what is the best way to improve your
vocabulary if you ask this question to
English teachers our other English
learners they will tell you the same
thing they'll tell you that the best way
to build your vocabulary is to learn
vocabulary in context by listening and
reading a lot and I completely agree
with that that is the best way to
increase your vocabulary so this is
common sense right everybody knows that
this topic is so boring but there's a
problem
common sense is not common action
everybody knows how to improve their
vocabulary but most people don't do it
because they spent too much time on
things like social media and funny cat
videos now if regular listening and
reading is a common practice for you
then congratulations you don't need to
watch this video
but it's not a common practice for you
yet let me convince you to start
listening and reading on a regular basis
I'm going to share with you two other
benefits you get from applying this
habit I'm also going to share with you
some listening and reading materials at
the end of this video so let's get
started the first benefit you'll get is
intuition what is intuition well let's
say that you come across a
multiple-choice question about English
grammar you look at the choices and you
know immediately what the correct answer
is you don't know the grammar rule that
explains it there's no reasoning behind
it it just feels right that's intuition
it comes from taking in a lot of input
by listening and reading unfortunately
some people don't appreciate the power
of intuition they learn vocabulary in a
very strange way and they don't learn
words in context instead they find a
list of words and memorize the meaning
of each word one by one now this seems
like a good idea they're learning a lot
of new words in a short period of time
this only one problem with this is
stupid
speakers we know the meaning of a word
doesn't mean that we can use it it's not
enough we also need to know how the word
I'd use now I'm sure that you already
know this right you're not one of those
people you already know that it's much
better to learn vocabulary by listening
and reading because when you do that
you're not only improving your
vocabulary but also grammar sentence
structure and so on and over time you
will become an independent learner it
means that you have the ability to
improve your English without help from
other people and that's really cool now
let's talk about the second benefit of
this habit the second benefit is an
increase in brain power just like how a
muscle needs physical exercise to become
stronger your brain needs mental
exercise to grow as well regular
listening and reading is the great
mental exercise it improves so many
brain functions when you listen to
someone speaking you have to stay
focused this improves your attention and
if they're speaking really fast you also
training your brain to process
information faster which leads to better
comprehension reading is great too it
improves your memory when you read a
novel you need to remember lots of
details like the names of the characters
their backgrounds the plot and so on
some books even increase your
intelligence reading certain types of
books improves the way you think and
these are the few benefits there are so
many other benefits that I didn't even
mention here now you might be thinking
why should I care about my brain power
well because it will play a huge role in
your English language development
especially if you're trying to improve
your spoken English for non-native
speakers like you and I speaking English
requires a lot of effort it places great
demands on so many cognitive functions
like memory attention auditory
processing reasoning and so on
so if you want to speak English well
you're going to need to have a strong
healthy brain we
lots of power and by the way if you're
not living in an english-speaking
country this habit is a must and I'm
speaking for my personal experience here
because I've never been to an
english-speaking country if you're in
the same situation the only way for you
to merge yourself in the English
language if I applying this simple but
powerful habit I guarantee that you'll
love the results so do yourself a favor
by start exercising your brain today
click here to get some listening
materials or if you feel like reading
click here for my reading
recommendations you can also find these
links in the description below
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