Listening + Vocabulary = Comprehension. Listen to a short detective story featuring 7 advanced English words like “ambiguous”, “albeit”, and “inevitable.” First, listen to the story and try to follow along. Then, learn the meanings of these challenging words with practical examples. Next, you’ll listen to the story again to see how your comprehension has improved. Finally, do a quiz to really test yourself. Perfect for intermediate and advanced learners who want to level up their English skills! Grab your pen and paper, and let’s start the journey to mastering advanced vocabulary. https://www.engvid.com/learn-7-advanced-english-words-through-storytelling/
More of my "Listening, Vocabulary, Comprehension" videos:
7 Advanced Words - "pragmatic", "eloquent", "ubiquitous" & more https://youtu.be/uuoxvt81rjA
8 English Expressions https://youtu.be/LnAUN66IQgw
In this lesson:
0:00 Listening, Vocabulary, Comprehension: 7 Advanced Words
1:38 Listening Comprehension
2:30 Learn the vocabulary
3:24 ambiguous
4:37 albeit
6:07 unconventional
8:04 conjecture
9:46 profound
12:10 implication
15:57 inevitable
18:18 Listening Comprehension
19:10 Quiz
TRANSCRIPT:
Hey, how's it going?
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Sweetheart.
Hey.
Hi.
James from EngVid.
What's...
What's going on here?
Why is the board empty?
Oh.
Guys, you're in for a treat.
This lesson is what we call an LVC lesson.
What's going to happen in this lesson is you notice there's nothing on the board right
now, but soon we'll have the board filled with information to help you.
LVC stands for "listening", "vocabulary", and "comprehension".
What's going to occur here is I'm going to read you a story, I'm going to click my fingers,
and then we're going to take seven words of vocabulary that you probably don't know, teach
you what they mean, listen one more time to make sure you've got comprehension with these
new words to understand the story you're being told, and then we'll have a very quick
quiz to check that comprehension.
It's a complete lesson, you'll enjoy it, so I'm going to ask you right now to please grab
a pen and paper because you're going to want to take notes on this one.
You might have to listen to it a couple times, but I promise you from the ones we've done
before, a lot of people go from "I didn't understand" to "I 100% understand the story"
and have a greater appreciation for vocabulary and the words we're teaching.
So, get your pen, get your paper, get comfortable, and get ready for the story.
Meanwhile, at the police headquarters, the captain was getting more and more angry, trying
to understand the ambiguous text message left by Detective E, who was at the crime scene.
E was a good detective, albeit a little unconventional for being a cop.
This made the other cops make assumptions about the quality of his work.
But Detective E had the profound ability to make the right decisions which would have
great implications on finding and arresting criminals.
It was inevitable that Detective E and the captain were going to get into a big argument
about how Detective E worked on this case.
The captain thought out loud.
Okay, so now you've heard the story, I know you're probably really confused.
And your confusion is understandable because to understand something, whether you're reading it,
or as if you're reading it, or you're listening to it, you need to understand at least 90% of
the words, I'd say 80 to 90, to comprehend or understand what's being said.
Once you get past the 80%, you know, 70, 60, you basically don't understand what's going on.
It's a shame, but I'm going to help correct that by teaching you the seven words I picked
on purpose to make it difficult for you so that you can understand the story when we
read it again and when we do the quiz.
Are you ready?
Let's go to the board.
Now, I have some examples here I'm reading from because it is a hard story for you and for me.
Let's go for the first word.
So, the first word you heard was "ambiguous".
The simple meaning of "ambiguous" is something is not clear.
Right?
So it's not easy to understand, it's not clear.
Other words people will use for "not clear" are "vague" and "unclear", "unclear".
Why is this word important to go from intermediate to advanced?
Well, it helps you recognize that you could have more than one meaning in a word.
When something's ambiguous, it could mean this or it could mean that.
It's not clear so you can't say, "Oh, it's absolutely five."
It could be five or six.
For example, when I say...
Well, let me give you a really good example.
"Marty's ambiguous response made me think there was more going on."
So, instead of saying, "Hey, I'm going to come to the party for sure",
they say, "It sounds like a good idea."
Well, is that yes or no?
That's ambiguous, you haven't said it.
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