desaparecer por completo.
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So when you're doing this vocabulary rotation, I would also add some synonyms and antonyms.
Así que, al hacer esta rotación de vocabulario, también añadiría algunos sinónimos y antónimos.
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For example, if you always use the word nice, right?
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Depending on the context, depending on the situation, sometimes you can use a different word, not nice.
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Of course, you can say a nice outfit, nice dress, nice house, nice weather, nice park.
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Everything can be nice.
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Nice is a very, very generic word, very flexible.
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But if you're trying to enrich your vocabulary, you can switch that up.
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You can have pleasant instead of nice.
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You can have lovely, enjoyable, it could be stunning or delicious or beautiful,
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so many other things depending on what you're describing.
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And the same thing with antonyms, you could have the word bad that you use with everything,
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but you can also have terrible, awful, unpleasant, disappointing, mediocre.
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So identifying that word that you use a lot
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and finding synonyms for it will make you sound a lot more flexible
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and a lot more fluent because you're going to express your thoughts a lot more accurately.
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And another thing about the negative words or the antonyms of the good words, being polite is huge in English, okay?
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So here we're talking a little bit about our social skills.
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If you're out shopping with a friend and she's trying to pick a dress, for example, and you're just there to help her choose one, and you see one that you don't like,
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don't just say, this is ugly, because this sounds pretty hurtful, and this could offend your friend, but just say things like,
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this is not as beautiful as the last one.
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I liked the blue one more.
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I think that the other one suits your style better.
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Do you notice how I said pretty much what I intended to say
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that this dress is ugly but I never used those words.
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I just redirected her attention towards a different dress because it's not about what you think about that specific dress.
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It's about your friend choosing a good one.
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So very often when you're using very simple words like good, bad, ugly, it could sound too dry.
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It could sound rude.
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So you always want to be prepared with softer synonyms or expressions to diffuse that and not sound super direct.
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Of course, this is different with a best friend or a family member or something, but if you're with someone who you don't know very,
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very well, do not risk it.
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Always be polite.
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Okay, another major, major thing that a lot of traditional schools and teachers don't really talk about is connected speech.
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Learning how to pronounce those words in connected speech is crucial.
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If you don't learn how that word sounds in real life, in real life speech, then you might not even recognize it when someone will use it.
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Because whenever someone talks, they connect the words a lot more close to each other than
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when you're learning this vocabulary word isolated.
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When you're learning words or expressions in isolation without them being connected to words in front of them and after them,
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you're learning them in a very robotic way.
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Like nobody will actually pronounce them the same way you are learning them.
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So if you learn the word remote control, if you write it down, you're going to read it remote control,
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remote control, and you're going to say it just like that
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slowly
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and very very clearly in speech it's going to be hey
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have you seen the remote control remote control remote control it's
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going to be a lot more squished like the sounds are not going to be as wide so
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if you're learning the word remote control okay write it down
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you don't need the translation you just need the explanation the definition of it um
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and then try to imagine it okay where would I use this and say that out loud.
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Hey, I'm looking for the remote control.
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I'm looking for the remote control.
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And say that a few times.
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I'm looking for the remote control.
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I'm looking for the blah, blah, blah, blah, right?
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It has to become an exercise.
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It has to become a tongue twister.
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And then when you say remote control, remote control, remote control multiple times, that T at the end pretty much disappears.
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And it's a silent T, remote control, remote control, remote control, right?
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But when you're learning it in isolation, you will read every single letter because you have the time,
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you have the space, and you're trying to learn it correctly, right?
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Most of the other words you're learning, they change when they're spoken.
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They change based on what comes before them and what comes after them in a sentence.
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The question, what do you mean by that?
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If you write it down, what do you mean by that?
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What do you mean by that?
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That is extreme articulation.
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Nobody says it like that in real life, right?
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They'll say, what do you mean by that?
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What do you mean by that?
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What do you mean by that?
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So if you're saying that sentence multiple times faster and faster and faster,
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you will eventually learn what that sounds like and how long it should take you to actually say it.
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What do you mean by that?
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And not what do you mean by that because
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that will make you sound a lot less fluent
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and a lot more robotic and on top of
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that you're practicing your listening skills too
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so um there is a website i think it's called youglish
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i'm gonna put it right here you can write the expression
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or the word that you're learning
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and it will give you uh snippets of videos from movies
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or ted talks or whatever online where you could hear
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that word in real speech so you can see how quickly
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that word is pronounced or how it is connected to other words around it.
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Okay and the last part is learning idioms.
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Idioms are such a big part of spoken English it's crazy everybody uses an idiom like every other sentence
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and if you don't know idioms are short phrases or expressions
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that have a completely different meaning than the actual words in them.
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So they're like metaphors that English speakers use all the time.
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So what I like to do with idioms when I learn them, I look up the idiom that I want to learn
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or maybe I take the idiom that I heard somewhere
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and I want to introduce it into my speech because I liked it.
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I feel like it's something that I would use or it matches an idea from my native language.
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So what I would do, I would have the idiom written down.
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I would say it many times because I want to make sure that I pronounce it correctly and fast enough.
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Then I would write the definition and I would read
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that definition out loud or the meaning and then I look at the origin.
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Where did it come from?
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Because for me, for example, if I can attach some sort of logical explanation to some of these things, I can remember them better.
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And not all idioms will have like a super clear origin story, but a lot of them do
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and then I will try to create a little dialogue in
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my head where would I use this with whom would I use this I basically imagine like a fake situation
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but a realistic one and then I try to put
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that into one of the lines of the dialogue either used by me
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or by someone else for example spill the tea spill the
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tea what does spill the tea mean it's definitely not spilling the tea out of a cup.
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So spill the tea means, okay, tell me what's the gossip.
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I'm intrigued.
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I want to know what happened.
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Tell me more.
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Tell me what you know, right?
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It's something that I shouldn't really be talking about, but I want to know more about.
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So let's imagine I have a friend who's a manager at a company
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and there was this incident with an employee
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and they had this talk with HR and my friend was part of
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that conversation and I want to know what happened and I ask her, okay, you had the meeting, spill the tea.
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That means tell me what happened.
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So that's how I would actually try to introduce that idiom into my life, connecting it with real persons,
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with real situations, so then I can attach some sort of emotional baggage to it.
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So I created a free PDF guide with 20 of my favorite idioms, and you can get it when you subscribe to my newsletter.
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You can find the link in my description here.
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Okay, so let's do a little recap, a little summary of what we just talked about.
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You need to focus on words that fit your energy and your lifestyle.
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Don't try to learn too much.
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Go deeper, not wider.
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Move vocabulary from passive to active by using it.
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Focus on production.
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Balance the consumption with the production.
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Speak and write just as much as you listen and read.
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Use the words in full expressions and sentences and practice connected speech.
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And idioms are your best friend when you want to sound fluent.
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All right, I hope this helped you and if you have a friend or you know someone
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who's still learning vocabulary through old school methods, send them this video.
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I know there's a lot more methods that could be super efficient in vocabulary learning, so if you know one, make sure to write it down in the comments.
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All right, thank you so much for watching.
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Bye!
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 302 frases y 3695 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 21:22. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 173 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 86 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| vocabulary sustantivo | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | vocabulario |
| remote adjetivo | /ɹəˈməʊt̞/ | remoto |
| passive adjetivo | /ˈpæs.ɪv/ | pasivo |
| connect verbo | /kəˈnɛkt/ | conectar, empalmar |
| spill verbo | /spɪl/ | derramar, verter |
| topic sustantivo | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | tema, tópico |
| curl sustantivo | /kɜɹl/ | rizo, bucle |
| ugly adjetivo | /ˈʌɡli/ | feo |
| translation sustantivo | /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/ | traducción, transmisión |
| introduce verbo | /ˌɪntɹəˈdus/ | presentar |
| dialogue sustantivo | /ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/ | diálogo, conversación |
| depend verbo | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | depender/pender (de), ser dependiente (de) |
| flexible adjetivo | /ˈflɛk.sɪ.bəl/ | flexible, doblegable |
| consume verbo | /kənˈsum/ | consumir |
| attach verbo | /əˈtæt͡ʃ/ | adjuntar, atachar |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| write down verbo | apuntar, anotar | |
| look up verbo | /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ | mejorar |
| end up verbo | terminar, ir a parar | |
| go through verbo | atravesar | |
| point out verbo | señalar, apuntar |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 106 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, don't, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: translation /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/, explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, consumption /kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/, isolation /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/, efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, documentary /ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tɹi/, isolation /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/, temporary /ˈtɛmp(əˌɹ)ɛɹi/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como vocabulary, remote, passive.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | is done · are taught · are based |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | have been shown · have you seen |
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.