Jeremy’s English Tips #30: A Bad Study Habit

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