☀️How to activate the passive vocabulary? ☀️ Hello! My name is Natasha and I love to learn foreign languages. I like speaking English and Spanish. I hope that I can speak these languages fluently one day. I want to tell you about an interesting method which is suitable for those who have little knowledge in a foreign language they are learning. The first thing to do is to find a suitable text. It is necessary that you understand at least half of the words in the text. The best is to find one where 70% of the words are familiar. Next, read the text and try to do it confidently, as you would a text in your native language. Do not try to understand or analyze every unfamiliar word you see and just enjoy the process. Then, read the text again but focus on the unfamiliar words this time. Try to understand what they mean from the context. Next, write the unfamiliar words down and look up their definitions in a dictionary. If you have trouble understanding a definition, a translation to your native language might help. However, take note that translations are rarely perfect and should not be heavily relied upon. Once you have acquired the definitions of all the unfamiliar words in the text, try to create your own sentences with them. Lastly, discuss the text with your teacher or a friend without looking excessively at the text. This ensures that you train yourself to recall the new words you have learnt, so that there is a higher chance of keeping them in your active vocabulary. Without training your recollection skills, these new words will more likely be stuck in your passive vocabulary, and you might have difficulties recalling them. I wish you all the best in your learning journey!