The 12 secrets of memory to memorize foreign words the first time

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We are learning English all my life, know the rules, but still can not correctly answer the alien without suffering to watch the show originally. Why?

The website decided to look into this injustice and found a way to learn foreign words. There is no universal formula memorization suggested by the German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus. And it works.

Why we forget





The brain protects us from overload and constantly gets rid of unnecessary information. That is why all the new words we learn, first, fall into the long-term and short-term memory. If they are not repeated and do not use — they are forgotten.





"Curve of forgetting" of Ebbinghaus shows that already after 1 hour after learning we forget more than half of the information. A week later, remember only 20 %.

How to remember all



So new words are not forgot, you should try to "place" them in long-term memory. Memorization in this case is inefficient, since the brain does not have time to quickly comprehend information and build a strong associative link. To remember longer — the process of remembering it is better to stretch for a few days, or even weeks. To repeat enough times.







To practice spaced repetition is possible by using homemade cards or special applications such as: Anki (Android, iOS) and SuperMemo (Android, iOS)

12 secrets of memorizing new words

• Learn consciously. Meaningful material is stored in 9 times faster.
• Define a list of words which need to maintain a conversation. There are only about 300-400. Remember them in the first place.
• Keep in mind that the more memorable words in the beginning and at the end of the list ("edge effect").
• Switch the focus from the selected topic to another. Be aware that similar memories are mixed (principle of interference) and turn into "mush."
• Learn the opposite. If you remember that day, consider and night. Antonyms are remembered faster and easier.
• Build their "palaces of memory". The method that you need to memorize words linked with a specific place. For example, walking around the room, students will associate new words with separate parts in the interior. Repeat a few times and leave the room. After restore in the memory of the room and along with that learned from her tips words.
  
  
• Use the method of "word nails". The method in accession to memorize the words to the already well-known to remember. So, when you think about the "nail", you will be able to remember another word. For example, in the rhyme: "one, two, three, four count the holes in the cheese", the words "four" and "cheese" are related to each other.
• Associate new words with already known to you. For example, the word heel (heel) you can remember, remembering Achilles and his Achilles heel. And the word look (to look) can learn, if you remember how hard it is to watch, when you cut an onion.
• Tell stories stories. If you need to memorize the words in a certain order, try to build them in an improvised story. It is important that all the words were linked in the story.
  
  
• Use the voice recorder. Pronounce words on the record, and then listen to them several times. This method is particularly suitable for those who better perceive information by ear.
  
  
• Relive and visualize. Use facial expressions when studying emotions. Move when you learn the word on the sports theme. So you use more and muscle memory.
• Don't learn the language in a dictionary and school textbooks. If you love "Game of thrones", try to learn words with this series. So much more interesting.

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According to the materials was publish, cqeacademy, senseandsensation, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, lifeinthefastlane, Rewire Your Brain: Think Your Way to a Better Life. John B. Arden


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