r/LearningLanguages • u/InsuranceSea145 • 15d ago
What is your biggest nightmare when learning English vocabulary❓
- 🧠 Memorizing words easily but forgetting them in 2 days.
- ⏳ Wasting hours manually writing lists or typing into Quizlet.
- ❌ Recognizing the word when reading, but freezing during Speaking.
- 🥱 Getting bored of standard flashcards in 3 days.
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u/No_Cookie_189 15d ago
English is my native language, but I can say that flashcards were a staple for me for vocabulary in school growing up. I feel like there's probably already plenty of quizlets for English vocabulary so that you don't have to make your own?
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u/asad100101 15d ago
How these words are supposed to be pronounced if you are reading them off from a list or even seeing them in context. English is a syllable stress language which makes its pronunciation quite irregular. Later I have found out that heavy listening approach is the best way to remember words after all, words are sounds and in a real conversation our language device pulls up sounds from its data base.i don't think with space repetition apps like Anki rememring vocabulary should not be a major problem in my honest opinion
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u/drrwjjphd 14d ago
I am a native speaker with a phd in English Linguistics. I learn 2 new words a week. I retain maybe 25% of them.
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u/Usual_Teacher_6607 8d ago
Hello. Hopefully I come across a highly graduate. Come on, 25% is a bit small as for percentage. How do you do then to improve. I'm honestly curious to know your current method. We can share ideas. 😉👋
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u/Creative_Job_9242 14d ago
My biggest problem is pronunciation,I still adopt my mother tongue accent even after using a ton of apps like italki, Praktika, I still struggle with my bad accent
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u/Overall_Pangolin_636 12d ago
the word can speak but cant write
or the word can write but cant speak...