Listening for new vocabulary

Do you know the English word, polyglot? It means a person who can speak many languages. If you study a foreign language, learning vocabulary is very important, but the words are difficult to remember. If you can say the new words, most people believe you know the words. But Polyglot's way of thinking is, if you can understand the word when you hear it, you have memorized the word. In my opinion, this way of thinking is a wonderful and natural thing. From about one years old, a baby can say a few words, but when they are listening they know the meaning of many words. After hearing a word many times, a baby will suddenly say the word. Therefore, in my opinion, if you want to memorize new words, you should often listen to those words.

1. What is your opinion?
2. How do you memorize new words

 Please watch the video below and answer the questions.

1. What does the word ubiquitous mean?
2. How is an inn different to a pub?
3. What is pub short for?
4. How is the food in British pubs now?
5. What does gastro pub mean?
6. What does the word supposedly mean?
7. What does the word gastroenteritis mean?

Before class make a two-minute talk, it can be about anything, but you must use three new English words that you found in a dictionary in it.

英語の単語「POLYGLOT」を知っている？意味はたくさんの外国語が出来る人。もし外国語を勉強したら、単語を学ぶのはすごく大切だが、覚えにくいでしょう。もし新しい単語を話せたら、ほとんどの人はその言葉を覚えていると信じている。でも「POLYGLOT」の考え方はもしその言葉を聞いて、意味が分かったら、その言葉を覚えている。僕の意見ではその考え方は素晴らしくて自然の事。一歳ぐらいから赤ちゃんはちょっとだけ単語を話す。でも聞く時たくさんの言葉の意味を知っている。赤ちゃんは同じ言葉をよく聞いた後、突然その言葉を話す。だから、僕の意見ではもし新し単語を覚えたかったら、その言葉をよく聞いた方がいい。