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#198 Habits for Language Learners - Lindsay Williams

The Level Up English Podcast

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How Do I Learn Vocabulary Online?

"We need to understand ourselves so that we can actually make sense of everything that is out there," he says. "I just don't really enjoy learning languages, like watching movies or TV series." For me, it's listening only; I found whenever I sit down, I watch like a TV series in whatever language. So that's one thing that I found, but is there anything for you, like maybe something that most people will do, but doesn't work for you?"

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Speaker 1
And,
Speaker 2
you know, a big part of I think how that has kind of
Speaker 1
been reflected in what I've done in work over the past couple of years has been
Speaker 2
that shift from try this, do this, this is the way to learn vocabulary to, first of all, number one, recognize that you are you. And that is the most important thing to understand when
Speaker 1
you're learning a language, you know, and then secondly, now
Speaker 2
let's look at a different way of all the some, you know, a few ways that we could learn vocabulary. And
Speaker 1
then let's think, okay, well, where am I at with the language right now? What do I want to do with the language? What is my personality? What is my kind of language learning style here? And
Speaker 2
how does that all fit together with what I've been presented with? Because the, the risk is that we see everything online and we think, Oh, I
Speaker 1
need to do all of these
Speaker 2
things. I need to start doing this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this method, that system and no, no, no, no, no. First of all,
Speaker 1
we need to understand ourselves
Speaker 2
so that we can actually make sense of everything that is out there, because it's also valuable. But it's only valuable if
Speaker 1
we know how to apply it and how to use it for ourselves. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, I mean, on that, on that topic, there's, I think one realization that I came to is that I just don't really enjoy learning languages, like watching movies or TV series. I know many people try to encourage people to learn that way. But I found whenever I sit down, I watch like a TV series in whatever language. I'm not that engaged. Don't find it that good for me. So that's one thing that I found, but is there anything for you, like maybe something that most people will do, but doesn't work for you, like a learning technique? Yeah,
Speaker 3
good question.
Speaker 1
For me, it's listening only.

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