Hello. Welcome to the vocabulary lesson for “Emotional Mastery 2.” Let’s get started.
Now are you smiling? Is your posture strong? Are your shoulders back? Is your head up?
Are you moving? You should be. Get in a strong peak emotional state right now before we begin.
Okay, let’s start. Acquisition, the word acquisition. I talk about language acquisition.
Acquisition means to get something and keep it. So to get and keep. So language acquisition
means you get language, in other words you learn it. You get it and you keep it. So the
idea is that you don’t lose it. And sometimes, some teachers talk about language learning
and language acquisition. And the idea is that learning is more temporary, for example,
in school for a test you learn English, you take the test then you forget it. That’s
language learning. Language acquisition means you get the English, you keep it, you never
forget it. So acquisition, to get and keep something. Another word we use in this lesson
is anxiety. Anxiety. Anxiety is nervousness or a feeling of stress. So anxiety, a feeling
of nervousness or a feeling of stress. Anxiety, it’s the feeling, it’s a noun. Now the
adjective is anxious. So you might say “I am anxious” or “I feel anxious.” It
means I feel worried, I feel nervous, I feel stressed. I feel anxious. So anxiety is the
noun, anxious the adjective. Our next word, vividly. I say imagine your future vividly.
Imagine your goal vividly. Vividly means clearly, colorfully. It has this idea of very powerfully,
right? You can imagine your future. Let’s say, imagine yourself speaking English very
well. Maybe the picture is kind of small and dark, not clear. But if I say imagine your
future vividly, you see yourself speaking English but it’s a big, clear, colorful
picture. So vividly has this idea of colorfully. The adjective is vivid. Vivid, we sometimes
talk about a vivid picture, a vivid photograph. Very colorful, clear, strong photograph, a
vivid photograph. Alright, another word we have in this lesson is visualize. You probably
know visual. Visual means related to seeing, related to the eyes. To say “I am a visual
person” means I like to look at things. My emotions are strongest when I look. So
visual, related to seeing or about seeing, about your eyes. To visualize is a verb, it’s
an action. And it really means to imagine. It means to see in your head. So visualize
your future means see your future in your head. I can say “Visualize a hamburger right
now” it means see a hamburger in your head, visualize. Visualize. Another word we have
in this lesson is comprehension. I talk about listening comprehension. Comprehension means
understanding, very simple. So listening comprehension means listening understanding. It means you
understand what’s happening. The verb is to comprehend. I comprehended the story. I
understood the story. So what’s the difference, understand and comprehend? Well, comprehend
is really more formal, it sounds a little more intellectual or something. Understand
is more common. Okay, our next word is ultimately. Ultimately or ultimate. Ultimately means finally.
In the end, finally. Ultimately you must study every day. It means finally, the final point,
you must study every day. Ultimately. And ultimate means final, the last. Sometimes
ultimate has the idea of most or best, it can have that idea in some situations also.
But the direct meaning is final or last. And our final ultimate word in this lesson is
compelling. Compelling. Compelling means inspiring, something that motivates you. You say “That
was a compelling story,” it was an emotionally powerful story. It was an inspiring story.
It created strong emotion. It made you want to do something. So in the lesson I say you
need compelling reasons to learn English. You need inspiring reasons to learn English.
You need strong, positive, emotional reasons to learn English. Reasons that make you want
to take action, to do something. Compelling has this idea of wanting to take action, wanting
to do something. And that is all for our vocabulary lesson for “Emotional Mastery 2.” Again,
listen to it a few times. Remember you need to be in a peak emotional state. If you get
tired, anytime, any lesson, pause, change your posture. Breathe deeply. Smile and move.
Feel better and then come back and start again. Okay, I’ll see you for the mini‐story.