Episode description

Today let's expand your vocabulary by learning 20 different words for lights - from lamps to lighthouses to lightning (which you shouldn't get confused with lighting).

As you learn each word, repeat it after me to practice your pronunciation.

Do you ever have trouble remembering the English vocabulary words you learn?

It's very common. In fact, lots of students write to me asking what to do about this problem. I have several tips, but one important thing to think about is how you originally learn the word.

Is it from a word list, textbook, or dictionary? Well, that's a good start... but your memory will be even more powerful if there's an image - a picture - associated with the new word.

That's how we learn vocabulary as children. We don't yet know how to read, but we learn to associate new words with the objects we see.

That's why there are lots of pictures and illustrations in my Vocabulary Builder Courses!

Each level of the course will teach you more than 1,000 useful words in a simple, efficient way.