Title : The Magic of Vocabulary Diaries
Summary
In this article, the author argues that building vocabulary is key for the long term mastery of a foreign language. One method he suggests is to write a vocabulary journal, which helps its users keep track of new words. Moreover, the author introduces the concept of vocabulary depth and width. Having vocabulary depth is to understand the cultural context of a word, where vocabulary width is to know a wide array of words. It is then concluded that by keeping a vocabulary journal, foreign language leaners can grow their vocabularies across both the depth and width axis.
Rephrase
I learned English first because most students in Asian countries learn English as second language so I have a lot of training since elementary school from basic alphabet to simple sentences so I want to have a different strategy to learn English because even though I learned English for long time than Japanese my English is not so good.
<Correction>
I learned English first because it is taught as a secondary language in most Asian countries. I have had extensive training since elementary school but have not ventured out into different strategies to help improve my skills.
Vocabulary
venture out
“Ventured out” is a phrase that means to do or try something different compared to what you usually will do.
