I've been trying to remain most of new words or phrases in my active vocabulary, but I have failed so many times.
I am using Anki app to learn them, but I Do not know how exactly to learn and memorise all new words or phrases in an effective way, I mean how many words or expressions per day or how to organise this whole process. Then I have come across this methode which looks great( and I know personally the lady who has been learning in that way a few languages) and I am going to try it too:
http://languagegeek.net/2007/06/29/the-gold-list-vocabulary-method/
Have you ever tried it ? If so, what were your results?
I have neve tried this method or other methods especially to remember words and phrases. People use their own methods/technique that works well with them but that doesn't mean that it would also work well with others.
I think the best method to memorise words and phrases is not to memorise them at all. It may sound stupid but let me explain what exactly I want to say--
This is the word that once I came across on itaki-- "Darn". Well, it's a short word and it is not that difficult to memorise, but I found it difficult to memorise. Then I looked at the word carefully to find anything that could help me to memorise it at once. I got it. It is Dan(Thanks, Dan, your name helped me to memorise it:)) I just had to put "r" in between "a" and "n". Now, no need to cram the word.
So, whenever we come across something, we should find a "pattern" or something that we are aware of and it always helps us to find that exact thing we are looking for. It also saves our memory because there is no need to fit the whole word into your mind, just keep the map in your mind and you can navigate to that word easily.
Lastly, it is not also possible to find out a pattern in every case but for that kind of situation, we should "practice" or "use" that word/phrase every time we get a chance in our conversation or in writing. Reading a newspaper, articles may help us in this case as we might come across some repeated words and phrases and we need not have to memorise it as it will automatically get fit into our memory due to repetition.
By the way, thank you Yvona for letting us know about this method, I will surely check it out as it might be an interesting one:)
Sudeep,
What you did is already known method called memory anchors.
You associate a new word with a picture, word or phrase that you already know well.
And yes, this method is considered as a pretty effective in terms of learning a new vocabulary.
Regards,
Roman
Phil,
that's right, it's a catchy name. The method is described in detail here:
In fact, the period between distillation of forgotten words is not random, but two weeks exactly.
The aim of this method is to remain all the written words/expressions in the long term memory.
It might work better for learners who are used to learning by handwriting and it also should be used deliberately with a joy and with an use of a compelling source of new words/expressions to write down.
Anyway I am going to try it and I am curious.
