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Effortless English Podcast | Learn English with AJ Hoge

Vocabulary: Active and Passive and Learning Faster

Effortless English Podcast | Learn English with AJ Hoge

AJ Hoge

Language Learning, Education

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2014

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

How do you learn vocabulary faster and remember it longer? What is the difference between active vocabulary and passive vocabulary and why is it important? Why are emotions and context vital for learning vocabulary? AJ answers these questions and more in this episode of The Effortless English Show.

Transcript

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0:00.0

And the Oh, I'm not. I'm going to be here. Oh, Hello this is AJ Hoag.

0:45.0

Welcome to the Effortless English show,

0:50.0

the show that teaches you to speak English powerfully.

0:56.5

How can you learn vocabulary faster

1:01.4

and remember it longer and use it.

1:05.0

That's our topic today on the Effortless English show.

1:10.0

Let's talk about vocabulary.

1:13.0

Now, vocabulary is very important.

1:15.0

Last week we talked to Steve Kaufman, who speaks over 13 languages.

1:21.0

And last week Steve mentioned that in his opinion,

1:26.2

vocabulary is much, much, much more important than grammar.

1:35.0

That's interesting.

1:36.0

Why did he say that?

1:38.0

Well, I agree with him, and the reason is that with vocabulary you can communicate.

1:44.6

If you know words, if you know their meaning, you understand them,

1:49.6

when you hear them and you can use them, then you can communicate.

1:54.6

Even with bad grammar, you can communicate.

1:59.2

But without the words, there's no communication. So you might have perfect grammar, but if your

2:06.5

vocabulary is very, very, very small, you can't say very much. So vocabulary is

2:11.9

super important, very, very much. So vocabulary is super important, very important.

2:17.3

So this is a big question.

2:18.4

It's an important question, how to learn vocabulary faster and how to remember it longer because many times we study

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