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




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Summary: 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.<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://esl.culips.com/Lipservice-prtd/JET30.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><br> </a><br> <a href="https://esl.culips.com/1000/02/13726/"></a><br> <br> Key points covered in this episode<br> <br> Jeremy introduces a bad study habit, which is studying long lists of words. <br> Studying long lists of words is difficult and ineffective because you can’t use the words when you need them in real life<br> Memorizing words and their meanings doesn’t give you context for how the word is used by native speakers in real life<br> Knowing when to use a word is more important that knowing what it means. <br> 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.<br> <br> Key Expressions<br> <br> * I assure you: what I am saying I believe is the truth<br> * I am/was definitely guilty of ___action____ : Other people have done __action_____ and I have also done ___action____<br> * That’s all I have: this is the end of what I have prepared to say to you<br> * In other words: I am going to say what I just said in a different way and simplify it<br> <br> Copyright: <a href="http://www.culips.com">Culips.com</a><br> For more information about this episode, visit culips.com.<br> Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar<br> <br> <br>