In this lesson, you can learn how to learn, remember and use new vocabulary in ENGLISH. You can see the common mistake which many English make when learning vocabulary and you'll see several simple, practical ideas that you can use to build your English, vocabulary and remember what you learn.

let's start with a general point that's very important. Here are some things we often hear from English learners:

"I couldn't read it."

There were too many words and I didn't have time to look them all up in the dictionary.

"I wrote down all of these new words and I tried to learn them, but I can't remember any of them now!"

Here's a fact about your brain: your brain is very good at throwing away things it doesn't need.

Vocabulary learning starts when you choose which words and phrases to learn or not learn. This is where many English learners go wrong, by mistake one of these mistake:

Trying to learn too many words. Trying to learn words you don't need. Trying to learn big lists of words. Trying to learn words you don't know how to use To avoid these mistakes, you need to choose the vocabulary you study carefully.