Joseph Tsar How To Add New Words To Your Vocabulary | Joseph Tsar
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Sep 2, 2025 Discover effective techniques to enhance your vocabulary and articulation. Learn how recognition vocabularies can revolutionize your speech. The host shares strategies like vocal repetition and visual associations to make new words stick in your everyday conversations. Unlock the power of language and its role in understanding the world around you.
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Host's Memory Struggle And Breakthrough
- Joseph Tsar shares his struggle with poor memory and retention for new words.
- He built a chart and discovered two solutions that changed how he memorizes vocabulary.
Two-Tier Vocabulary Model
- Joseph Tsar distinguishes a recognition vocabulary into a surface and deep lexicon that explain everyday word choices.
- Surface lexicon (~1,500 words) supplies ~90% of daily speech while the deep lexicon holds less-frequent, more expressive words.
New Words Default To Your Deep Lexicon
- Newly learned words typically land deep in your lexicon and stay inaccessible without further effort.
- Single or few exposures leave words buried far down where you won't default to them in speech.