012: How can I learn advanced English vocabulary?

Davide asks: "I'm very fluent in English but there are still words I don't know. How can I learn them?"

In this episode:

• Moving from fluent to advanced


• The law of diminishing returns


• Learning advanced vocabulary


• The importance of reading

Resources featured in this episode:

Three great websites that will help you read online in your target language.

• Lingua.ly - http://lingua.ly/ Collect new words from across the web with Lingua.ly’s smart dictionary

• Readlang - http://readlang.com/ Help with reading new texts that you find online.

• LingQ - https://www.lingq.com/ Read texts in LingQ's ecosystem and store unknown words.

Today's featured resource:

• BliuBliu - http://bliubliu.com I love BliuBliu because it sources texts from all around the web, which are at your current level in your target language, and helps you read them. Pure gold!

Do you have a question?

Ask me your language learning questions by clicking here, and I'll do my best to feature it on the show!

Also, please subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates.

Thanks for listening

Thanks so much for listening to this episode of the podcast!

If you've got any comments about the show then please leave them in the "comments" section below!