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Jeremy’s English Tips #30: A Bad Study Habit
Release Date:
22 Feb, 2021
In this episode, I’m going to talk about a bad study habit. This is something that you should avoid doing when you are studying English. Do you have any bad study habits? I know that when I first started learning Korean, I had lots of bad study habits. And also, as I was teaching English in Korea, I noticed that many Korean people also had some bad study habits.
Key points covered in this episode
- Jeremy introduces a bad study habit, which is studying long lists of words.
- Studying long lists of words is difficult and ineffective because you can’t use the words when you need them in real life
- Memorizing words and their meanings doesn’t give you context for how the word is used by native speakers in real life
- Knowing when to use a word is more important that knowing what it means.
- Cramming long lists of words can be helpful if you are going to take a test, but for serious language learners, it is not advisable.
Key Expressions
- I assure you: what I am saying I believe is the truth
- I am/was definitely guilty of ___action____ : Other people have done __action_____ and I have also done ___action____
- That’s all I have: this is the end of what I have prepared to say to you
- In other words: I am going to say what I just said in a different way and simplify it
Copyright: Culips.com
For more information about this episode, visit culips.com.
Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar
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Beginner
English Tips
Jeremy’s English Tips #30: A Bad Study Habit
Release Date:
22 Feb, 2021
~6 minutes
In this episode, I'm going to talk about a bad study habit. This is something that you should avoid doing when you are studying English. Do you have any bad study habits? I know that when I first started learning Korean, I had lots of bad study habits. And also, as I was teaching English in Korea, I noticed that many Korean people also had some bad study habits.
Key points covered in this episode
- Jeremy introduces a bad study habit, which is studying long lists of words.
- Studying long lists of words is difficult and ineffective because you can’t use the words when you need them in real life
- Memorizing words and their meanings doesn’t give you context for how the word is used by native speakers in real life
- Knowing when to use a word is more important that knowing what it means.
- Cramming long lists of words can be helpful if you are going to take a test, but for serious language learners, it is not advisable.
Key Expressions
- I assure you: what I am saying I believe is the truth
- I am/was definitely guilty of ___action____ : Other people have done __action_____ and I have also done ___action____
- That’s all I have: this is the end of what I have prepared to say to you
- In other words: I am going to say what I just said in a different way and simplify it
Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar
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