you should read more physical books and less online commentary.
you have two vocabularies, active and passive. passive vocabulary is trained on daily interactions. active vocabulary comprises of long-term language you have learned over your lifetime. usually activated while you are reading.
if you read social commentary daily and it’s written by people who have a 6th grade vocabulary, you’re atrophying not just your passive but active vocabularies.
give it a shot for a month, you’ll see an improvement.
it’s a concept I learned from an old teacher from a long time ago. it made sense to me at the time and just kind of stuck with me.
I did evolve the concept a bit for use with the internet, but the original concept centered around speaking vocabulary and the importance of speaking proper English vs lazy English (slang).
I’m unfortunately out of practice with proper speaking etiquette and so my vocabulary has suffered from it.
agreed.
you should read more physical books and less online commentary.
you have two vocabularies, active and passive. passive vocabulary is trained on daily interactions. active vocabulary comprises of long-term language you have learned over your lifetime. usually activated while you are reading.
if you read social commentary daily and it’s written by people who have a 6th grade vocabulary, you’re atrophying not just your passive but active vocabularies.
give it a shot for a month, you’ll see an improvement.
where are those terms from? i am not familiar with the idea of passive vs activity vocabulary, sounds interesting.
it’s a concept I learned from an old teacher from a long time ago. it made sense to me at the time and just kind of stuck with me.
I did evolve the concept a bit for use with the internet, but the original concept centered around speaking vocabulary and the importance of speaking proper English vs lazy English (slang).
I’m unfortunately out of practice with proper speaking etiquette and so my vocabulary has suffered from it.