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How Do You Memorize Vocabulary? | ||
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| misslanguages Diglot Senior Member France fluent-language.blog Joined 4781 days ago 190 posts - 217 votes  Speaks: French*, English Studies: German | Message 41 of 55 21 August 2011 at 6:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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I love flash cards. I don't use SRS programs, because I don't like sitting in front of the computer for hours.
I try to use spaced repetition with regular flash cards. That is, I don't review the words I learned that much. I wait a few days in between each repetition. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| eyyamguder Diglot Newbie Turkey Joined 4790 days ago 8 posts - 14 votes Speaks: Turkish*, English Studies: French | Message 42 of 55 29 August 2011 at 5:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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I've improved my English vocabulary mostly by reading. I was reading exhaustively on
very diverse subjects and as i read i was noting every single word which i did not know. Then after a day's read, i was copying these words to a notebook with English meanings and before going to sleep i was reading them repeatedly and trying to guess their meaning. I think for language acquisition the most important factor is be able to get free from other more familiar language's mindset, try to think on target language without making references to the more familiar language. Of course initially it's natural and inevitable using another language as a tool or a reference point to reach to a base level necessary for breaking free from that tool but after that point has been reached it's a crucial thing not to mixing that language to the process of advancing on the target language and extensive vocabulary learning is one of those advanced processes. So it's much more efficient learning words by their English dictionary explanations and with a few exemplary sentences to put to word on context rather than with just the most-time-not-exactly-equivalent translations of them. Edited by eyyamguder on 29 August 2011 at 5:51pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| CaitO'Ceallaigh Triglot Senior Member United States katiekelly.wordpress Joined 6792 days ago 795 posts - 829 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Russian Studies: Czech, German | Message 44 of 55 31 August 2011 at 3:00am | IP Logged | ||
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I use Anki on my iPhone and reading. I read as much as I possibly can.
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| learnvietnamese Diglot Groupie Singapore yourvietnamese.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4884 days ago 98 posts - 132 votes Speaks: Vietnamese*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 45 of 55 31 August 2011 at 4:58am | IP Logged | ||
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I think extensive reading/listening and writing are the best proactive ways to learn more vocabulary.
Then, using (computer) flashcards helps remember learned vocabulary more quickly as it maximizes memorization through spaced repetition. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| NameOfUser Newbie Joined 4769 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: English | Message 46 of 55 31 August 2011 at 2:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hello,everyone,this is my first post,and this will relate to my biggest porblem and drawback in learning languages-the vocabulary memorization.I wondered if it is possible to distinguish between certain groups of vocabulary items,based on their relation to foreign languages,their construction-by this I mean the application of suffixal and prefixal morphology in formation of new words,etc. instead of distinguishing between groups of vocabulary based on sole criteria of use:words for animals,furniture,etc.I thought this was strongly related to this topic,and that opening a new one would be a misuse of forum space.Thanks in advance.
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| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4844 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 47 of 55 06 September 2011 at 9:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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When I get stuck on a particular word, I find it helps to memorize a short sentence using that word. Once I have learnt the sentence, I find the word on it's own is easier to remember.
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| amethyst32 Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5584 days ago 118 posts - 198 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, French | Message 48 of 55 12 September 2011 at 11:27am | IP Logged | ||
Me neither. Thank Damien for Ankidroid. :) Aside from that, I'm experimenting with the Gold List method and it seems to be working well so far. Still, while reading beats everything in my book, I find listening more useful for reinforcing what I already know rather than for learning it in the first place. Edited by amethyst32 on 12 September 2011 at 11:27am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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