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0:00- [Tiffani] As an English learner,
0:01you sometimes experience a problem
0:03when you're reading something
0:05or even when you're having a conversation with people
0:07and even sometimes
0:09when you're listening to a podcast or other audio file.
0:13This problem is vocabulary.
0:17But there is a formula.
0:19This formula will help you to learn 1,000
0:23English vocabulary words
0:26and that's what I will teach you today.
0:30Welcome to Speak English With Tiffani.
0:33I'm teacher Tiffani, let's jump right in.
0:38Okay, so here's the problem.
0:42The problem is you want to improve your English vocabulary
0:46but it just seems too hard.
0:50Now let's look at this a little closer.
0:53So the first thing is you memorize lots of words
0:58but what happens is you can't remember or use them.
1:10Many of my students have told me
1:12that they memorize vocabulary words
1:15but then when they get in conversations,
1:17they're not able to use them and that's what happens.
1:21Or you start off strong
1:24but what happens is you get tired and often give up.
1:34And often give up completely.
1:39Now to be honest with you I also experienced the same thing
1:43when I was studying Korean.
1:45I would study hundreds of vocabulary words
1:49but then after two or three weeks
1:51I would get tired and just stop.
1:53So again, you start off strong
1:55but you get tired and often give up completely.
1:58This is the problem.
2:00Now there is a solution.
2:03The solution is three words lead to 1,000 words.
2:09Now don't worry I'm going to explain this very clearly
2:12and it will really help you to learn 1,000 words.
2:16Alright now the first aspect of this solution,
2:19before I explain it in detail,
2:21is the memorization and repetition.
2:24Memorization and repetition is so important
2:27because it is a set pattern that will help your brain.
2:41That will help your brain.
2:44Now remember in one of my previous video lessons
2:46I explained how your brain works, okay?
2:49There are certain triggers
2:51that help your brain remember certain things
2:54so a set pattern will also help your brain
2:57when you are trying to remember
2:58or memorize English vocabulary words
3:01and the next thing is learn and use.
3:05Many times you will learn vocabulary words
3:07but you're not able to use them.
3:10This solution, this formula I'm gonna teach you,
3:13will help you do both.
3:15So again this will help you use them in daily life.
3:26When you meet someone that is a native English speaker
3:30or even another English learner,
3:32you can use the words that you're learning, okay?
3:36Alright, so the breakdown.
3:39Let's look at
3:40the breakdown of this solution or this formula.
3:43Okay so again 1,000 words by doing three words each day.
3:48There's five parts,
3:49the select, memorize, visualize, apply, and review.
3:56Okay so let's look at the breakdown
3:58in a little bit more detail.
4:00The first section is select, so you select the three words
4:04that you will use for that day.
4:06Now remember in the beginning I said this is a formula
4:10and it's actually a part of a 16 day cycle.
4:14Now the first part of the cycle is the select column,
4:18the first column, so on the first day, day one,
4:22you will learn only three words.
4:26And each day after that
4:27you're only learning three new words.
4:31Now let me explain exactly how this selection happens, okay?
4:35So once again, you select the words
4:38that you will use for that day,
4:41this is how it's going to happen,
4:42so let's start right here on top.
4:45There are many different ways that you can select words.
4:50Let's say for example that you are watching something on TV
4:56so you can select words from
5:02TV shows or movies that you watch.
5:10You may have a favorite
5:12American television show that you watch
5:15and you may hear a vocabulary word that you don't know
5:18so you can choose it from the television show
5:21or you may even have a special book
5:26or magazine or newspaper that you enjoy reading,
5:31an English newspaper or magazine.
5:33So you can pick a vocabulary word
5:36from books, magazines, or the newspaper,
5:47or the newspapers you read, newspapers that you read.
5:57The other method you can use
5:59actually is something that you may already have inside.
6:06So this is your brain.
6:07So there are some words that you already know.
6:12You can actually look for or find synonyms, okay?
6:20Find synonyms for words you already know.
6:33For example, let's say I already know the word big,
6:38that's a word that you already know
6:42but a synonym for the word big is enormous.
6:50So I already know this word
6:52but enormous is a synonym for that word, okay?
6:56So these are three different ways
6:58you can actually select vocabulary words.
7:00Okay let's keep going.
7:04The next part of the breakdown is to memorize.
7:07You're going to memorize the definitions
7:09of the words from the previous day
7:13so again let's look at our 16 day cycle.
7:16Now we've moved to the second column, the memorize column.
7:20Now on the far left you see the day column,
7:24then next the select, and then next the memorize.
7:26So on day one you only memorized or selected three words.
7:32Now on day two you still need to select three new words
7:37but now is when you're going to memorize
7:40the three words you looked up the first day.
7:43It's very important, you're memorizing on the second day.
7:47Let's go in more detail, okay?
7:49So again, memorize the definitions of the words
7:54from the previous day.
7:56Okay so let's look at it a little closer.
7:59So here's what's gonna happen,
8:00so right here, let's give him some glasses, okay?
8:05Let's give this student some glasses.
8:09So we have this student, this English learner right here.
8:14So what's gonna happen?
8:15The first thing is to read over the words and meanings.
8:33You're going to think about them.
8:38Remember I chose enormous
8:41so I'm gonna look over the word enormous and realize,
8:43ah, this means big, this means big.
8:46The next thing you're going to do is
8:49you're going to make something, okay?
8:55I'll explain exactly what these are,
8:59I can write really tiny, alright so what you're going to do,
9:04let's put RD, let's put it like this.
9:07You're going to make flash cards for each word.
9:20Remember it's not gonna take you a long time
9:22because it's only for three words, okay?
9:25Make flashcards and then what you're going to do,
9:28let's put a little clock right here for us,
9:31got a little clock right here, put a little bell on top.
9:36Okay what you're going to do is
9:39time yourself as you memorize,
9:52make this O a little better, as you memorize each word.
10:02You want to get to the point to where
10:04you can memorize and know three words in 30 seconds.
10:14This is your goal.
10:18This is your goal.
10:20Alright so let's keep going to the next phase.
10:22Alright so the next phase is to visualize.
10:26Now for the visualizing step
10:29you're gonna select various images
10:31that go along with each of the vocabulary words.
10:35Use them to memorize the words more.
10:39Okay so let's go back and look at the 16 day cycle again.
10:42So now we're on the next column, the visualize column.
10:48Alright so again on day one we selected three words,
10:51day two we also selected three words but then we also added
10:56the memorizing of the first three words
10:59and we're also going to be
11:00visualizing on that day the first three words.
11:05Now again I'm gonna explain it very clearly
11:07so let's jump in to explain it very clearly,
11:10again, selecting various images
11:12that go along with each of the vocabulary words,
11:15use them to memorize the words more.
11:18So here we go, alright so the first thing you need to do,
11:23let's do a little head right here.
11:27Student with their eyes closed.
11:32His brain right here, he's thinking, his mind.
11:36Alright so what's gonna happen is
11:38you first need to think about each word and
11:54see what picture pops into your head.
12:08This is important because everyone is different.
12:11If I say good food, the first thing that pops in my mind
12:14may be different from what pops in your mind
12:16so it's important to see what pops into your mind.
12:20Now the next thing you're going to do is
12:23you're going to get on the computer,
12:28you're gonna get on the computer
12:33and what you're going to do is
12:35you're going to go online
12:40and find an image that matches, okay?
12:51Find an image that matches what you saw in your mind.
12:57Now again remember it's only for three words
13:00so it's not gonna take you a long time
13:02but go online and find an image that matches each word
13:09so you're looking for three images, three images.
13:13Now after you find the images, what you're going to do is
13:19you're going to make another flashcard
13:25but this time instead of the word being on the top,
13:29the word will be on the bottom
13:31and on top you will place the image
13:34so again you're going to
13:38finally make image flash cards and practice with them.
13:57Remember these steps are so important
13:59because you need to practice and learn vocabulary
14:03in different ways,
14:04not just sitting and looking at a book and memorizing.
14:07Your brain needs to see things that are visual
14:09and connected to different situations
14:11in order for you to learn and use the vocabulary words
14:15so let's keep going.
14:18Alright so the next step is to apply.
14:21Now that you know the meanings,
14:23use each of the vocabulary words
14:26in a sentence that you create.
14:29Okay so again the 16 day cycle,
14:32now we're on the next column, the apply column,
14:35so again day one we just selected three new words.
14:39Day two we selected three new words
14:42and we also memorized and visualized the first three words
14:47and now as we move down to day number three
14:51we're still selecting three words,
14:53we're memorizing what we learned
14:56or what we selected the previous day and we're visualizing
14:59and now we're applying the first three words.
15:02Now this applying I will explain,
15:05let's go and I will explain it in more detail.
15:07So again now that you know the meanings,
15:09use each of the vocabulary words
15:11in a sentence that you create.
15:14So here's what's gonna happen.
15:19Let's have a student right here.
15:22So we have this student right here, right?
15:25Now this student is looking at something right now
15:31so let's do this like this, let's have this right here,
15:36give her some fingers so she's holding the book.
15:41Okay so this student is looking at something right now.
15:44What you're going to do is
15:45you're going to review the meaning
15:56and, this is the key right here, think about your life.
16:06This is key.
16:08Review the meaning and think about your life.
16:11So here we go, let me show you an example,
16:14so let's look at an example
16:16so that you can understand exactly what this step means.
16:20So let's say for example I have this right here.
16:27This is my dictionary.
16:30And the word I selected was enormous, enormous,
16:38which means very big so again it means very big,
16:44that's the definition I found in the dictionary, correct?
16:48Now what's going to happen is
16:51I'm going to look at the dictionary sentence example,
16:59I'm gonna look for the dictionary sentence example
17:03and let's say the dictionary says
17:06the building is enormous, the building is enormous,
17:19that's the pattern that the dictionary uses.
17:22The building is enormous.
17:25Now what I'm going to do is think about my life
17:28and I'm gonna write my own sentence
17:30so you're going to write your sentence so your sentence
17:37which is my sentence right now is gonna be
17:40ah, maybe my school.
17:42So I can say my university is enormous.
17:54So what happened?
17:55I changed this part right here.
17:59So instead of the building,
18:02I put my university but everything else is the same.
18:08This is what you're going to do
18:10for the apply step in this formula.
18:13Let's keep going.
18:15Now the last thing for the breakdown is the review step.
18:21The final step in the breakdown method
18:22is to review all of the previous steps
18:26and see which step you need to practice more
18:30so remember it's a 16 day cycle.
18:34Now this 16 day cycle has many different columns
18:39but on the 16th day
18:41you're going to review all of the 42 words you learned
18:46on the previous 15 days.
18:48Now don't worry I'm gonna explain exactly how to do this.
18:51So let's look at it in more detail.
18:54once again the final step in the breakdown method
18:57is to review all of the previous steps
19:00and see which step you need to practice more.
19:03So let's jump in, here we go.
19:05For the first thing we need to do
19:07let's put our timer right here
19:09so we have our little clock right here,
19:12this is our timer, our bell.
19:15So you're gonna find a timer and what you're gonna do is
19:19you're going to set a five minute timer.
19:25This is very important, only five minutes,
19:28set a five minute timer for the review time.
19:36Very important,
19:37remember you've been practicing these words for 15 days
19:40so you should be able to bring them to mind very quickly
19:44so what you're gonna do next is
19:46remember there was a 15 day period for the review day
19:53so let's just do it real quick like this,
19:56let's just kinda do a small sketch
19:59so the 15 day period and during that period
20:04we had different flash cards so we had a word flash card,
20:09remember we had the word flash card that we made
20:11and we also had image flash cards that we made,
20:18okay so what's gonna happen is you need to review both
20:27within the five minute time period.
20:35Now it seems like a short period of time to review 42 words
20:42but remember your brain is amazing,
20:44you've been using and reviewing these words
20:47for a 15 day period
20:49so that means you actually will know more than you realize.
20:53What's gonna happen is during this five minute period
20:56you need to go very quickly
20:58and there may be some words that you get wrong.
21:01If there are words that you get wrong
21:03that just means you need to review them again
21:07so what's gonna happen is you're gonna have a separate pile.
21:12This is the review again pile.
21:20So what you're gonna do is if you get any wrong
21:31put them in the review again pile
21:44and what's important is what you're gonna do is
21:49when you start the next cycle
21:51you're going to go over them every other day
21:59until you feel comfortable
22:02and you feel like you know them well.
22:05This is the review step, okay?
22:09Okay great job now I've created
22:11the actual formula and spreadsheet
22:14that you will need to do this and put this into action.
22:18The 1,000 vocabulary words plan is a free download
22:22that I created just for you
22:24so if you wanna download it go to
22:27speakenglishwithtiffani.com/1000vocabularywords
22:34again it's totally free and you can use it
22:37to learn and use 1,000 English vocabulary words.
22:42Also remember to watch my next English video lesson
22:46that you can see on the left side of your screen.
22:49Until then, keep studying English
22:51and I'll talk to you again soon.

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