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Nov 2020
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#147 Why is it so difficult to speak Eng...

Georgiana, founder of SpeakEnglishPodcast.com
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  • I'll talk about passive vocabulary, and I'll focus on the difference between active and passive vocabulary.
  • After that, we'll simulate a conversation with the Question & Answer technique.

The first and more obvious one is the active vocabulary. These are the words we use when we speak or write.

On the other hand, there's passive vocabulary. And these are all the words we understand when we read or listen.

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