but um hi everybody welcome back to our
weekly live stream my name is alicia and
today we're going to talk about how to
study and remember english or any other
languages vocabulary so today i'm going
to talk about a method of study called
spaced repetition and i'm going to give
you some tips for where to get your
vocabulary lists how to use them and
when to study like how often to study so
if you have been sending questions to us
about uh studying vocabulary like many
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to start today's lesson so as i said
today's lesson is focused on spaced
repetitions based repetition so this is
a system or like a method of studying so
today for today's lesson i'm going to
look at using spaced repetition
to study vocabulary
but this is something you can use to
study
pretty much any other kind of
memorization related uh topic so it's
not just for studying language but it is
an excellent tool for studying language
so let's begin here this is a key word
for today's lesson spaced repetition
spaced repetition so what is spaced
repetition why do we need it why is it
useful
first the concept
spaced repetition is studying with
spaces between your study sessions so
this is different like the opposite the
opposite is what we call a cram session
a cram session or like cramming style
studying so cramming style studying i
did this when i was a student maybe many
of you do it cramming is like the night
before a test you pick up like your
vocabulary or you pick up your topic and
you just try to study everything in one
night like you put it all in your brain
for a short period of time and then use
it for the test but the problem with
cramming is that you forget it like
after the test you just forget
everything you studied so you study a
lot in a short period of time remember
for a short period of time and then you
forget so
this spaced repetition is different from
cramming so cramming cram that's how you
spell this is one time like a one-time
study session
space repetition though the idea is that
the first time you study something this
is like a kind of basic schedule
over a couple of weeks and a couple of
months in this case the first time you
study something or rather at the
beginning of like the first time you
learn a new word or the first time you
learn a new grammar point you need to
refresh your memory a lot
so refreshing your memory is important
to learn something long term not just
for one day
so the first time you study something
let's say it's like a new vocabulary
word or a new group of vocabulary words
for example like if you decide okay i'm
going to study all of these words on
this pdf so you study them all one time
then you need to study again really soon
because they're new like it's all new
information and you need to refresh your
brain again it's like it's all new so i
need to i need to be reminded of the new
information again
so maybe you study once on like like
today you study and then again tomorrow
you study the same things and maybe you
forgot it's natural like that's normal
to forget a few things so you review
those things
then you study again like two days later
maybe
the same things
and gradually
you make more and more space between
your study sessions so maybe in week one
you study the same words like four times
for example
and then in week two you study like two
times or something like that and then
further and further you study like once
a month or whatever you have to give
your brain time to remember the word
and in order to do that you need to
study several times over a longer period
of time so you can already see this is
very different from just cramming
everything in so trying to put
everything into your head is great for
short periods of time but if you want to
remember vocabulary if you actually want
to be able to use your vocabulary for a
long period of time you have to keep
refreshing your brain you have to keep
reminding yourself so that you can
actually remember these words
okay so a couple other points about this
spaced repetition like this this is a
good concept but i know many people are
super busy of course so it's hard to
remember like when to study like when
did when was the last time i studied or
when was the last time i studied this
word or this group of words so
now we have software we have software
that can tell us when to study that
tells us okay it's time for your study
session like you can use your phone you
can use an app you can use software you
can use like our our stuff the stuff we
have at englishclass101.com
you can use lots of different tools to
help you remember what time to study and
what words to study also
but a couple of things
first
remember in most cases software is input
only so by that i mean if you use an app
like you decide you're going to use an
app to study vocabulary words you read
the word on your app like okay this is
the word beautiful
and you remember it yes but you have to
be responsible
for the output so not just reading the
words not just remembering the words
that's where you have to be responsible
if your software doesn't have like an
output option some softwares do if your
software does not have that you have to
be responsible to say the word to write
the word to make a sentence with the
word so these are examples of output so
you need to be using the words that you
learn don't just put them in your head
but actually use the words so this is
another really important point to
remembering so not just input like if
you can read the word great that's
fantastic but to use the word you have
to actually like use it you have to
actually make things create things
okay
uh then final point here if you don't
want to use a software you can use
flashcards just basic flashcards so
writing something writing something on a
piece of paper or writing something on
small cards and quizzing yourself like
every day that's another way to do it it
may be just kind of difficult to do
on a specific schedule so software is
really helpful okay so that is the point
uh first point for today i haven't
checked the chat in a while because i
wanted to explain today's concept
uh
any questions specifically about
vocabulary words i'll try to look at
those i see people just writing comments
about yes this is helpful this is
helpful okay cool
yeah some people uh anissa on facebook
says i always forget vocabulary totally
me too me too i totally forget
vocabulary so refreshing your memory a
lot you need to be able to refresh your
memory uh remind yourself of those words
you studied back here and to do that
effectively you need to study
now and then not just one time or two
times but you need to study regularly so
it's like reviewing
and another kind of cool feature of this
is that when you study
you can review old words and learn new
words at the same time so you can put
like a new group of words into your
study like plan or your study sessions
and you can like learn new words like if
you've studied one group of words for a
long time cool and then maybe at this
study session you introduced a new group
of words that's starting here so this
really cool there's lots of really cool
things you can do with software
okay eric says he has many questions all
right thanks eric okay
am i the same woman on the other english
live stream probably there are a few of
us teachers on the live streams
okay
someone linda lindelmar says i use
flashcards with my students as well yeah
great great okay
uh
someone gabriella says the big problem
is pronunciation ah so if vocabulary if
you can remember vocabulary words but
remembering pronunciation is difficult
then as i said remember to practice
output so when you read the word if you
know that pronunciation is difficult for
you practice output like say the word at
the same time as you see it on your
flash card so don't just read it and if
you don't know the pronunciation lots of
you say this if you don't know the
pronunciation of a word go to an online
english dictionary for example
merriam-webster's or collins dictionary
they have a button on every word in the
dictionary so you can hear the
pronunciation in american english and
usually british english too so go to a
dictionary it's totally free you can
check the pronunciation of any word in
english
okay
uh good so i'll take a quick break there
and then we'll talk a little bit about
some other ideas some uh ways to get
words and when to study so uh quickly
not i don't know maybe not so quickly i
said there's new there's new pdfs i'll
show you on this camera over here there
are new pdfs that we have for you to
download
i was looking at this one because of
course our lessons are online oops sorry
this is the this is a new pdf talking
online is the topic of this so there are
all of these vocabulary words you can
use for your devices and on the back
some useful sorry hard to see some
useful expressions here i'll do this
useful expressions you can use on the
internet on social media up here these
are like these little initialisms and
then a couple of other well a lot of
other vocabulary words here so this is
an example of something you could make a
group of flashcards with these words you
could study these as one topic of study
at a time
other new things i saw a couple other
ones i wanted to show you especially
which were
where'd it go i don't know okay here's
another one that i thought was good
sports uh some of you have asked about
sports recently this is a sports and
exercise vocabulary page so again
another group of vocabulary words you
can train using a spaced repetition so
to help you remember all of these words
more effectively so these are just a
couple of examples of the new pdfs that
we have i'll show you some more again
later but like i said if you grab if you
download like a pdf for example and make
a set of flash cards or if you use an a
spaced repetition software you can
practice like you know for two weeks one
of these pdfs and master that so this
can be a great tool like to get some
words to get a list of vocabulary words
to study
so i will show you more of these later
okay let's move on then to the next part
of today's lesson uh yes the pdfs are
free you can get them if you have an
account at
englishclass101.com check the link below
the video on youtube or above the video
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comments live okay so let's continue to
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let's go to part two
part two i started talking about it a
little already
word lists so some of you say
how do i find vocabulary words to study
like why like how do i know which words
i need to study here are some ideas
first you can download vocabulary lists
from existing software so existing this
means someone made this vocabulary list
that's what it means there are already
lots and lots of vocabulary
excuse me vocabulary lists on the
internet you can download for free
especially if you use a spaced
repetition software so i keep saying
space repetition
these spaced repetition softwares are
called s r s like spaced repetition
systems or spaced repetition softwares
so you can find srs decks uh or lists of
words that already exist on the internet
if you have uh an srs like app or
something you can maybe find it inside
your app so for example
if you are an english class 101.com
member
i think if you have the uh basic premium
or premium plus subscription you can
access we have word lists and a flash
card system so you can practice
we already have like i think a group of
2000 core words
for english so you can use those
if you have an account
on the website if you have paid accounts
you can access all of the word lists so
you can check those out too
another thing you can do if you want a
free resource this is a very popular srs
spaced repetition tool it's called anki
a
this is a free software that you can
download to practice memorization so if
you don't uh if you don't have like
budget to buy like a software or
something you can get this
and they have what are called decks so
deck a deck is like a deck of cards
playing cards yeah so we imagine our
like word lists or flash cards are like
a deck also so you can download a deck
of like thousands and thousands and
thousands of cards and you study
with something that looks like this so
in in the software there's the
vocabulary word
and then there are some buttons you can
choose at the bottom so you see the word
and you have to ask yourself do i
remember this word or not you can choose
no i don't remember this word at all or
it's a little hard or it was okay i got
it it was okay or it was very easy so
you choose an answer to this and the
software remembers your answer the
software remembers your answer and
chooses when to quiz you again on the
same word so these kinds of software are
super super useful for remembering which
words to study like which words were
easy which words were difficult for you
the software remembers
for you so you don't have to remember so
your responsibility is to open the
software to make some time to study so
this is a free resource that you can use
uh as i said we have of course our
vocabulary list on our website if you
are already a member there
and i mentioned to our pdfs so if you
know there's some topic you want to
study like this is shopping at the
supermarket vocabulary words this is one
about making plans with time so like uh
talking about schedules so if there's a
specific topic you want to focus on you
can take a pdf one of these and put all
of these vocabulary words into your
software
to practice studying that way so there
are many ways that you can use existing
information to create your word lists
some other ideas
you can look for specific news articles
so if for example you're interested in
politics
and you have like a website you always
read you can choose a specific news
article and take key vocabulary words
from the article put it into your
vocabulary study system and you can
practice those vocabulary words until
you master them
other ideas you can use blogs so if
there's a blogger or maybe even someone
social media feed maybe
you can use those you can use those
resources as vocabulary word resources
so when you see a new word you have to
kind of train yourself see a new word
take the word put it into my flashcard
gr like deck or my group of flash cards
so that i can study it so these are just
a few ideas of places you can get
wordless of course your textbooks also
have word lists if you use textbooks
that's another idea as well of course if
you have other ideas you can send them
in the chat so that other people
can see your ideas too
but these are some places where you can
get lists of words already made and some
ideas for how you can custom make your
vocabulary lists too
okay
i don't see any questions yet so i will
continue on let's see we've got about
nine minutes yeah everybody's just
saying hello and they understood
uh oh some people i'm on on facebook
said how do we get the free pdfs so
these ones i mentioned if you want to
get these uh if you're watching on
facebook there's a link above the video
not the chat box but like above the chat
area or above the video on facebook
below the video in the description box
if you're watching on youtube please log
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okay
uh
person says how do i learn words with
the same translation for example target
goal purpose objective yeah so one
recognizing that the words are different
great and then if you think um these
words seem to be the same check a
dictionary to look at the differences
and i recommend checking example
sentences too because sometimes when i
check a dictionary i understand like you
say the translation of the word but i
don't understand the nuance i don't
understand like the small differences in
meaning until i check example sentences
so i say dictionary yes but also check
the example sentences to understand it
and sometimes quite honestly lots of
people use the same words
interchangeably
okay
um good
let's continue then to the last part of
today's lesson i guess i'll take one
more break and show you a couple more of
these the new ones uh i haven't shown
you yet so this one ah this is the one i
was looking for earlier this one is
about hobbies so this says leisure time
activities which means hobbies so the
things you do in your time off so if you
want to study hobby related vocabulary
this is a good resource on the back lots
and lots of vocabulary words that you
can practice to be able to talk about
your hobbies
for more specific hobbies like for
example about
music this says singing but this is
actually about
music there's a lot of music related
vocabulary on the back here
so please check these out there are lots
and lots of new ones uh i don't think oh
i have a couple more maybe if there's
time later but please check the link
below the video on youtube or above the
video on facebook to check out all of
the new pdfs that you can use for your
vocabulary studies okay
let's go to the last part of today's
lesson then please
uh today's lesson the last part will be
about when to study when to study so if
you missed it i talked about this spaced
repetition this idea of having a gap
between your study sessions as you
practice as you review vocabulary words
so when should you study first every day
is the best studying every day is the
best
finding a little bit of time to study
vocabulary every day is the best so
i know like lots of people are busy but
if you just kind of change a little bit
of your existing schedule it can be kind
of easy to find 10 minutes or 15 minutes
here and there some ideas during your
commute so your commute means your
travel to work or your travel to school
so if you drive a car it might be a
little challenging but i've heard of
some people who listen who do listening
practice in their car on the way to work
so they do like a listening
vocabulary listening sorts of things
this could be an option if you drive
other things during your lunch break you
can study take 10 minutes in your lunch
break to review vocabulary maybe after
dinner or before you go to bed
or before you eat breakfast or maybe
after school if you're a student so
there are lots of different times during
the day of course everybody has a
different schedule everybody has you
know a different kind of feel as well
like i hate mornings for example i am
not a morning person it takes me a super
long time to wake up i like to sleep
late so for me i don't want to do
anything before breakfast for me it's
like late afternoon is the best time for
me so that's when i prefer to study
in my case actually though like my
favorite time to study vocabulary when i
studied vocabulary my favorite thing to
do and the thing that was most helpful
for me i was using an app
and i studied on my commute uh in the
morning and at night my commute was very
short like 15 minutes or so so i studied
15 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes
at night and that was 30 minutes a day
that's a true story i did that for like
a year or so and i learned a lot of
vocabulary that was really helpful
i was using a spaced repetition system
too so i remembered it as well so that's
what was helpful for me that was very
helpful for me you can find something
that works for you specifically so but
key points try to study every day try to
study every day of course if you miss a
day that's okay that's fine but try to
make a little bit of time every day
because you refresh your mind like if
you're refreshing your mind every day a
little bit it's really really good to do
so try to study every day okay
uh any more
questions
um
alicia youtube okay uh someone uh bori
on facebook says i always study english
after school nice nice so you already
have a specific time maybe some of you
already have an english class so maybe
you can study just before your class
to review your vocabulary good marcelo
on youtube says on my commute works
better for me yeah that was my case too
like studying on my commute was really
really good for me i liked that a lot
because otherwise i'm just gonna like
check social media or something it's
like i can check that anytime so i just
changed how i used my time and studied
instead
okay other points uh someone says if i
miss a day i'll get lazy i understand i
totally understand but it's like if you
stop if you quit you'll regret not
continuing so it's like if you miss a
day just go oh no and then start again
so don't get down on that
um penny says do these tips apply to
remembering grammar rules totally i
think so totally so it's not quite the
same like studying vocabulary words like
we can't always just pick up a flash
card and remember all like the grammar
rules of something but you can use the
same idea so for example if you study uh
like present perfect tense at the
beginning
of your i don't know here and then you
study it like you know you review it the
next day what is it how do i use it
what's it used for and then you study it
the next week and then two weeks later
you can do that and then i think with
grammar you naturally use it so you
might not use all of your vocabulary
words a lot but with grammar rules
you're naturally using them so if you
refresh yourself a few times in the
beginning
i think it becomes much easier long term
to remember so don't just study a
grammar point one time
okay
uh it's really hard to remember words
for things relating to medicine and
disease yeah i would say again just
put him in a flashcards put him in a
flashcard deck find
some word list get your get your words
together and put them together in a
flashcard group that you can study with
the same system we've talked about
how's my japanese vocabulary pretty good
i do pretty good i don't know how many i
don't i don't know how many words i know
actually i'm not sure
uh
other questions let's see facebook
facebook facebook uh
i don't see specific questions about
vocabulary
or
let's see someone says what can i do to
improve my listening well if you're
talking about vocabulary listening then
try you can use this and you can try to
listen as well
to like our videos or to like audio
podcasts at the same level as what
you're studying
so that might help you
okay
uh good i don't see many questions so i
think i have to wrap it up as well so
it is
half past the hour so we'll conclude
there i think wow look at me i'm on time
for a change
all right so i'll end there but i hope
that this lesson gave you some useful
tips uh for studying vocabulary again
the system i talked about the method i
talked about here was spaced repetition
spaced repetition uh you might find
spaced repetition systems or spaced
repetition softwares uh called srs srs
so please check that out uh or make your
own flashcards and your own study
schedule
i wish you the best of luck with your
vocabulary studies uh but i have to
finish so today's lesson will end here
we will be back of course next week next
week's topic
is yes everyday english idioms everyday
english idioms so i'm going to talk
about maybe 12 to 20 or so i've chosen a
few like hit the hay or knock it out of
the park
i'm gonna talk about some everyday
english idioms that we use for those
little bits of like daily life so please
join us next week that will be wednesday
august 21st 2019 um we'll be here 10 p.m
eastern standard time that is new york
city time if you don't know your local
time please
google it and join us to talk about
everyday english idiom so this will be
kind of like a vocabulary lesson but
like phrases we'll talk about some set
phrases to use
so join us again next week we'll be here
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