Best and Worst Way to Learn French Vocabulary for TEF Canada
Summary
TLDRIn this video, Viom Sharma discusses the challenges of learning French vocabulary for the TEF Canada exam, especially for beginners. He emphasizes the importance of vocabulary and grammar in language acquisition but highlights that memorizing vocabulary lists is not effective due to the lack of contextual understanding. Sharma suggests that the best approach to vocabulary acquisition is through increased language input, such as reading and listening, which allows for passive learning and retention over time. He also advises patience and consistent practice, sharing his own experiences and teaching methods to help learners track and understand vocabulary in context.
Takeaways
- đ Learning vocabulary for TEF Canada is crucial, especially for beginners, as it's one of the two main components of language learning alongside grammar.
- đ« The worst way to learn vocabulary, according to the speaker, is by making a list of words without context, which often leads to forgetting them quickly.
- đ The speaker suggests that memorizing vocabulary lists is ineffective because it lacks the contextual understanding necessary for true language acquisition.
- đ Forgetting vocabulary is common when learned in isolation; words need to be repeatedly encountered in context to be retained.
- đ The best way to learn vocabulary is through increased language input, which involves more reading and listening in French.
- đ Reading, even at a basic level, can significantly improve vocabulary over time due to the repeated exposure to words in context.
- đ Listening to French, in addition to reading, helps in passive learning of vocabulary as words are encountered repeatedly.
- đ The key to vocabulary acquisition is patience and consistent exposure to the language over a longer period, not quick memorization.
- đ While vocabulary lists can be useful, they should include the full phrase or sentence in French and only the English translation of the targeted word.
- đšâđ« Viom Sharma, the speaker, shares personal experience and teaching insights after clearing the TEF Canada exam and emphasizes the importance of context in vocabulary learning.
- đ The speaker's student's analogy of learning the pathway to school without intention but through daily exposure illustrates the power of repetition and context in language learning.
Q & A
What is the main focus of the video script provided?
-The main focus of the video script is discussing the best and worst ways to learn French vocabulary for the TEF Canada exam, especially for beginners.
Who is the speaker in the video script?
-The speaker in the video script is Viom Sharma, who has cleared the TEF Canada exam and now teaches French for Canadian immigration.
What are the two main components of language learning mentioned in the script?
-The two main components of language learning mentioned are grammar and vocabulary.
Why is grammar considered a structural component in language learning?
-Grammar is considered a structural component because it helps in understanding how the language is organized and structured.
What is the speaker's opinion on the worst way to learn vocabulary?
-The speaker believes that the worst way to learn vocabulary is by making a vocabulary list, as it lacks context and is not effective for long-term retention.
Why does the speaker suggest that making a vocabulary list is not effective for learning vocabulary?
-The speaker suggests that making a vocabulary list is not effective because it does not allow for contextual understanding and the words are often forgotten after a short period of time.
What is the speaker's recommended method for learning vocabulary?
-The speaker recommends increasing language learning input by doing more reading and listening in French to passively learn and retain vocabulary.
How does the speaker describe the process of learning vocabulary through reading and listening?
-The speaker describes it as a process where commonly used words are repeatedly encountered, leading to passive learning over time, similar to how one memorizes a daily commute without intentionally doing so.
What is the importance of context when learning vocabulary according to the speaker?
-According to the speaker, context is important because it helps in understanding how the vocabulary is connected with the whole sentence and overall meaning, which aids in better retention.
What advice does the speaker give regarding the creation of a vocabulary list?
-The speaker advises to create a vocabulary list not for memorization, but to track down vocabulary. It should include the full phrase in French, highlight the word to learn, and provide its English translation.
What is the speaker's view on patience in the process of language learning?
-The speaker emphasizes that patience is crucial in language learning, as it takes time to see improvements and truly learn and retain vocabulary.
Outlines
đ Learning Vocabulary for TEF Canada: The Pitfalls of Lists
The speaker, Viom Sharma, who has cleared the TEF Canada exam, discusses the challenges of learning French vocabulary for the test, especially for beginners. He emphasizes the importance of vocabulary alongside grammar in language learning, noting that while grammar can be structurally learned, vocabulary requires memorization. Viom shares his personal experience, indicating that creating vocabulary lists is not an effective method due to the tendency to forget words quickly without context. He suggests that understanding the connection between vocabulary and context is crucial, and he criticizes the lack of patience among learners, advocating for a more experiential approach to learning vocabulary.
đ Effective Vocabulary Acquisition: Beyond Memorization
Continuing the discussion on vocabulary learning, Viom Sharma explains that the best way to learn French vocabulary is through increased language input, which involves more reading and listening. He argues that patience is key, as improvements from this method may not be immediately noticeable but will lead to significant vocabulary growth over time. Viom illustrates the concept of passive learning through repetition, likening it to memorizing a daily bus route without intention. He also advises against solely relying on vocabulary lists for memorization but suggests using them to track and understand vocabulary in context, recommending that learners write full phrases in French alongside English translations to enhance understanding.
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Keywords
đĄTEF Canada
đĄVocabulary
đĄGrammar
đĄMemorization
đĄLanguage Learning Input
đĄReading
đĄListening
đĄContext
đĄRepetition
đĄPatience
đĄFCF Exam
Highlights
The importance of learning vocabulary for the TEF Canada exam and its significance in language acquisition.
The ineffectiveness of traditional vocabulary lists for long-term retention.
The speaker's personal experience with vocabulary learning and the limitations of memorization.
The contrast between grammar learning and vocabulary acquisition in language learning.
The vastness and unlimited nature of vocabulary compared to the structured nature of grammar.
The ineffectiveness of memorizing vocabulary without context, leading to quick forgetting.
The speaker's own struggles with memorizing vocabulary lists and the lack of retention.
The recommendation to increase language input through reading and listening for better vocabulary acquisition.
The psychological process behind passive learning of vocabulary through repetition in reading and listening.
The analogy of learning a school bus route to explain the subconscious memorization of vocabulary.
The importance of patience in language learning and the gradual improvement over time.
The speaker's advice on not relying solely on vocabulary lists for learning French.
The suggestion to make vocabulary lists for tracking progress rather than memorization.
The method of creating a vocabulary list with context, phrases, and sentences for better understanding.
The emphasis on writing the full phrase in French and only the English translation for targeted words.
The speaker's offer to help with TEF Canada exam preparation for those learning French.
The conclusion that the best way to learn vocabulary is through increased reading and listening, not memorization.
Transcripts
when I started my my French Learning for
TEF Canada they are not patient with
this that's why they are not able to
stick to this approach and you know this
is going to piss off a lot of people
this is going to so what is the best and
what is the worst way of learning
vocabulary in French if you're preparing
for TEF Canada and if you're at a basic
level it's very important it's very
crucial to learn as many words as
possible as much vocabulary as possible
but there is something which we think it
works but it really doesn't but there
are are some things which we do not even
know as beginners that would that thing
work or not I mean we just don't have
any idea and that is something that
comes with experience so I'm going to
share my experience what is the best and
the worst way to learn vocabulary hello
everyone my name is viom Sharma and I
cleared my TEF Canada exam now after
clearing TEF Canada exam myself for
Canadian immigration I teach I teach
French today what we are going to talk
about is vocabulary it's one of the most
important components you know when you
are learning a language there are two
overall components behind the language
first one is grammar the second one is
vocabulary and grammar is more sort of
like a structural component which means
that you know the stronger your grammar
is the more you will understand how the
language is structurized on the other
hand vocabulary is something which is
very very vast and which is unlimited
you know in order to like you know all
the words in the French are vocabulary
the house the the pen the road all of
these things how to say these things in
French fruit fruits you know vegetables
whatever the things are that is
vocabulary see the thing is grammar we
can learn by watching lectures by
reading from the books by understanding
the concepts so that is not a problem
for example if you are trying to you
know if you want to understand what are
verbs there are three different groups
of verbs ER ending IR ending and r
ending and then you learn the
conjugations and what is future tense
past tense all of these things are easy
to understand and once you practice them
enough you are able to get the gist of
what the French grammar is but
vocabulary is something on which you
cannot have any approach because you
know vocabulary is not a concept it's
just you have to memorize a lot of
vocabulary to be better in the language
even if you know a lot of grammar unless
you don't know enough vocabulary you
can't progress in the language then the
question is what is the best and what is
the worst way to learn the vocabulary
okay in order to understand that first
let's let's cover what is the worst way
to learn vocabulary okay and you know
this is going to piss off a lot of
people this is going to it may be
contradictory in some of my videos
because I also say to do this thing but
I have a particular reason why I say
this so the worst way to learn
vocabulary is making a vocabulary list
okay like this is the worst way why
because when you are learning vocabulary
vocabulary is something that you know
that you cannot just memorize okay if
you have a list of 10 words or 20 words
and then you know 30 whatever the list
is if you are if you keep on
accumulating more new new words in that
particular list and you revise it on or
even learn it on daily basis I I don't
want to say that it's not going to
affect at all you may learn some
vocabulary but mostly what happens is
lot of the vocabulary that you learn
from there you lose it after 2 weeks 3
weeks okay even if you you have properly
memorized each and every word from that
particular vocabulary list you tend to
forget it after 2 3 weeks okay because
personally for me I I'll give you guys
my my example I was learning all ER
ending verbs all re ending verbs and I
was just learning the list of all the
verbs which is obviously also a
vocabulary and I was also learning
vocabulary on fruits vegetables and days
of the week and stuff like that okay
when I started my my French Learning for
TEF Canada what I used to do is I used
to make a list of them I used to
memorize them you know
Le and so forth but I was not able to
still learn it like you know after 2
days once I go back I would be like oh
you know what was it what was it I I
would just forget it same thing for the
verbs when I try to learn the vers from
a list I was never able to understand I
was never able to you know spontaneously
bring that out of my memory and I would
always forget it you know so this is
what I want to say that vocabulary lists
are not a good way why because they're
not able to you're not able to
contextually understand how the
vocabulary is connected with the whole
sentence with the whole context which is
very very important okay so one thing
you can cram vocabulary through vocabul
vocabulary list but it's not the best
way on the other hand now what is the
good way okay what is the good way to
learn vocabulary is by increasing your
language learning input what do I mean
by language input that means doing more
reading and doing more listening and
believe me when I say this when I
started reading in French even at basic
level like you just have to start with
basic story books and just basic you
know if you're learning French from edto
A1 or cosmopolit or seom whatever A1
level book is just start reading from it
it will take you know it requires
patience you won't see improvements in
your first few days but after few weeks
you are going to see tremendous
Improvement in your vocabulary you will
acquire a lot of new words now why why
this happens and what's the you know
what's the overall psychological process
behind this once you read something okay
there are certain words that you see
that you try to write it down on the
side but then you forget it but once you
read something else then those words are
repeated multiple number of times okay
and over the longer period of time once
you keep on reading French once you keep
on listening French as well those
commonly used words in French are
repeated a lot of times which eventually
makes you passively learn them rather
than memorizing now this is something
that is making you learn with more
repetition okay my student he's in A2 he
gave this an analogy like I was trying
to explain him you know how to learn the
verbs you have to repeat it like you
have to do it over the longer period of
time and he told me that you know you
know it's it's the same as when you used
to go to school in your bus in the
morning right you never you never
learned you never learned the whole
Pathway to go to school or to go to like
wherever you used to go on regular basis
in your school bus or School van it just
automatically got memorized in your
brain okay you used to see it regular
regularly on daily basis you used to see
the pathway but you never intentionally
memorize it but you were still able to
learn it okay this is the same thing
with vocabulary as well and the grammar
as well okay sometimes don't have to
memorize the things the more you just
increase your input the more you read
and the more you listen eventually over
the longer period of time the better it
will get the only sad part about this is
that we are not that much patient okay I
have seen my students as well like other
people as well as well those who learn
French they are not patient with this
that's why they are not able to stick to
this approach because I have uh you know
like lot of people on Instagram they
reach out to me as well they're like oh
you know I've been learning vocabulary
but the words are too difficult to learn
and I'm like okay how how much time have
you been studying French oh 2 weeks 3
weeks I'm like you know you still you
have to give time like you have to give
3 4 5 6 months over the longer period of
time it will be a lot better so that is
what I want to say that the bad the
worst way to learn the vocabulary is
just to make vocabulary list the good
way to learn the vocabulary is to read
more and to listen more now see I also
have said it in the P that you have to
make vocabulary list but you shouldn't
make it to memorize okay you should just
make vocabulary list to track down your
vocabulary and what I teach my students
is there is a specific there is a
specific way how I teach my students to
create a vocabulary list like they just
don't create a specific uh you know like
just a list of words it is very
important to write the context behind it
as well it is very important to write
the whole phrase and the whole sentence
and uh only write the English meaning of
that particular word which you want to
understand rather than that keep the
whole phrase in French when you are
making vocabulary list so yeah like what
I want to say is when you're making
vocabulary list never keep any french
word okay and just have its English
transl translation put the full phrase
okay and highlight the word that you
want to uh you know learn or memorize
and then have its English translation in
the next box or in the next column where
you know wherever you are making the
vocabulary list so this is how you
should be learning the vocabulary not
through memorization through the lists
but with more input with more reading
and listening I hope that was helpful if
you want to learn French you can reach
out to me for the FCF exam specific
preparation I'll see you in the next one
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