Shadowing Practice: You’re learning vocabulary WRONG (Here’s what to do instead) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Not every single word in English is worth knowing.
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Sorry, English, sorry, teachers, you are not doing it right.
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I'm sorry, but you.. it's just, it's just not going to stick.
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Today I want to talk about vocabulary and question whether or not you are doing it right.
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Because there are many, many, many methods to learning vocabulary,
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so many of them are not great and some of them are good.
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But the truth is that learning new words is not always easy, especially if you don't use English regularly.
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So today I'm going to talk about what is the best way to learn vocabulary
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so that you can understand if you are learning it correctly currently or not.
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And if you do feel a gap, especially if you're learning a lot of words, then I want you to think about why that is.
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But before that, hi if you're new to my channel, my name is Hadar.
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I'm a non-native speaker of English and I'm here to help you speak English with clarity, confidence, and freedom.
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You can definitely check out my website at hadarshamish.com
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and also follow me on social media for a lot of free resources and daily lessons.
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Alright, so let's get started with talking about vocabulary.
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The thing is that it's almost always a real source of frustration.
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Your willingness to know and to feel expressive
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and to have all the words like you do in your first language
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and how limited you feel because the words just don't come out when you want them to.
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Or maybe you just don't have the words in your brain, the words that you need.
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So, first of all, let's identify the three vocabulary groups, okay?
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The first group is your active vocabulary.
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What does that mean?
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It's the words that you don't have to think about or to retrieve.
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It's the words that are super easy for you to say without translating, thinking about it, searching for them.
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Words like yes, no, why, dog, cat.
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I mean, of course, it depends on your fluency level and that list of words improves and expands with time.
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But your active vocabulary is the words that you don't need to search for when you're speaking.
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Okay?
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And the bigger that group of words is, the more fluent you are, the more expressive you feel.
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Okay?
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So that is what we want to focus on.
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Then there is the group of passive vocabulary.
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These are the words that are not easily retrievable, that you cannot say really quickly without thinking about.
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These are the words that you have to think for a moment
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and usually you don't remember them in the moment you actually need them.
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These are the words that you feel like you know
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when you get stuck and then only later you come up with them.
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These are the words that you know
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but sometimes you don't even know where to search but
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if you were to hear them you would know what they mean okay
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so these are the words that when you hear them you know especially
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if you hear them in context so they're not completely new
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but you can't easily retrieve them so what does
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that tell us it tells us that you know a lot more words than you are capable of using So far so good?
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So group one, active vocabulary, easily accessible.
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Group two, words you know, but those words are not accessible.
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That's the tricky group.
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Okay?
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We need to handle this group.
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We need to manage it we need to work with it
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we need to move words from this group to to
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that group then there is the next group
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which is words you actually don't know
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but you need to use okay the third group is the words
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that you don't know you wouldn't recognize if you heard them
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but you need them because you use them quite regularly and frequently in your first language.
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Now this group is smaller because usually when you hear words
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that you need your brain tends to to categorize them in the right place to remember them.
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So the second group, the passive group is always bigger but then there is the group of words that you really need,
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you need to know.
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Here there is learning to be done, okay?
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And then there is the fourth group which is the group of words that you don't know in English,
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but you also rarely use in your first language.
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Okay?
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I'm going to give you an example.
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When we first moved to Barcelona, my daughter, who doesn't speak Spanish,
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she started taking classes for learners of Spanish as a second language
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and then she would get these papers worksheets with
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like a hundred drawings of different clothing items
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and each of them has a different freaking name
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that I don't even know not in English
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and not in my first language not in Hebrew I do
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not know these words I just call everything a shirt
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and everything pants that's it no
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but on this page you had all these different names
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and all these different options and versions of names for this type of shirt
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and that type of shirt and if it's short and
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if it's long and if it's buttoned down and listen i don't disrespect it like i think
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native speakers use all these words seamlessly
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but my daughter who cannot you know even express how she
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feels she doesn't need to know all of these options
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because there are more important things for her to learn
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so the priority of what it is that they teach you in school
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is sometimes really strange honestly from experience also as a spanish learner
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and seeing what is taught in english apps or vocabulary apps
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or online or on instagram right i'm like Why do people need to know all these words
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if they still struggle with more basic words?
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So group four are the words that you barely use in your first language and that you don't know in English.
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And this group we're not going to talk about because I do not encourage you to expand this group.
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Do not waste your time on learning more words that you don't even use in your first language.
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Agreed?
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Agreed?
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If not, it's okay.
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You can continue learning group four, but I'm just gonna, I'm just gonna say that,
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you know, I don't want you to come back to me in one year telling me
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that there is still a gap in your vocabulary because I don't want to say I told you so.
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The good news is, going back to what I wanted to say before, is
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that moving words from group two to group one is a heck of a lot easier than learning new words
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and integrating them.
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So the more work you put into turning your passive vocabulary into your active vocabulary, you'll spend less time learning words.
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It's going to be more seamless and easier and more effective.
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So you'll feel like your vocabulary is expanding without learning new words.
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So the idea is to recognize the words that you learn and how you learn them.
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And this is where we're going to get to whether or not you're studying, you're doing it right or not.
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So first of all, ask yourself, what are the words that you're learning?
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Are these words that you actually need?
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Okay.
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that you actually use or are you taking lists from the internet
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because someone thought that these are words that you should know
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or it may be an app that you paid for in
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that app thinks that these are words that you should know
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and then you're like
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when was the last time I used this word in my first language right
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if that is the case start being more critical around what it is
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that you're learning and trying to learn not every single word in English is worth knowing
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sorry English sorry teachers but not every single word depending on the stage
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that you're in I'm taking into consideration
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that you are probably busy you want to improve
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but it's not like you have two three hours every single day
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and you want to see results fast okay this is kind
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of like my typical students someone maybe you've immigrated to an English-speaking country
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and you know life's busy you don't have a lot of
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time focusing on the nuances where you still feel limited expressing yourself in very basic things
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or more important things or speaking up at work or
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so that's the thing the second thing is how do you
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learn these words here is something very important to remember
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when you learn a word and you see so you see it written
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and then you see the definition when you see a word
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and you just see an example and and then you memorize it, maybe you think about it a few times, you maybe say it to yourself a few times.
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It's not going to last.
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It's not going to stick.
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You're not going to remember it.
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You're going to remember it in the moment, and then it's going to probably be hard for you to retrieve it or to remember it.
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When you have a word, you have to hear it in context first, and you have to say it out loud several times.
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Because when you see the written word, you know that English spelling and pronunciation, they do not correspond.
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So if you don't know the actual pronunciation you might feel timid
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or limited when trying to say it because you might not be certain about the pronunciation.
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So the first thing is that you need to build confidence saying it.
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So you want to repeat it again and again and again and again, okay?
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Just out loud with the correct pronunciation.
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For that you'll have to go to the dictionary or ask a person to tell you how to pronounce this word.
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So that is the first part, saying it out loud, almost like chewing on the word
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and then being able to understand or confidently say the word without feeling like you're putting in a lot of effort.
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Okay.
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If it's a phrase, to say it, connecting the words together, all that.
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And then you want to see it in context.
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So you want to see it in example sentences
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and to say them out loud again and again and again
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and again so that you build confidence using that word in context.
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and then you want to create your own sentences.
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Now if you are skipping this part, which I bet most of you do, so most people what they do is that they learn the word,
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they see the definition, they look at it in example words, maybe they answer a quiz if they remember and that's it, right?
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They don't try to force themselves to create sentences,
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to create speech, language with that word and that is the part that is most important because if you don't do that,
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you're not making new connections in your brain.
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It's not enough to say it once.
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You need to say it two times, three times, until you feel pretty confident saying the word and saying it in context.
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And unless you do that, for the word that you're trying to learn, you are not doing it right.
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I'm sorry, but you.. it's just.. it's just not going to stick.
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And let me tell you this, even if you do that, it may not stick still.
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You need to come back to it.
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And you need to try and deliberately use it when speaking freely and fluently.
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So all of that is a different topic.
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It's about intentional practice.
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I'm going to talk about it in a separate video.
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But for now, just understand that you need to create sentences
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and speak freely trying use this word that you're trying to learn.
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And here's the thing, quality is more important than quantity.
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Okay, if you are prioritizing quantity, you are probably doing it wrong.
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If you're trying to learn lists of 50, 100, 200 words, and I'm not talking about, you know,
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very early stages of learning a language where you really need
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to learn a lot of words to be able to even
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say one sentence right no i'm talking about more experienced speakers of english
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if you're just like sitting there trying to memorize lists of words it's not going to work it's more important
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that you focus on 10 important ones
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and those 10 could be from your passive vocabulary
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or the third group of words that you don't know
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but you need okay and those 10 words if you learn them diligently
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and methodically the way I explained you are going to be able to use them seamlessly
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and quicker than memorizing 50 and forgetting most of them I'm all about practicing less
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and seeing better results this is why I developed my English practice community beyond
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which is all about implementation and effective practice
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and I'm going to link to it in the description because we have vocabulary classes where we implement that method there.
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So our students learn using that method so they learn how to learn vocabulary.
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Plus they learn, you know, awesome vocabulary according to the monthly themes, and that is also a lot of fun.
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So definitely check it out if you want to improve your vocabulary and fluency with me inside Beyond.
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So that is it.
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If you want to find out more about vocabulary learning.
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If you want to find out more about working with me, I'm going to link all the information in the description.
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Remember that it's possible for you to speak English with clarity, confidence, and freedom.
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Even if you feel like you've hit a brick wall when it comes to improving your English or your vocabulary, sometimes you just need to change direction.
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Sometimes you just need to change the method that you've been using.
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Whatever it is that helped you get to where you are today.
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You know, if you feel stuck, change it up.
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Try new things.
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And what I want to offer you is some of those new things, especially if you haven't worked with me just yet and you are new to this type of conversation and work.
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All right, so I hope this was helpful.
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Check out all the resources.
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Definitely download the free vocabulary planners.
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Thank you so much for watching.
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I really, really appreciate you and I believe in you.
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Okay?
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So you should believe in yourself too.
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Have a beautiful day and I'll see you next week in the next video.
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Bye!
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “You’re learning vocabulary WRONG”. Las palabras que más se repiten: word, vocabulary, learn, english, learning. Este vídeo tiene 206 frases y 2476 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 14:50. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 167 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 91 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| vocabulary sustantivo | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | vocabulario |
| pronunciation sustantivo | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | pronunciación |
| passive adjetivo | /ˈpæs.ɪv/ | pasivo |
| memorize verbo | /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/ | memorizar |
| retrieve verbo | /ɹɪˈtɹiːv/ | recobrar |
| expressive adjetivo | /ɪkˈspɹɛsɪv/ | expresivo |
| fluency sustantivo | /ˈfluːənsi/ | fluidez, fluencia |
| learner sustantivo | /ˈlɜɹnəɹ/ | aprendiz, aprendedor |
| seamlessly adverbio | de una, fluidamente | |
| clarity sustantivo | /ˈklæɹ.ɪ.ti/ | claridad |
| quantity sustantivo | /ˈkwɑn(t)ɪti/ | cantidad, cuantía |
| freely adverbio | /ˈfɹili/ | libremente |
| accessible adjetivo | /əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl/ | accesible, asequible |
| depend verbo | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | depender/pender (de), ser dependiente (de) |
| categorize verbo | /ˈkætɪɡəˌɹaɪz/ | categorizar |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| check out verbo | investigar, chequear | |
| find out verbo | averiguar, anoticiarse | |
| come out verbo | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | revelarse, salir a la luz |
| come up with verbo | ingeniar, ingeniarse |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Alright, so let's get started with talking about vocabulary.
- I'm going to give you an example.
- Are these words that you actually need?
- You're not going to remember it.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | you've immigrated · you've hit · haven't worked |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | be done · is taught |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 71 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, you're, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, intentional /ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/, frustration /fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, accessible /əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl/, categorize /ˈkætɪɡəˌɹaɪz/, confidently /ˈkɑnfɪdəntli/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, passive /ˈpæs.ɪv/, retrieve /ɹɪˈtɹiːv/, expressive /ɪkˈspɹɛsɪv/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: memorize /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/, categorize /ˈkætɪɡəˌɹaɪz/, prioritize /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/, quiz /kwɪz/, translate /tɹænzˈleɪt/
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, pronunciation, passive.
¿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.