Well hey there I'm Emma from mmmEnglish. Today I've got four tips to help you learn new words and to expand your active vocabulary.
Now we all know that learning new words isn't actually the hardest part, it's remembering them and then being able to use them correctly in a sentence when the time comes. This lesson is going to help you to unlock the words that you've learnt but you don't use and give you the tools to maintain and retain that knowledge.
More importantly, I'll show you how to do all of that in a way that makes sense to you. I'm really excited about this lesson.
Let's get started! Have you ever been mid-sentence and found yourself completely stuck?
Trying to remember a word? I know you have, we all have.
But then five minutes later when the moment's completely passed, you're like cabbage, that was the word. Cabbage.
I know that word. So why can't you recall that word when you actually need it?
I'll tell you why, it's because it's part of your passive vocabulary. It's a word that you know but you never actually use yourself.
It's not part of your active vocabulary. So your active vocabulary are the words that you use regularly.
They pop into your head with ease, you never have to worry about it. So today the first thing I'm going to show you is how to make your passive vocabulary active, how to take advantage of the words that you do actually already know but you just don't use them enough to remember them.
