How to remember the vocabulary?

Alex

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Memory

neurons

神經元

Why do we forget things?

Associations

CoordinationSuper-

ordinationSynonymy Colocations

Aitchison , 2003: 86-100Full - hungry

Happy/ Glad

Strong tea

Associative learning

• Sing it to a cool tune!

• Rhyme it!

• Visualize it!

• Laugh it out!

• Be surprised!

Example

點

Traditional

Repetition

Flash cards

Imagery

immediatelyone hour laterone day laterone week laterone month later

Chinese

Read, read, read

• Words keep repeating

• Learn from the context

• The way the words are used

Practice, practice, practice

• 20 repetition

• Make a sentence

• Tell a friend

• Create an association

Cut the word in parts

UN - not

Prefixes

Suffixes

• Nouns

• Verbs

• Adjectives

• Adverbs

Etymology

Autobiography

Look up the words you don’t know

GuessInference

Play games

Apps

Use vocabulary lists

Mind mapping

Visuwords

Using your language to remember

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqnIDJk9vtM&list=UUNHzezQmNtQkfQShJoE-4iw&index=31

Mnemonics, memory tricks

Sanguine

Ubiquitous

definition: everywhere, commonplace

Thank you!