IWTYAL 012: How can I learn advanced English vocabulary?

Davide asks: “I'm very fluent in English but there are still words I don't know. How can I learn them?”

In this episode:

• Moving from fluent to advanced
• The law of diminishing returns
• Learning advanced vocabulary
• The importance of reading

Resources featured in this episode:

Three great websites that will help you read online in your target language.

• Lingua.ly – http://lingua.ly/ Collect new words from across the web with Lingua.ly’s smart dictionary

• Readlang – http://readlang.com/ Help with reading new texts that you find online.

• LingQ – https://www.lingq.com/ Read texts in LingQ's ecosystem and store unknown words.

Today's featured resource:

• BliuBliu – http://bliubliu.com The easy and quick way to learn languages.

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Olly Richards

Creator of the StoryLearning® Method

Olly Richards is a renowned polyglot and language learning expert with over 15 years of experience teaching millions through his innovative StoryLearning® method. He is the creator of StoryLearning, one of the world's largest language learning blogs with 500,000+ monthly readers.

Olly has authored 30+ language learning books and courses, including the bestselling "Short Stories" series published by Teach Yourself.

When not developing new teaching methods, Richards practices what he preaches—he speaks 8 languages fluently and continues learning new ones through his own methodology.