{"id":375,"date":"2024-04-21T17:04:56","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T08:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicksenglish.com\/blog\/?p=375"},"modified":"2024-04-21T17:04:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T08:04:57","slug":"english-tea-time-15-vocabulary-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicksenglish.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/21\/english-tea-time-15-vocabulary-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"English Tea Time #15 &#8211; Vocabulary Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello there! In today&#8217;s newsletter, I&#8217;d like to talk about learning words with <strong>vocabulary cards<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I was learning Japanese, I needed to memorize thousands of words. This was back in the year 2,000. YouTube didn&#8217;t exist, and smartphones were still years away. We did have computers, but not many people used them for learning languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, we used textbooks, cassette tapes, dictionaries and vocabulary cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vocabulary Card Challenge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I made around 2,000 cards with English on one side and Japanese on the other, and they completely filled a shoebox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would take a stack of 20 cards and <strong><em>spread<\/em><\/strong> them (lay out) on the floor, Japanese up. Then I followed these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Choose a card<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Look at the Japanese and say the English<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turn the card over to check<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If correct, try another card<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If incorrect, restart from the very beginning!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would keep doing that until I could complete the whole set without making a mistake. \ud83d\ude05<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The method in this old video is a little bit different because the English and Japanese are on the same side of each card, but it should give you an idea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Memory Game: Eiken 3 Vocabulary\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TAyyHaX_p60?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Only for Tests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As fun as that is, I only recommend doing it if you really need to learn a lot of vocabulary for a test. When it comes to daily English conversation, you really don&#8217;t need that many words. New words should be learned in context, for example, when reading a book or listening to a podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">British English<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some common phrases used to talk about <strong>memorising<\/strong> things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Learn by heart<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;You need to learn these words by heart for the test next week.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Commit to memory<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;I committed his phone number to memory.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Get something down pat<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;I&#8217;ve got the steps down pat now, so I won&#8217;t forget them.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Know something inside out<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;She knows the (theatre) play inside out because she&#8217;s practised a lot.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And here are some more about <strong>forgetting<\/strong> things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Slip one&#8217;s mind<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry I didn&#8217;t call you back; it completely slipped my mind.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Draw a blank<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;I drew a blank when I tried to remember his name.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Go in one ear and out the other<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;Everything the teacher says just goes in one ear and out the other.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s on the tip of my tongue<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;His name is on the tip of my tongue, but I just can&#8217;t remember it.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Blank out<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;I completely blanked out during the presentation.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Videos and Worksheets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the latest videos and worksheets I&#8217;ve made:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Videos:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>English Speaking Skills<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/W6FucAsyJRE?si=TWGCCnP4iJWJ565G\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/W6FucAsyJRE?si=TWGCCnP4iJWJ565G\">Question Practice for Daily English Conversation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Worksheets:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Speaking Skills<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nicksenglish.com\/courses\/speaking_skills\/speaking_gym_01_all_you_need_to_do\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nicksenglish.com\/courses\/speaking_skills\/speaking_gym_02_its_not_that_i\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nicksenglish.com\/courses\/speaking_skills\/active_grammar_02_what_were_you_doing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nicksenglish.com\/courses\/speaking_skills\/hot_seat\">Hot Seat<\/a><\/a> &#8211; How was your day?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>News:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/nicksenglish.com\/news\/2024_03_25_british_woman_first_to_finish_worlds_toughest_ultramarathon\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nicksenglish.com\/news\/2024_04_01_japanese_company_making_more_adult_diapers_than_baby_ones\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nicksenglish.com\/news\/2024_04_07_all_japanese_to_be_called_sato_in_500_years\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nicksenglish.com\/news\/2024_04_15_house_seen_floating_in_san_francisco_bay\">House seen floating in San Francisco Bay<\/a><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>True Stories:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/nicksenglish.com\/courses\/true_stories\/the_rats_on_trial_in_16th_century_france\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nicksenglish.com\/courses\/true_stories\/three_times_the_us_lost_a_nuclear_bomb\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nicksenglish.com\/courses\/true_stories\/boji_the_street_dog_who_rides_public_transport\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nicksenglish.com\/courses\/true_stories\/the_exercise_programme_that_united_japan\">The exercise programme that united Japan<\/a><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wrap-up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>And that&#8217;s it! Thank you for joining me for tea! If you&#8217;re enjoying my blog and would like to get new posts in your email, please <a href=\"#subscribe-blog\">subscribe<\/a>. If you have friends who might like these posts, please share <a href=\"https:\/\/nicksenglish.com\/blog\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/nicksenglish.com\/blog\">this link<\/a> with them. I really appreciate it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the best,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello there! In today&#8217;s newsletter, I&#8217;d like to talk about learning words with vocabulary cards. When I was learning Japanese, I needed to memorize thousands of words. This was back in the year 2,000. YouTube didn&#8217;t exist, and smartphones were still years away. 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