Every English learner needs to see this video. As someone who has been trying to find a way to learn English in a most effective way I absolutely agree with you. And I can tell from my own experience that many methods lead to understanding of a language, but only one leads to fluency: speaking. Use it or lose it. That’s the way the human body and mind are coded.
@@Dareios074 Thanks for the kind words! I put a lot into this video to make sure it was unlike all the other vocabulary-learning videos out there. I agree with you 100%… learning English but never using it would be like learning how to cook by reading cookbooks and watching tutorials but never actually trying out what you learned. What good would all that be?
@@Dareios074 The Online Etymology Dictionary is a good place to start: www.etymonline.com If you’d like a physical reference get Atyo’s Dictionary of Word Origins. As for books *about* Etymology, they’re mostly written with linguists in mind so you can probably skip all of those unless you plan on conducting academic research.
My favourite strategy at learning related languages (this only works if your target language is related to your native language) is to learn Cognates. I’m learning German, thus: English:German Good:Gut Have:Haben Year:Jahr It makes many words easier to remember.
For learning Chinese as an L1 English speaker, the closest I had to any of these were a handful of borrowed words: chocolate - 巧克力 (qiǎo kè lì) vitamin - 維他命 (wéi tā mìng) pizza - 披薩 (bǐ sà) The comparatively simple grammar made up for it, that and vocabulary words that basically just described other nouns: giraffe - 長頸鹿 (chángjǐnglù) - literally "long neck deer" turkey - 火雞 (huǒ jī) - "fire chicken" lobster - 龍蝦 (lóngxiā) - "dragon shrimp"
I learned Latvian (native), Russian and German in school. No problems with these languages at all. When I was 34, I moved to Ireland for work.... from that moment I found out, I could understand English too clearly for a person who had never been exposed to English before. I was too old at that moment to start to learn this language. Funny thing is that English is my fourth language. Words of language are pure magic, any memorization doesn't help to improve this language.
@@vogditis You obviously have a rare talent, but as Todd said, immersion is very useful, especially when it‘s the only way to ‚survive‘ in a new environment. I had the same experience with the German language.
My story is very long, without going into details, that understanding is not words. I had a lot of problems with this part of language. After 30, my mind didn't want to change the status of words from static information to dynamic information. Without dynamics, I couldn't use the grammar of language for many years. When I was 16 years old, the Soviet Union began to show American movies in which English was hidden under Russian. These films had bad sound quality. After many years I found some of these movies to understand where the ground was building under my fourth language.
I love the English language, I try to listen and read as much as I can, but unfortunately I hate learning vocabulary , I feel so bored when i want to follow any strategy, i don't know what i should do in order to improve my vocabulary, especially I am planning to pass my ielts in the next following months Can you suggest for me something please 😢
I suggest picking up an IELTS prep book or book series. These are filled with useful vocabulary to send your score into a higher band. For vocab-specifically, spend about 15 minutes familiarizing yourself with these words by making sure you can use them accurately and creating flashcards and using spaced repetition to ensure you are committing these words to memory.
@Todd_OutstandingEnglish i always get between 6 and 7 in listening test ,and between 5 and 5.5 in reading test and my target band is 6 i think i should improve my vocabulary to get a higher band In reading
Thanks 👌👌👌
You're welcome! Thanks for leaving a comment!
Every English learner needs to see this video. As someone who has been trying to find a way to learn English in a most effective way I absolutely agree with you. And I can tell from my own experience that many methods lead to understanding of a language, but only one leads to fluency: speaking. Use it or lose it. That’s the way the human body and mind are coded.
@@Dareios074 Thanks for the kind words! I put a lot into this video to make sure it was unlike all the other vocabulary-learning videos out there.
I agree with you 100%… learning English but never using it would be like learning how to cook by reading cookbooks and watching tutorials but never actually trying out what you learned. What good would all that be?
Do you happen to know a good source for learning word etymology? Thank you
@@Dareios074 The Online Etymology Dictionary is a good place to start: www.etymonline.com
If you’d like a physical reference get Atyo’s Dictionary of Word Origins. As for books *about* Etymology, they’re mostly written with linguists in mind so you can probably skip all of those unless you plan on conducting academic research.
My favourite strategy at learning related languages (this only works if your target language is related to your native language) is to learn Cognates. I’m learning German, thus:
English:German
Good:Gut
Have:Haben
Year:Jahr
It makes many words easier to remember.
For learning Chinese as an L1 English speaker, the closest I had to any of these were a handful of borrowed words:
chocolate - 巧克力 (qiǎo kè lì)
vitamin - 維他命 (wéi tā mìng)
pizza - 披薩 (bǐ sà)
The comparatively simple grammar made up for it, that and vocabulary words that basically just described other nouns:
giraffe - 長頸鹿 (chángjǐnglù) - literally "long neck deer"
turkey - 火雞 (huǒ jī) - "fire chicken"
lobster - 龍蝦 (lóngxiā) - "dragon shrimp"
Thanks ❤
My pleasure! Thanks for leaving a comment!
I learned Latvian (native), Russian and German in school. No problems with these languages at all.
When I was 34, I moved to Ireland for work.... from that moment I found out, I could understand English too clearly for a person who had never been exposed to English before.
I was too old at that moment to start to learn this language. Funny thing is that English is my fourth language.
Words of language are pure magic, any memorization doesn't help to improve this language.
@@vogditis Impressive! Being immersed in English was the key to your fluency.
@@vogditis You obviously have a rare talent, but as Todd said, immersion is very useful, especially when it‘s the only way to ‚survive‘ in a new environment. I had the same experience with the German language.
My story is very long, without going into details, that understanding is not words. I had a lot of problems with this part of language.
After 30, my mind didn't want to change the status of words from static information to dynamic information.
Without dynamics, I couldn't use the grammar of language for many years.
When I was 16 years old, the Soviet Union began to show American movies in which English was hidden under Russian. These films had bad sound quality.
After many years I found some of these movies to understand where the ground was building under my fourth language.
I love the English language, I try to listen and read as much as I can, but unfortunately I hate learning vocabulary , I feel so bored when i want to follow any strategy, i don't know what i should do in order to improve my vocabulary, especially I am planning to pass my ielts in the next following months
Can you suggest for me something please 😢
I suggest picking up an IELTS prep book or book series. These are filled with useful vocabulary to send your score into a higher band. For vocab-specifically, spend about 15 minutes familiarizing yourself with these words by making sure you can use them accurately and creating flashcards and using spaced repetition to ensure you are committing these words to memory.
@Todd_OutstandingEnglish i always get between 6 and 7 in listening test ,and between 5 and 5.5 in reading test and my target band is 6 i think i should improve my vocabulary to get a higher band In reading
Are you currently using a textbook to help boast your reading score?