How do you remember new vocabulary?
I am struggling with remembering new vocabulary.
I am using a vocabulary notebook which teaches me English vocabulary with sentences.
In order to remember I write and read them aloud many times, and I can remember at the moment.
However when I review them after a whilst, I forget almost all!
I know I need to use them in daily life, but unfortunately I don't have any opportunities to use English.
It seems time consuming, and I would like to know how you remember vocabularies.
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How do you remember new vocabulary words?
I am struggling with remembering new vocabulary words.I am using a vocabulary notebook which that teaches me English vocabulary with sentences.
In order to remember them I write and read them aloud many times, and I can remember them at the in that moment.
However when I review them after a whilst while, I forget almost all cannot remember most of them!
I know I need to use them in my daily life, but unfortunately I don't have any opportunities to use English.
It seems time consuming, and I would like to know how you remember vocabulary words.
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- In this case the word "words" suits the sentences better. "Vocabulary" is the whole set of words that are used by a language, it should be similar to the word "lexicon".
- When you review words you cannot remember them (as do I with japanese words ;3;). Forgetting is an action that happens before reviewing. At a certain moment you forget the words, that's why you cannot remember them. It's like the moment when you forget your keys at home.
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Aside from those two corrections the text is very good, as usual! Keep it up like this.
To help remember words I believe you could use tools that others suggested, like Memrise. Spaced Repetition Systems (SRS) are good, because they ask you to refresh the words just before you would normally forget them. After a while you won't have troubles in remembering them!
Acutally, as you are already quite good with English I would suggest you to start doing the things you like in English, if possible? If you like to read buy some audio book from Audible and listen to them. If you like to play videogames set them in English. If you like movies set both audio and text in English. If you notice any interesting word just pause and use http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ or http://jisho.org to check what it means, This way the words you do not remember will passively stick after a while :D
As always great job!
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How do you remember new vocabulary?
I am struggling with remembering new vocabulary.I am using a vocabulary notebook which teaches me English vocabulary with sentences.
In order to remember I write and read them aloud many times, and I can remember at the moment.
However when I review them after a while whilst, I forget almost all!
I know I need to use them in daily life, but unfortunately I don't have any opportunities to use English.
It seems time consuming, and I would like to know how you remember vocabulary.
Very Good.
As for your question - it is difficult. I have the same problem trying to learn Japanese vocabulary.
Maybe try to make several sentences with each word. Also try to learn fewer words at one time.
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Writing is the best way to do it. So try using online websites like Yahoo answers or any other online forums. Meaningful contribution is key. You will not be bored this way. You will have a sense of accomplishment by the end of your contribution.
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When I´ve had difficulties with some words to remember them, I´ve used this method: I dealt with this words during all day. I tried to put this words in my daily routine. I went to the work and I thought about how these particular words could relate to my work and then I created a new sentences with these words. Just before I´ve got to bed in the evening, I knew these words quite well. It is like game for me and I found out that It works great. Maybe you could try it as well. I wish you to acquire more and more new words.
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Hello Anna,
All of the suggestions here are good but remember that you need to transfer language from passive memory to active memory. Writing and reading aloud is good but you need to have a reason for doing it. Why not try to use the words/phrases you want to learn by writing in your notebook and using them. Hope this helps. Bob
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