Vocabularystrategies

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1. Use a foreign word

2. Describe what it is for

3. Describe what it looks like and what it is made of

4. Use a synonym

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How to learn new words

• Repetition: Not enough

• You need processing and manipulating

• Review and test regularly

• 2 weeks people forget 80%

• Organise and divide information

MEMORY WORKOUT

MEMORIZING TECHNIQUES I

• Rhymes: “I before E except after C”

• Physical prompts: fists to remember

the days of the month

• Sound prompts: piece of music you

know well

• Visualization prompts: regular

journey

MEMORIZING TECHNIQUES II

• Use acronyims

• Mental images

• Employ all the senses

• Exagerate things

• Create a funny story

METHODS

In root groups

In topic groups With grammatical similarity

With their opposites

PAY ATTENTION!

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