Participating in Italki and cutting English class at school amap. You mind trying this? >> www.daxueyingyu.com

I am in the same situation too. Though, I have been learning new words almost everyday. It doesn't seem to have made difference. Then I thought I really needed to find other activities related to English studying, which are more difficult. Those new advanced works need more times and proper occasions to practice. And don't learn the words that are rarely used. Expanding your knowledge is also necessary, because there are a lot of abstract words. It's hard to imagine how to memorize a word without comprehending its meaning.

you've got to understand that learning a language (especially the vocabularies ) isn't like winning a lottery - it really takes us time to be able to understand them thoroughly and be familiar with. What I'm doing is, I always take a few time to learn english everyday. such as being in italki for instance, it helps me a lot to enrich my skill in english (as well as chinese). in order for you to learn and memorize the 'new' english vocabs, you really need to write it down - together with its meaning or synonyms (or even its word class). this will help you to track down (in the future) what you've learned. then, try composing a sentence using those new words that you have. cheer up...! you can do it. :)

Try figuring out a way to use the word in a sentence, or try and find something that it reminds you of that you can trace back to the pronunciation and meaning. For example, if I wanted to remember "cardiac arrest", both the pronunciation and what it meant (which it means like having a heart attack), I might think, "if you drive in a CAR(diac) and the cop pulls you over for speeding and ARRESTs you, you would have a HEART ATTACK". It creates an image that allows you to retrace your though process in order to recall meaning and pronunciation.

hi judy, first of all don't feel bad that you can't remember everything that you have learned- its tough to learn a new language. one technique that might help you remember what you have learned is by using mnemonics. another way that might help you remember is by watching tv shows, talking to others, or reading in english. by using different vocabulary you will gradually use more and more of what you have learned. good luck!