How to 10 x your vocabulary without flashcards

👉 Grab your FREE Guide, How to Read in Any Language: https://l.storylearning.com/read_guide 👉 Sign up now for the StoryLearning App: https://l.storylearning.com/read_app A listener wrote to me frustrated that, although he’s at B2 level, he keeps using the same vocabulary over and over again when he speaks. This is a common problem - even in our native language, we understand twice as many words as we actually use.  Extraordinarily articulate people, with a wide vocabulary, stand out because most of us just use the same words all the time. So what is it that those people do differently and how can we apply that to language learning? Mentioned in this episode: 👉 Olly demonstrating reverse translation:    • Foreign Language Study Sequences #7: Rever...   👉 Got a question you want Olly to answer on the podcast? Submit it here: https://storylearning.com/ask_Olly_yo... 👉 Get a 7-day FREE trial to one of my story-based language courses: https://storylearning.com/Language_Co... 👉 Check out my all-inclusive VIP language programme with guaranteed results: https://storylearning.com/StoryLearni... 00:00 Why vocabulary stalls 00:48 Active vs passive vocabulary 01:35 What beats flashcards 03:18 Context matters most 05:01 Free resource to help 05:52 Tip 1 to 10x vocab without flashcards 06:52 Tip 2 to 10x vocab without flashcards 07:41 Tip 3 to 10x vocab without flashcards 08:29 Long game mindset 08:52 Wrap up #storylearning #learnthroughstories