Don't Memorize Vocabulary | SMART and EFFECTIVE way to learn new words

ever notice how the words You' have memorized  don't come to mind when you need to speak on the  

spot it can be frustrating right you put in the  effort to remember them but they don't come out  

naturally during a conversation and this video  we'll explore why your vocabulary might stay  

passive and how you can make it more active active  vocabulary is the words that you constantly use  

without even thinking about it passive vocabulary  includes all the words that you know but don't  

really use for various reasons Even in our native  language passive vocabul outnumbers active the  

ability of your mind to retrieve those words from  your passive vocabulary while speaking is a skill  

and it can be developed through practice and  exposure let's discover what stands in a way  

of adopting that skill reason one you've never  spoken a word solution learn like kids do as  

you might already know I'm currently learning  Spanish and here is a little secret that's been  

working wonders for me learning like kids do 95%  of their language progress is thanks to imp put if  

you think about how three-year-olds talk they  often copy you they repeat everything you say  

they don't memorize lists of words out of context  they memorize full sentences context and emotions  

tied to them they listen and repeat so what can  you do you can combine reading with listening to  

Audi books you can rewatch your favorite TV show  or listen to different podcast like the bridg wers  

podcast then you pick a little snippet you listen  to how Native speakers said the sentence and you  

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now or you can also scan this QR code reason two  you learn words separately solution quality over  

or quantity fluency is not about the number of  words you know it's about expressing yourself  

confidently and clearly so are you really able to  use the words that you know if you learn words in  

isolation you're more likely to forget them and  never use them ever again instead of memorizing  

a single word explore the words that usually  accompany them basically learn phrases let's  

take the word priority as an example maybe you're  not sure how to use this word you kind of know it  

but you cannot imagine yourself using it because  you don't know the context of this word for this I  

highly recommend using yish it's a free resource  they basically use YouTube videos for reference  

you type in priority and you can see that you can  use this word this way you can say I made it my  

priority it's my top priority or it's my number  one priority in fact the people of the United  

Kingdom decided to leave the European Union their  first priority would be to renegotiate so now it's  

a lot more clear and you can start using this word  a lot more naturally because you know the context  

so by focusing on the words you already know you  can create Connections in your memory and that's  

why what I usually do when I try to memorize  new vocabulary with anky is every time I create  

an example sentence I make sure that I know all  the words because often times I see people have  

example sentences that have new words for them  like they don't actually know these words and I'm  

like how are you going to remember the context if  inside the context you have words that you don't  

know to shift your passive vocabulary into active  you need to repeat what you know efficiently  

reason three you make it hard and boring by  accident solution connect emotionally I love  

discovering ways to hack my brain and one of the  most effective ways is letting my brain know the  

importance of this new vocabulary when you merely  memorize a random word your brain has nothing to  

connect it to but when you learn in context when  you read the books from your childhood like what  

I'm doing in Spanish right now when you watch  your favorite TV shows and especially when you  

explain what you have just learned to your friend  or even to yourself by practicing active recall  

you create Visual and emotional connections to  the word instead of just memorizing a word let's  

say you're watching your favorite show you see  this line from their dialogue and you see the  

context so try to create a similar situation in  your brain like where you would use this word and  

repeat the same sentence out loud multiple times  maybe write it down maybe save it to your ay so  

that again you have something to connect it with  usually when I memorize words this way I even take  

screenshots from YouTube videos that I watch or  shows that I watch and I add everything to to Ay  

so that every time I open this word I remember oh  I actually was trying to watch this YouTube video  

and I saw this word there or I was watching this  TV show and this is how the actors use it there  

learning is supposed to be enjoyable it should  be fun then those neurons in your brain will be  

firing up to make those connections even stronger  then like magic one day something clicks and a  

whole bunch of words that were stored away in  passive vocabulary become accessible and you start  

using them in your everyday conversations reason  for stop memorizing solution start using try to  

reinforce your new vocabulary by associating words  with your daily tasks common everything you see on  

your daily walk Journal leave comments under your  favorite YouTube videos by your favorite creators  

send a voicemail to your friend or even speak to  yourself sometimes I do that too because I don't  

know like I want want to try to memorize this  one specific word and I feel like if I try to  

create this situation and I speak to myself  a little bit it helps me Mize this word more  

efficiently I even made a video a few months ago  about how you can learn a foreign language without  

talking to people so you can click right here  to watch this video sometimes what can help is  

some sort of collaboration in the past I used to  attend a lot of speaking clubs and they helped me  

a lot in terms of developing my speaking skills  in English they usually provide a safe space for  

you to practice your language and this way your  progress can Skyrocket the most important thing  

to remember is you have to stay relaxed and have  fun because that's when your brain really opens  

up to learning reason five impatience solution be  kind to yourself but committed unlike many other  

skills languages take longer to show Improvement  persistence is always key in language learning  

if you want to see immediate results you have  to wait ask for feedback or record yourself  

speaking every single week to see your progress  you can try focusing on vocabulary that you know  

but struggle to remember while speaking your  intentional work will not only make your speech  

sound smoother and less robotic but it will also  prevent excessive memorization you all know that  

everything I share on this channel is based on my  personal experience learning a lot of different  

foreign languages so let's get back to our word  priority make it a priority to actively use what  

you already know remember that learning isn't a  race it's an incredible journey that transforms  

you along the way keep exploring keep growing  and most importantly keep enjoying the process  

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