877. How to Learn Vocabulary | A Conversation with Clare Whitmell

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Luke Thompson

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🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

This conversation is a preview of my Zoom workshop on Thurs 18 April 2024 at 10AM (UK time), as part of the Advanced English Summit. In my workshop I will be talking about how to really learn vocabulary, and not just stare at word lists.

This is a conversation about the subject of the workshop, and summit organiser Clare Whitmell asks me questions about why vocabulary is important, why I love teaching it, common mistakes made by learners, ways of learning vocabulary more effectively, and some tools you can use.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Luke's English podcast. For more information,
0:07.2	visit teacherloop.co.uk.uk.uk.uk.uk.
0:11.8	UK. Okay. extra episode that you're getting, two episodes this week.
0:23.7	And this is a preview of a talk I'm giving on Zoom,
0:28.4	on Thursday, the 18th of April,
0:30.7	at 10 o'clock in the morning UK time. My talk is part of a series of teacher-led workshops
0:38.2	which are happening as part of the Advanced English Summit between the 17th and 19th of April. My talk is called
0:46.7	how to really learn vocabulary and not just stare at word lists and as the title suggests is going to be all about the different approaches that you can use
0:56.6	to learning words, remembering them and using them, beyond just staring at lists of words with translations in your first language.
1:06.0	And the organizer of the summit, Claire Whitmel, thought it would be a good idea to interview me
1:12.0	about the talk that I'm going to give and about the
1:14.2	subject I'm giving. Okay and that's what you're going to listen to today.
1:18.8	Claire is the host of the Smart English Coach podcast. This is going to be published on her
1:25.3	podcast but she also said that I could use it on my show as well and so in this
1:30.9	episode you're going to hear Claire interviewing me about learning vocabulary and you'll hear me giving my thoughts on these points.
1:38.0	Why is vocabulary important? Why do I enjoy teaching it so much? What mistakes do people make when learning vocabulary?
1:46.0	What can people do to expand their vocabulary more effectively?
1:50.0	And what resources can people use to help them to do this.
1:54.0	Okay? I think this is an important topic if you're really serious about improving your English,
1:59.0	about breaking the intermediate plateau and changing your study habits for the better long term.
2:05.1	I'll be giving lots of advice and thoughts about the subject of vocabulary, but if you want more details
2:10.9	and more specific examples and things, then you can check out my talk.
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