When learning a second language, many people feel they need to memorize lists of vocabulary words. Linguistic experts, however, have a different opinion.

In this episode, Jennifer addresses this issue. She notes that when we treat words like islands, disconnected from the words around them, we lose a significant portion of the meaning those words carry.

So how should Arabic learners acquire new vocabulary? That's what this episode is about.

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