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23 cool ways to easily memorize foreign words
Learning a language is impossible without memorizing new words. But apart from the banal and boring rote learning there are many simple, and most importantly - effective ways to learn new words.
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First you need to deal with the fact how you best absorb information. To do this, there is a small but important checklist. If you - audial, the method of "reading a notebook" will work for you is far worse than the method of "listening to a list of words to text." And you can about it and do not even think about long and hard to the finish, and feeling of worthlessness look into this stupid book, and do not understand why nothing is remembered!
Traditional Method Yartsev (visuals)
I do not know how it works, but, for example, I do not wonk German, but just time to read the notebook. The teacher did not suit dictations, never tested us lists. And I still, after many years, I remember a bunch of words.
It turns out that you do not strain, do not try to inject a 100 words in 30 minutes, just steadily, from time to time a refreshing material. But we must warn that these words should appear in textbooks, articles, ie you must, in addition to reading the notebooks, somehow activate them.
Method cards
For entertainment, you can put them in piles of 10 pieces in different places apartments, from time to time they stumble, and repeat. Audialy to this method should definitely add pronunciation of loud. Cards come perfectly in children, it can be turned into an interesting game.
Method prescription
Method "Half a page»
Method "Interior designer»
Optimization Techniques The grouping method of grammatical attributes
Thus, since most of the words we do not apply to exceptions, you begin to see the logic of language and memorize words in conjunction with the like.
The method of grouping within the meaning of
The method of studying single-root words
The etymological method
Chains word
The methods for those who do not like his grandfather's methods Spaced Repetition (spaced repetition)
Pros: Comprehensive etched in my memory.
Cons: takes a very long time. If you have already memorized the word, it will still pop up from time to time in some programs.
The most popular program for this method - Anki.
Memrise.com
Quizlet.com
Lang-8
«Magic» Methods Magical methods are very fond of different lure marketers and language guru. The method is usually in the "secret techniques of special services", which, objectively speaking, are described in a pile of literature. And ask for it nezdravye sums of money.
Mnemonics
Example: «grief» («Mountain") - Mount wounded tiger, vultures circling above him.
For audialov Rule number one for you, always say out loud what you teach. If you use the card, blurts. If you read the list, read it aloud. Listen to the words for you this - the fastest way to remember them! Naturally, you will have to register them, but it will be faster than if you have read and wrote in silence.
Listen to the words
The site Forvo.com you can listen to the sound of each word as many times as you will need.
Multiple repeat
The methods for those who absolutely do not want to work with lists Read (read many)
Read and immediately form a list, you can use ReadLang.
Important Tricks for all Teach words in context
Memorize the dialogue by heart
Ask to have someone checked
Learn what really needs
How to determine the relevance? There are many manuals and lists a series of "1,000 most frequent words." First, we learn the frequency, then - "hoes", not before. If you have not yet learned to read and do not know the pronoun you is still too early to learn colors as would be desirable.
creative approach to the process
According to the materials: Petite Polyglot
via petitepolyglot.com/vocab/
Thus, since most of the words we do not apply to exceptions, you begin to see the logic of language and memorize words in conjunction with the like.
The method of grouping within the meaning of
The method of studying single-root words
The etymological method
Chains word
The methods for those who do not like his grandfather's methods Spaced Repetition (spaced repetition)
Pros: Comprehensive etched in my memory.
Cons: takes a very long time. If you have already memorized the word, it will still pop up from time to time in some programs.
The most popular program for this method - Anki.
Memrise.com
Quizlet.com
Lang-8
«Magic» Methods Magical methods are very fond of different lure marketers and language guru. The method is usually in the "secret techniques of special services", which, objectively speaking, are described in a pile of literature. And ask for it nezdravye sums of money.
Mnemonics
Example: «grief» («Mountain") - Mount wounded tiger, vultures circling above him.
For audialov Rule number one for you, always say out loud what you teach. If you use the card, blurts. If you read the list, read it aloud. Listen to the words for you this - the fastest way to remember them! Naturally, you will have to register them, but it will be faster than if you have read and wrote in silence.
Listen to the words
The site Forvo.com you can listen to the sound of each word as many times as you will need.
Multiple repeat
The methods for those who absolutely do not want to work with lists Read (read many)
Read and immediately form a list, you can use ReadLang.
Important Tricks for all Teach words in context
Memorize the dialogue by heart
Ask to have someone checked
Learn what really needs
How to determine the relevance? There are many manuals and lists a series of "1,000 most frequent words." First, we learn the frequency, then - "hoes", not before. If you have not yet learned to read and do not know the pronoun you is still too early to learn colors as would be desirable.
creative approach to the process
According to the materials: Petite Polyglot
via petitepolyglot.com/vocab/
Mnemonics
Example: «grief» («Mountain") - Mount wounded tiger, vultures circling above him.
For audialov Rule number one for you, always say out loud what you teach. If you use the card, blurts. If you read the list, read it aloud. Listen to the words for you this - the fastest way to remember them! Naturally, you will have to register them, but it will be faster than if you have read and wrote in silence.
Listen to the words
The site Forvo.com you can listen to the sound of each word as many times as you will need.
Multiple repeat
The methods for those who absolutely do not want to work with lists Read (read many)
Read and immediately form a list, you can use ReadLang.
Important Tricks for all Teach words in context
Memorize the dialogue by heart
Ask to have someone checked
Learn what really needs
How to determine the relevance? There are many manuals and lists a series of "1,000 most frequent words." First, we learn the frequency, then - "hoes", not before. If you have not yet learned to read and do not know the pronoun you is still too early to learn colors as would be desirable.
creative approach to the process
According to the materials: Petite Polyglot
via petitepolyglot.com/vocab/
Read and immediately form a list, you can use ReadLang.