Hi everyone, this is Lan from "Talk 2 Miss Lan", and today
I'm talking about how to remember vocabulary.
A lot of my students have been asking me about this
So, I decided to make this video for my students and of course for those
who are interested in learning English.
Well, there are so many different ways
to remember vocabulary, and it depends on each individual
but this video is going to be about my own experiences
of learning vocabulary, and I think it really works for me
So, I really hope that it will be helpful.
Number 01: LEARN BY YOUR EARS (not only by your eyes)
it means that when you find a new vocabulary,
you do not only know how to write that word correctly, but you also know how
the word should be pronounced correctly.
For example, the new vocabulary is ['re-la-tive].
This is a difficult word for my students
because most of them say [re-'la-tive] in stead of ['re-la-tive].
So, if you say [re-'la-tive], people don't understand you.
Another thing that I'm trying to say here is that you have to study pronunciation (học các phát âm)
in order to know how to read the phonetic transcription.
So, that's why I made the video
to talk about the importance of English pronunciation.
Okay. So, now I'm going to show you how I learn a new vocabulary.
For example my new vocabulary is "awesome".
So, first of all, I ... need to know how to write this word correctly.
A-W-E-S-O-M-E (oops! I missed the first "E").
Second, I look at the dictionary,
and I see "ˈɔːsəm". Of course, I know how to read phonetic transcription.
So, I can read this word
"awesome awesome awesome awesome"
while listening to it. "awesome awesome awesome awesome"
"A-W-E-S-O-M-E". There you go.
Number 2: Understand COMPLETELY the meaning of the new vocabulary.
I know that a lot you guys, when you don't understand, you will look up the dictionary.
But believe it or not, sometimes the meaning from the dictionary is NOT correct.
The other I looked up the dictionary about the meaning of "awesome", and it says
"kinh sợ, đáng kinh sợ..." like terrible.
But actually, "awesome" means "fantastic, amazing, wonderful, incredible..."
Okay. So, what are you doing
after you understand the meaning of the vocabulary?
Number 03: MAKE A SENTENCE with the new vocabulary, and think about when you will use it.
So, when do we use the new vocabulary "awesome"?
We use "awesome" when we want to respond to something positive.
For example, my friend says, "I just graduated from the university".
and I would say, "awesome!"
Or, if my friend says, "Next week I'm going to go to America."
and I would say, "That's awesome-e-e-e!".
There you go. Or if the new vocabulary is "important".
and you'd think about...
a small conversation to speak out
the "important" vocabulary. Okay, so I'm going to make a small conversation
so that you will see the way that I remember this word.
A: "Do you think English is important?"
B: "Yeah, I think so. English is really important because
it is an international language."
There you go. So you will remember the word very deeply.
Number 4: DRAW THE PICTURE in your head for the word that you can visualize (hình dung ra).
What does it mean? It means that...
when you learn a new vocabulary, for example "apple".
Of course, you know the meaning of "apple". And you know how to write
"apple" correctly. "A-P-P-L-E" (I got it right this time)
and you know how to read "apple apple".
So, when you read the "apple",
the image of "apple" should appear
in your mind. Okay, "apple apple..."
"apple apple"
"chair chair chair"
"book book book"
Number 05: Learn the word (learn the vocabulary) that related to the topic that you want to speak.
Again: "Learn the words related to what you want to speak."
If you learn a lot of vocabulary
but you don't use it.
Soon or later, you will forget.
But if you know that what you want to say
just learn the new vocabulary related to the topic
that you want to say.
For example, you want to talk about yourself. (or to introduce about yourself)
Of course, you have to learn the vocabulary about self-introduction.
Okay? Just like me, if I want to make this video for you guys
I had to prepare enough vocabulary to make this video.
And that you I will remember the vocabulary in the topic that
you want to say. And then you will get to speak the word.
You will get to speak the vocabulary, and will remember it deeply.
I hope that makes sense.
Well, so these are 5 ways to remember vocabulary
that I defintely think it works really well for me.
And I hope that you will find this video helpful.
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Thanks for watching and I will see you guys soon. B-Y-E-E-E-E-E!