Learn NEW VOCABULARY and REMEMBER IT! - Learn English

A really common question I get all the time is

"How do I learn new vocabulary?"

But more importantly

"How do I remember it?"

"What should I do?"

Well, if you ask any English teacher

they will happily tell you this

Vocabulary. It's quite easy:

watch movies in English, read books in English and listen to the radio in English

Done. Leave me alone.

Ok, that advice is fine, but, really, we all knew that

And maybe you already do those things

So, what is real advice?

Well, today I'm going to show you five real ways to improve your vocabulary

but most importantly

Remember it

Number one

We have to make the vocabulary relevant

Make a list of your aims, your goals

Why are you learning English?

What do you want to achieve with it ?

Do you want vocabulary for a holiday?

Do you want to learn job interview vocabulary so you can succeed in a job interview

It's not worth learning tons of new vocabulary

about a wide variety of topics

if actually you only talk about this one small thing

or these couple small things

For example, if your goal is to be able to talk about football in English

It's really not going to help you, if you start learning business vocabulary

because you might not use it

Think about how you'll use this new vocabulary

and find material specific to your aims

If you're trying to learn English for your job in fashion, for example

Start following fashion youtubers

People who talk about fashion, fashion magazines, follow fashion websites

Again, you have to make the vocabulary relevant to your goals

Also, that new vocabulary that you are learning, make a list of it

We'll talk about that later

Number two: listen to the Radio

Listening to the Radio in English is great

It's great for your listening and also for your speaking

Those two skills really complement each other well

But,

Here's how to make the most out of listening to the Radio

Have it playing in the background when you're walking,

when you're at the gym

when you're not really focusing on the Radio itself

You shouldn't be trying to understand 100% of the conversation, 100% of the time

That won't work

And that is fine that you don't understand everything

The focus shouldn't be on what they're saying on the Radio

The focus should be on how they are saying it

Think about the style of speech, the intonation

You're listening and like "Oh, that's how you pronounce this word"

That's how babies learn pronunciation

That's how you should learn

Like a baby.

That's the benefit that you'll get from listening to the Radio

Also, if want a recommendation of a Radio station

The one I listen to is LBC

It's a London-based Radio station

They talk about news and current events

a variety of opinions and a variety of accents

I like it

And it's all talking

so you can really practice your listening with a variety of British accents