How To Efficiently Build Your Vocabulary For Your Target Languages {FREEBIE INCLUDED}
Growing your vocabulary can be daunting. In this blog I'll teach you how to approach your vocabulary with a method that's efficient and easy to adopt to learn new words by priority and mental reach.
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Introduction
Growing my vocabulary has added more than 100 words to my target languages. Regardless of how well I can remember them, recording each word is a productivity tip that can be done as you go on with your day. In this blog, I'll share with you three tips to develop your vocabulary in a fun and efficient way.
Journal Your Day
Describe what you did during the day in your target language with a journal to generate words you didn't know you needed to know.
Tools like Google Translate and ChatGPT are ideal for getting corrections and registering the new words that come out of them.
You'll register the words you use daily in your target language.
It creates a foundational vocabulary you can reach at arm's length.
Handwriting 3 times per week ensures you retain new words more easily.
Watch Online Content
In previous positions, I talked about how Meaningful Reading enhances your learning process by engaging in areas of interest.
Switch how you consume online content to your target language(s).
Align your hobbies, and job affairs with your target language to extend your vocabulary to areas that influence your daily life.
You'll integrate word banks from the areas of your life that influence you.
Describe Concepts Frequently
Challenging your ideas will generate new words you didn't think before.
Discussing your favorite TV series or hobbies lets you register new words since you are more aware of the conversation to find new words that you might unlikely use but will surely be good to know.
These words won't be necessary, but they are synonyms to register in case you still can't pronounce or write well.
Take, for example, the word happy in French, "heureux." It's a difficult word to pronounce, so I will leave it for later and use "content" instead.
Spreadsheet Freebie
How do I register my words?
Simple! Download my vocabulary sheet here to translate the words you input.
The formula and the language codes come included to create as many language variations as you need.
Conclusion
Building your vocabulary can be seen as knowing your vicinity.
The closer you are to it, the more helpful it'll become to know.
Additionally, approaching it with purpose can help you recognize and learn words better since these influence your life.
For example, it'll be more logical to learn words related to my job or hobbies rather than focusing on words related to physics or gastronomy.
I hope that this approach helps you build your vocabulary efficiently, improving your language-learning process.
Thanks for reading, and I'll catch you next week!