3 Amazing Ways to Memorize Vocabulary Without Flashcards

Timestamps:
00:00 - Is it possible to memorize vocabulary without flashcards?
00:35 - Why Most People Fail to Learn Vocabulary Fast
01:28 - Learn Vocabulary Through Repeated Exposure to the Right Content
03:53 - Use Your Listening Skills to Learn and Review Vocabulary
07:13 - Use New Vocabulary for Meaningful Communication
09:34 - Wrap up

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in brief:
n this video, Lucas, a language coach who speaks 14 languages, shares three strategies to memorize foreign language words and expressions quickly and easily:

1-Learn vocabulary through repeated exposure to the right content. Focus on content that is rich, comprehensible, and compelling. This allows you to learn words in context, making them easier to memorize.

2-Use your listening skills to learn and review. Engage in both new content and re-listening to previous content at random intervals, strengthening memory through spaced repetition.

3-Use new vocabulary for meaningful communication. Engage in smart review by actively using learned words in communication with others, either verbally or in writing.

[chrolka]

My method is more hollistic. I don't exclude any learning method. I do anki, I read, I listen, I talk to myself, I record myself, and I follow a course. But above all, I am passionate about the language, which keeps me motivated to keep on doing all of the above ;)

[CouchPolyglot]

I have never used flashcards voluntarily, it used to be a pain at school, so I prefer using comprehensible input that I am interested in (music, films, YouTube videos, adapted books...). To be fair, I do not have the widest vocabulary, but I can communicate in several languages and I am happy with my levels :)

[thadtuiol]

I learned Latin by this method, using Caesar's De Bello Gallico as my 'meaningful context' for vocabulary. I went through all 7 books of DBG in intensive detail over a period of about 2 years. It helped that I am obsessed with the subject matter, so it was never a chore for me. I think that's key, too: Being GENUINELY interested in the target language for some reason.

[samzalewski]

I used to make a card for every word I encountered in my target language to help with recognition. After a successful yet tedious year of almost 2500 words I decided to switch to only using SRS for words I'm consistently struggling to recall in conversation, and instead try to reinforce my passive vocabulary through context and repeated listening. Great advice as always.

[JohannesLemonde]

Thank you Luca for making this incredible video! This is more or less my approach too, but you explain it so much better :) In practice, I read a lot, and always use a pencil to make annotations; then I regularly go through those annotations and tell myself stories featuring the words and expressions that I underlined.

[lifeandtext]

Great job, Luca. I will employ some of these techniques for my theology students learning ancient Greek! Not just vocab lists, but reading and re-reading a few key texts. I do this already with the Lord's prayer and a few other short texts. Need to do more of this and with some longer texts.

[Entei]

Great video. I became fluent in Japanese through a combination of thousands of hours of listening and reading and creating over 15000 anki audio cards of difficult sentences i encountered while immersing. Definitely recommend a mix of immersion and srs for those harder to learn, less common words. For Japanese learners, getting a tutor and practicing output is not at all important until you have reached a high level in the language. I see too many beginners throwing their money away hiring tutors on italki for output practice when they only know 100 words. That time is much better spent getting more input and building your vocabulary (at least in Japanese, this could be different depending on the language?)

[Lukeruffner]

I used to use Anki years ago but stopped because it’s yet another screen to look at, and I agree with Luca that there are other approaches that are superior and more engaging.

[teresita.lozada]

Gracias por tus excelentes consejos como siempre. Saludos!.

[valeriagalvan]

Excellente ideas to follow!! Thank you very much❤

[RubyDuran]

Although Anki can be helpful, I personally find it somewhat boring after a period time. Reading or listening in the context these new vocabs are used I find to be more fun, engaging, and efficient, while also allowing yourself to learn/pick up new terms! Great video, Luca!

[kilmerborges]

I use Anki, but instead of just adding the new word by itself, I add a sentence with that word in it, so that I'll have the advantage of Spaced Repetition plus always seeing the word in context. And then of course over time I'll add more sentences with that word and mix words up inside more complex sentences.

[RitikSingh-moes]

Brilliant video methods you have mentioned practically works and helpfup

[ssprezzatura]

thank you once again Master!
for keep inspiring me to pursue my linguistic goals 😎🤟

[christopherfleming]

Great video! I agree that Anki can be boring, and learning vocabulary from interesting content is always preferable. I have learned 4 languages, appart from English, my mother tongue, and I have only used spaced repetition system (SRS) with Japanese, in order to learn the kanji. Wanikani does a great job of combining mnemonics and SRS to drill the kanji into your brain. I wish it weren't true, but I'm convinced that there really is no way to learn kanji that doesn't involve a certain amount of pain.

[spinnettdesigns]

Thank you Very much Mr. Lampariello!

I have dabbled in about 10 languages using these methods (just because it’s the way that I approach learning anything, dynamically) but I have always felt that I was doing it “wrong” because 99% of the population does it their own plodding way, which is so ineffective and dull for me that I was often in tears.
So I just gave up wanting to feel “normal” and defaulted to my own methods.

Im 60 years old and now seriously learning 4 languages and I really needed these reassurances today, I thank you again.
One more reminder for me to stop dependency on approval from others or the status quo to assure me that my own methods are “good enough”

Ironically people often tell me that I’m “so smart” and I don’t buy that personally because I’ve just done what has come naturally to me. Im intensely curious, which has been my biggest asset to learning. Im not really what you’d call a reader but I research and learn for hours everyday. I always say that I’m not a reader because I don’t feel like one, I’m just doing the things that I enjoy and reading is part of finding out what I want to know 😎😏

Vraiment, merci infiniment

[WatchingDicas]

I like the way that he speaks. You gained one more subscriber from Brazil.

[NaturalLanguageLearning]

I use mnemonics. They are a powerful tool if used correctly and combined with input

[PlanetaCurioso]

Thank you so much Luca Lampariello for this video!! I learning english and you inspire me!