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gianna10
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01 December 2011 at 3:28pm | IP Logged

I was using techniques connected with associations with some images or words before but then I came across a way that is more automatic in use and also more effective. The method is called SuperMemo and is simply creating bases of words and repeating them everyday or just very often with a help of a special programme that let you estimate how well you know exemplary word and fixes the date of a next repetition of the word. If you repeat the words at least 10 minutes per day or every second day with the programme you'll get known these words soon and won't forget so easily.
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Ari
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01 December 2011 at 3:39pm | IP Logged

gianna10 wrote:

Welcome to HTLAL! This is indeed a very good technique and quite common on these forums. It's called SRS (Spaced Repetition Software) and many members use a program called Anki for it. SuperMemo is pretty cool, too, but I find Anki a lot better in terms of customisation opportunities.

Edited by Ari on 01 December 2011 at 3:39pm
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garfield
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01 December 2011 at 7:26pm | IP Logged

H.Computatralis wrote:

Usually, I just associate with some other words I already know
in a very conceptual an abstract way, like verdächtig = ver + dächtig, and dächte is
the subjunctive of denken ("would think") so verdächtig is something about thinking and
uncertainty, and from there it's a small step to "suspicious".

Simplify your life a bit. You don't have to look for the best keyword you can find,
just take the first one that's even remotely similar. Same thing with the prefixes and
whatnot. Be general.

I think, Verdacht sounds like fart, so the next time you see the word Verdacht (or
verdächtig) you will think of fart and be suspicious of your neighbor.

Every suspicious person will be, because I just implanted that fart into their brains
:D.

H.Computatralis wrote:

Would you just learn them as completely independent units or try to associate them
somehow?

See above, you can group Verdacht and verdächtig, because the meaning is the same.
Yeah, one's a noun, but...
Also, it's much faster to make a new image.

H.Computatralis wrote:

And how exactly do you use images to learn the gender of
nouns?

I only care about the meaning. But you could set your image on fire if it is a
masculine noun and freeze it is fem.. Such things are generally suggested. I don't do
that.

H.Computatralis wrote:

Is anyone using these kinds of association techniques to learn vocabulary and if yes
how do you do it exactly? I usually just pound words into my brain using Anki until
they stick, but perhaps there are more efficient methods.

I use mnemonics for words I struggle with and lot's of reading listening and anki (for
sentences) otherwise.

But there was a small blog here a few years back from someone who used this precise
method to learn a lot of words.
http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?T ID=17218&PN=29

And there was another blog from someone else who used a Spanish product which teaches
2000 (?) words via mnemonics. Can't find it though.

Verdacht :p
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H.Computatralis
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Message 12 of 13

01 December 2011 at 7:30pm | IP Logged

Yeah, as I mentioned in my first post, I usually just Anki to death.

Did I just use "Anki" as a verb? Maybe I should add that to the "You know you're a language nerd..." thread.

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Sandman
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05 December 2011 at 7:10am | IP Logged

hypersport wrote:

There aren't any tricks to learning a new language. This site is one big repetition of people trying to come up with some new "method" or "strategy". Something that will take the work out it and speed up the process.

I agree with Hyper. I would suggest taking the 20,000 most frequent words and putting them all on a flashcard. Once you have them memorized then start looking into grammar books.

It's all pretty much the same anyway, right?

Edited by Sandman on 05 December 2011 at 7:11am

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