love the idea of the word map!! definitely been wanting to improve my diction lately as well, thank you for writing this 🫶🏼 being well-spoken is soooo in for 2025
wait this is so good i have words i always read and assume the meaning off based on the context but always discover it means the opposite of what i thought. although ive started collecting new words i’ve learnt (in korean as well as english) i want to start doing this actively
I have a vocab system I use. Not a new system, but a traditional and academic process the grade teachers in public school pounded in my head when I was in third grade. The words I Collect in my reading are written down on loose-leaf paper.
I return to them later. Could be in the morning, afternoon, or evening. That is a matter of the schedule. In my case, when rise in the morning, I revisit my list. I take five words, write them down at least 10 times, and then craft several sentences from different angles. If the words give me difficulties, for lack of hearing them used, or zero word association, I find sentences and write them down. In addition, in the example sentences, I stretch, pull, twist, and fold the words into a cakepan like recycling the trash in the market and cultural production that create trends and word association.
After the words, I moth into my morning page, and if any of the words from my vocab list relate to the subject of the journal, I will thread the quilt into another angle relevant to butterflies, electrifying word association.
In addition, I will release myself from two hours of bondage of my Laz-boy and prepare myself for arm, leg, leg head, and torso stretching, cycling, and walking down an arch treeline pathway to the Freedom Park lake and listening to the music of birds, squirrels, water fountains shoots.
Final thought, studying word association doesn't only breed creative imagery and narrative eloquence but enhances social skills as consistent walking creates a healthy cardiovascular system.
Also, for the godless among us who read things on desktop, I recommend Google Dictionary as a Chrome extension. You can just highlight a word and get the definition there
I absolutely loved this! It's especially convenient when you speak two languages and it feels like your vocabulary is deteriorating in both. And it sounds like fun!
that you remain fluent in two natural languages satisfies my invented criterion for "intellectual", invented by recognising my own failure to have such fluency, despite years & years of flailing away And squandering my most promising opportunity at 5 to 7 years of age exposed to bilingual (Portuguese English) rote learning in Brazil. I have since read of studies suggesting evidence that 1. chronological age offers brief windows for such opportunities or 2.various circumstances (a bilingual family or multi-tribal Indigenous circumstance for two,but there are others)offer promise for acquiring proficient bilingualism.
3. for later life acquisition I found some promise in voluntary immersion, wandering long enough through Latin America while reading Spanish newspapers, primary school texts (again) needing clues from road signs & shop names to navigate wanderspace and struggling at rudimentary communication with Spanish only local speakers - that sort of immersion for 2 or 3 months would provide me with a functional travel Spanish which would disappear shortly upon re-immersion in some prorochial English language environment, just as my promising start with acquiring Portuguese at age 5 to 7 went away once back in Maryland, USA in 1951...
4. so now I have exposed a sad deficiency of Intellect and dedication realised to late in life (at 82) to overcome [ but it's still fun to write about this piddly Lonesome Loser shit & maybe, if improbably, offer clues of use to much younger readers, Thank You ]
In a similar vein, I acquired a dictionary recently bc I was so over using my phone to look up definitions of words I came across while reading and then get distracted by notifications lol. Also you angel, thank you for sharing your flashcards!
omg yes! i need to do this for 2025. do you by any chance remember what list you found with the vocabulary words you used? every one i've found has words like "a" and "very", which don't really have a definition in this context.
love the idea of the word map!! definitely been wanting to improve my diction lately as well, thank you for writing this 🫶🏼 being well-spoken is soooo in for 2025
Sooooo in
wait this is so good i have words i always read and assume the meaning off based on the context but always discover it means the opposite of what i thought. although ive started collecting new words i’ve learnt (in korean as well as english) i want to start doing this actively
Exactly this!!! So many times I look up a definition of a word and realize I had it completely wrong
What do you call a person who likes collecting words?
I have a vocab system I use. Not a new system, but a traditional and academic process the grade teachers in public school pounded in my head when I was in third grade. The words I Collect in my reading are written down on loose-leaf paper.
I return to them later. Could be in the morning, afternoon, or evening. That is a matter of the schedule. In my case, when rise in the morning, I revisit my list. I take five words, write them down at least 10 times, and then craft several sentences from different angles. If the words give me difficulties, for lack of hearing them used, or zero word association, I find sentences and write them down. In addition, in the example sentences, I stretch, pull, twist, and fold the words into a cakepan like recycling the trash in the market and cultural production that create trends and word association.
After the words, I moth into my morning page, and if any of the words from my vocab list relate to the subject of the journal, I will thread the quilt into another angle relevant to butterflies, electrifying word association.
In addition, I will release myself from two hours of bondage of my Laz-boy and prepare myself for arm, leg, leg head, and torso stretching, cycling, and walking down an arch treeline pathway to the Freedom Park lake and listening to the music of birds, squirrels, water fountains shoots.
Final thought, studying word association doesn't only breed creative imagery and narrative eloquence but enhances social skills as consistent walking creates a healthy cardiovascular system.
Fun idea, I want to try this!
Also, for the godless among us who read things on desktop, I recommend Google Dictionary as a Chrome extension. You can just highlight a word and get the definition there
Ooh
this is so so important and your map is genius
Adore you
Sisyphus' happiness lies in the fact that, in his repetitive and hopeless life, he constantly shapes himself and thereby finds the meaning of life.
——The Myth of Sisyphus (written by Albert Camus)
Beautiful
I absolutely loved this! It's especially convenient when you speak two languages and it feels like your vocabulary is deteriorating in both. And it sounds like fun!
That makes sense!
that you remain fluent in two natural languages satisfies my invented criterion for "intellectual", invented by recognising my own failure to have such fluency, despite years & years of flailing away And squandering my most promising opportunity at 5 to 7 years of age exposed to bilingual (Portuguese English) rote learning in Brazil. I have since read of studies suggesting evidence that 1. chronological age offers brief windows for such opportunities or 2.various circumstances (a bilingual family or multi-tribal Indigenous circumstance for two,but there are others)offer promise for acquiring proficient bilingualism.
3. for later life acquisition I found some promise in voluntary immersion, wandering long enough through Latin America while reading Spanish newspapers, primary school texts (again) needing clues from road signs & shop names to navigate wanderspace and struggling at rudimentary communication with Spanish only local speakers - that sort of immersion for 2 or 3 months would provide me with a functional travel Spanish which would disappear shortly upon re-immersion in some prorochial English language environment, just as my promising start with acquiring Portuguese at age 5 to 7 went away once back in Maryland, USA in 1951...
4. so now I have exposed a sad deficiency of Intellect and dedication realised to late in life (at 82) to overcome [ but it's still fun to write about this piddly Lonesome Loser shit & maybe, if improbably, offer clues of use to much younger readers, Thank You ]
Have an hour and a half flight later, me and the flashcards will be getting acquainted! Great piece and thanks for the list.
Yesssss!!!!
In a similar vein, I acquired a dictionary recently bc I was so over using my phone to look up definitions of words I came across while reading and then get distracted by notifications lol. Also you angel, thank you for sharing your flashcards!
I love this, thank you for sharing! I love making little maps for words or ideas
Fabulous but can someone do this for me in the French language? Any takers ;)
Judy
I wish I could
omg yes! i need to do this for 2025. do you by any chance remember what list you found with the vocabulary words you used? every one i've found has words like "a" and "very", which don't really have a definition in this context.
Ah I looked up "GRE vocab words" ahahah
thank you sm!!
Love this idea so much and is something I am going to begin integrating into my day! May I ask where you retrieved the original list of words?
Thank you!! I looked up GRE vocab words
Your word map speaks to me on another level - thank you for the idea!
Thank you Alia!!
Thank you for your flashcards! I know what I’m doing today.
Thank you!!!
loved this loved this loved this!! word map is genius … flash cards are a heaven send 🩷 thank you angel
Thank youuu Nico