Touching story, isn't it?
I don’t know.
There are too many new words.
Hello. This is Hong.
I got 9.0 in Reading IELTS, and today I'm here to share
with you how I improved my English vocabulary.
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To get a high band score in IELTS reading it mostly comes
down to your passive vocabulary, which is the kind of vocabulary
that you can understand in receptive skills,
listening and reading.
On the other hand, active vocabulary is
a portion of passive vocabulary that you can
use in productive skills such as writing or speaking.
And, to be honest, for everybody,
even in their mother tongue, their passive vocabulary always
exceeds their active vocabulary, and explains why you may
know lots of words when you read or hear them,
but it doesn’t mean that you can speak or write them.
Now, in the first part of this video, I will focus
on passive vocabulary, and in the second part,
it will be active vocabulary.
So, what did I do to improve my vocabulary?
I did only one thing.
Flash cards.
You can call me old-fashioned, but I don’t use flashcards
in mobile apps.
Instead I like to use pieces of paper like this, so,
I can count my conquered words.
But if you're more comfortable using mobile apps or taking
notes on your phones, that works too.
Oh, but wait a minute, what did I just say?
What does it mean, the word, conquered?
Conquered, let’s wait and find out.
Here are the three very simply steps to make learning
vocabulary as easy as pie.
Step 1, write down new words.
Every time you encounter new words when you read
or listen, write them down on different cards.
On one side write the word.
On the other write things such as meaning.
It can be in English or in your mother tongue.
Or a word can have several meanings.
Then, pronunciation, how the word is pronounced.
We can write down some example sentences.
The next thing is word family.
And, of course, you can include other interesting
information if you need.
Step 2.
Play with your cards.
When you have free time, take out your cards and start
playing around with them.
First, take out a card.
Read it, see if you still remember all the information
relating to the word.
Next, check.
And then repeat.
You'll soon have two piles of cards, one with
words you know well, and the other with
words you don’t know, or are not sure about.
Step 3.
Revise and revise.
The purpose of the game is to move all the cards in the Don’t
Know pile to the Know pile.
And before you know it, you have increased your
passive vocabulary tremendously.
So, these were my three simple steps.
Write down new words, play with your cards and revise.
Don’t forget to check out the second part of this video
where I will talk about how to improve your active vocabulary.
And you can also share with me how you learn your new words
by commenting below.
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and I will see you real soon.
Bye bye.