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Memorizing Vocabulary Doesn’t Work

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Why Memorizing Vocabulary Doesn’t Work -  What to Do Instead   By -  Slow English Practice Team I used to do what everyone else did. I had this fat notebook filled with English words, just words and meanings. Every day, I’d try to memorize 20 or 30 of them. I’d sit there repeating them like a parrot, hoping they’d stick in my mind forever. Guess what? They didn’t. Two days later, I couldn’t remember most of them. Even the words I remembered, I couldn’t use them while speaking. I’d freeze in conversations because I knew the word, but somehow I didn’t know how to say it in a sentence. And that’s when it hit me: this isn’t working. So I changed my method. And everything got better. In this blog, I want to share why memorizing vocabulary doesn’t work for most English learners—and what I did instead that really made a difference. I hope this helps you too. ❌ Why Memorizing Vocabulary Fails - Even If You’re Working Hard 1. You’re Not Using the Word Let’s say you memorize the wo...