Modern teaching methods offer to learn a language as quickly as possible, where the main indicator of the quality of knowledge is the richness of vocabulary. Each person has his own type of thinking and memory. Some just need to look at a new word to memorize it, others have to stubbornly sit and memorize it, as once in childhood - the multiplication table.
Method of interaction of sensations
A useful method that is extremely useful to use in parallel with other memorization techniques. Its essence boils down to the fact that each foreign concept should not just be memorized, but felt, imagining that it is from the native language. This rule will allow you to communicate as freely as possible in a foreign language and “not go into your pocket for a word”, thinking about the answer for a long time. Thanks to this method, the necessary associations themselves will pop up in the head at the right time.Example: when memorizing the English cup, you need to imagine a cup and repeat this word to yourself in a foreign language.
By the way, if the meaning itself flies out of your head, cup can be remembered as an image: a cup into which water is dripping from a tap with the sound "drip". Thus, the method of associations will help to remember the word, and the method of interaction will fix it in the subconscious.
Storytelling
This memorization method suggests composing a short story in order to better consolidate. The main rule here is not to strain too much imagining - the story may be simple and ridiculous, but vivid and memorable.For example, almost ("almost") can be represented as follows: once upon a time there was a girl Alla, who once wanted to throw herself off the bridge, but a passer-by prevented her, grabbing her leg. So she almost succeeded in accomplishing her plan. Before you is an absurd story that will definitely not let you forget a word or its meaning. If you repeat the story several times at different times to yourself, it will be easy to remember. This method is suitable for words to which it is not possible to find a simple association.
Phonetic association method
It is known that in all languages of the world there are words or their parts that coincide in sound. From the point of view of the method of phonetic associations, memorization of words with different meanings can be made convenient. To remember a word that is similar in meaning to another, it is enough to link these two meanings together. This technique will help you remember the most complex values in the shortest possible time, the main thing is to repeat associations from time to time. And, of course, write down what you have learned in a special dictionary.For example, you need to remember the English plumber (plumber, plumber). You need to imagine a plumber, and imagine it very brightly - in his blue overalls, with a yellow helmet. The word plumber, upon some consideration, may seem like a Russian "plombir". Next, you should very vividly imagine a plumber who greedily eats a melted ice cream flowing through his hands. Ready! A vivid association is chosen and will certainly not fly out of memory.
Stickers
Pasting stickers around the surrounding space will help you better immerse yourself in the language environment and get used to the language more quickly.This is an interesting and unusual way for creative people whose family will not mind if all the items in the house are pasted over with stickers with strange inscriptions. This method is based on the pattern that most people on earth are visuals who remember visual information better.
Working with hearing
As it has recently become clear from the practice of English-Russian schools, for some reason the biggest problem for Russian-speaking students is the perception of foreign speech by ear.
One of the methods to eliminate this feature is the independent dictation of the studied text or individual words on the recorder and their subsequent listening. In this case, special attention should be paid to the correct pronunciation. If it is not clear how a word is pronounced, refer to connoisseurs and competent sources, because the distortion of one sound can change the meaning of the entire phrase.
Smart cards
The method suggests using brainstorming. First you need to take a generalized concept - for example, fruits - and list all the fruits in this language, writing them out. The more time you can spend on one such enumeration, the better these words will be deposited in your head.
All “sorted” concepts should be written out and saved in order to review in a free minute, repeating. This is a good way to translate several concepts at once into an active vocabulary.
Mobile applications
Easy way to repeat and learn words - applications for mobile phone, smartphone or tablet. An important advantage is that applications can be used at any convenient time: on the road or during a break at work.
Google Translator- a good dictionary that knows 90 languages. To work with it, you need to enter a word in a foreign language. The translator will give several translation options that you can listen to if you wish. All translated materials can be saved and synchronized with other gadgets.
Yandex translate- a handy dictionary from Yandex developers. The application allows you to translate individual words, phrases, sentences and texts online and offline. Offline mode means offline work with six languages, and using the Internet, more than 90 languages will be available. Everything is free.
Memrise– will help to learn a foreign word both online and offline. The mobile application allows you to learn not only new words, but also various terms, capitals. There are free and paid versions.
Find an accomplice
Find a friend who has studied or is studying the same language and start practicing learning with him. A friend who can correct the pronunciation, the construction of phrases is almost a personal tutor.If there are none among your friends, you can find special communities on the Internet that practice a similar method of learning a language. Even if informal meetings of those wishing to speak a foreign language do not take place in your city, the Internet will help to expand the boundaries and, for example, via Skype. Learning a language in this lively way is not only extremely rewarding, but also fun!
Creating habits is the key to ensuring that precious knowledge does not get lost and will take the place it was put in many years ago. There are several important points that should be observed in order to learn the language in the most effective way.
mother of learning
Replenishing your vocabulary, like a piggy bank - with coins, you should not forget that if you do not practice repeating the language, words are forgotten over time. It's one thing to remember, another thing to hold in your head for a long time. For this, there are simple but mandatory rules that everyone who wants to memorize new words needs to follow: repeat them an hour later, before going to bed and the next morning, and flip through your personal dictionary at least once a month.
Regularity and focus
Practice shows that the most effective method of learning foreign languages is regularity. You should not set yourself the “learn 100 in a day” setting - it’s better to gradually, every day, get acquainted with 10 new foreign concepts and memorize them reliably. You should not spray on several languages at the same time, especially if you need knowledge in perfection. Constantly switching to another language is not prohibited, but remember that this will reduce the effectiveness of classes.
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I didn't start learning English from the cradle. Since my sister learned German and excelled in it, I decided in kindergarten that this was my way too. I wanted to imitate my sister in everything: it was thanks to her that I learned to read at the age of 4, so it was also easy with the choice of German. So, for several years my sister and I studied Deutsch on our own, and it was interesting. And then the fifth grade came, and they didn’t ask me what I, baby, want, and they wrote me down in an English group. After all, I felt that this was my destiny :)
Today I want to talk about ways to learn foreign words. They have passed many tests, have been tried on me and my students, some methods have been improved, others have been swept away as unnecessary. So, I share what worked personally for me and my beloved students.
1. Mnemonics or just associations.
Honestly, I did not know that this method is called such a tricky word. I used it at school on my own, and over time I began to refine myself :) Now I will explain.
Everything is very simple: we take the word, we attach the image to the word. The method works well for visuals. I still often, along with a word and an image, imagine side by side how this word is spelled. This technique is especially useful for abstract words. For example: heat- desert, love- cupid with an arrow, open- a hand opening a bottle of lemonade or beer. We all have our own associations, and even if they seem very strange to someone, but it works for you, let's be strange :)
The next stage is the consolidation of this image, word and the connection between them in the brain, i.e., repeat over and over again until it is postponed. Do not treat this as hard and tedious work. I am for any process to be easy and playful. I use mnemonics with especially complex words that don’t want to be remembered right away.
2. We make cards for words.
The good old way I used to prepare for the dreaded GRE exam you need to get into an American university. On one side we write the Russian version, on the other English. Important: do not write all the meanings of this word, the first two are always enough to start, unless a specific term is meant. Cards can be done on the phone, or on paper. It is convenient to carry them with you and check yourself in your free time.
3. Paste objects with stickers.
This is reserved for creatives and beginners. A word is best remembered when, instead of translating it, you have a picture in front of your eyes.
4. Vision in context.
English is contextual. When people ask me how to say "go", I always answer: "depending on where, depending on why, and depending on how long". Until we see the new word in context, there is little that can be done with it. So that the word does not remain a dead weight, we will make sentences in writing with the word or expression, and preferably three, then read them aloud.
5. Dictation on audio.
It is important not only to recognize a word (expression) when we see it, but also to recognize it when we hear it. To do this, you need to say it repeatedly. A good way is to dictate yourself into a recorder and then listen to it. Of course, at first it is important to find out how this very word is pronounced correctly, so as not to follow the sad example of Vitaly Mutko and his speech at FIFA under the well-known name "From ze botom ov my hart":) After 30 minutes, the word should be repeated. It is said that repetition before going to bed is the best time to memorize, because this is the best time to work with the subconscious.
6. Smart cards.
We take one topic and do brainstorming. For example, fruits are melon, pear, apple, plum, grape, etc. You can combine this method with the "card" method. And also remember that the more time we spend on one word, the faster it is deposited in the passive dictionary and the faster it will enter the active one.
About active and passive vocabulary. When we learn / see a new word, it is first deposited in a passive internal dictionary. This is the first important step. That is, you begin to recognize this word when you see it, especially in context. Only after that, this word has a chance to "leave" in the active dictionary, i.e. you can retrieve it from memory and use it in speech.
7. Find an accomplice.
Surely there is someone in your life who would like to learn a foreign language with you. It stimulates. It is especially fun to make an associative series with a friend - it's a lot of fun :). At one time, I did not have an accomplice, and I studied English by myself. But I use this rule in other cases, it always works! Somehow I'll tell you.
8. Use emotions.
When memorizing a word, the emotions that you put into a new word are very important. If you associate it with some lively pictures that evoke emotions, preferably positive ones, but not necessarily :), the word will be deposited at least in a passive dictionary. You can link to personal memories, which is also very effective. You can evoke smells, taste, fill the picture with color, or combine it with your favorite music. This method is well suited for remembering certain concepts that are difficult to attach to something specific.
9. Spelling.
The word must not only know how to pronounce it, but also be able to write. To do this, take a sheet of paper and write it many times. The concept of "spelling" is very important in the English language. If you have a friend Ashley whose name is spelled Ashly and not Ashleigh, then God forbid you spell her name wrong. No offense will not do :)
10. A bunch of concepts.
When you learn individual words, it's one thing, but when you link them together, it becomes even more effective. You can, for example, choose 10-20 words and write a coherent story consisting of these words. He can be stupid, funny, serious - it doesn't matter, have fun with it! Personally, I find this method very entertaining.
11. Opposites.
We choose those words that have antonyms, and remember them first separately, then in pairs. For example, good - bad, awful - awesome. You can do the same with synonyms (nice - fine - good), with professions (to teach - teacher, etc.), using word formations. More on this in the next paragraph.
12. Word formation.
Here you can learn suffixes and prefixes, with the help of which new words are formed. For example, believe (believe) - believable (probable) - unbelievable (incredible) - believing (believing) - belief (faith) - disbelief (unbelief).
13. Combination of all methods.
This is the best way. All of the above methods complement each other and help.
Now it remains only to start :) Next time I will tell you about the resources with which learning and improving English can become a powerful tool for self-development!
The human brain is designed in such a way that it is much easier for him to remember something familiar or associated with something already familiar. Otherwise, any foreign word will be perceived as a kind of "abracadabra", which, of course, can be remembered, but this is much more difficult to do. To facilitate the process of memorizing foreign words, we use some tricks to make the words of a foreign language more familiar and "make friends" with them.
Find similarity
In every language there are a number of words that resemble the words of their native language. The closer the languages are, the higher the percentage of such words will naturally be, which will facilitate the assimilation of foreign vocabulary. Similar words can be divided into several groups.
native language words. So, for languages that are based on the so-called Indo-European proto-language (and this is English, and German, and French, and other languages \u200b\u200bof Eastern and Western Europe), it is quite easy to find words that are similar in sound and have a common or very close meaning. As a rule, this is the name of family members (cf. Russian “brother” and English “brother” are words identical in meaning; Russian “uncle” and English “daddy” (daddy) are words different in meaning, but denoting close male relatives) . Also, such words include the designations of natural phenomena (Russian "snow" - English "snow"), human actions (Russian "beat" - English "beat"), other words that have ancient primordial roots.
Words borrowed from Russian. Of course, in German and French, such words are most common. But, remembering these words, you need to be careful, because. the meanings of a Russian and a foreign word can either partially coincide (English "character" is translated into Russian not only as "character", but also as "character"), or not coincide at all (English "original" - Russian "original"). Although in the latter case the logic of borrowing such words is clearly traced, it is easy to find associations that allow you to remember the correct meaning of a foreign term.
Actually international words. As a rule, these are scientific terms, as well as the designations of instruments, professions, etc., which were borrowed from or Greek by both Russian and, for example, other European languages. The words "philosophy", "television" are understandable without translation.
come up with associations
If a foreign word does not resemble Russian in any way, memory can be "deceived" in order to learn it faster and better. To do this, you need to find your own, bright and witty associations that will be inextricably linked for you with this word and help you quickly restore it to memory if necessary.
This method, for example, is actively used by A. Dragunkin, known for his method of quickly learning a foreign language. So, to memorize the English "he" (he) and "she" (she), Dragunkin uses such a cheerful association: "He is Frail, and she is chic."
Just memorize
And, finally, there is no getting away from simple mechanical learning of foreign words. To speed up this process, words must be repeated as often as possible at the stage of their initial assimilation.
The following technique helps many: there are several words with transcription on the card. A person carries a card with him throughout the day, periodically looking into it and pronouncing new words for himself. As a rule, after 20-30 repetitions, the words are firmly entered into the passive vocabulary. But in order to introduce new lexical units into the active dictionary, it is necessary to use them as often as possible in speech.
When learning a foreign language, almost every person has a question about how to memorize foreign words quickly. Currently, there are many methods and techniques that will help you expand your foreign vocabulary easily and quickly, without resorting to tedious cramming, which often does not bring any benefit.
Method of interaction of sensations
This method works most effectively when used in a duet with other ways and methods of memorizing words.
The method of interaction of sensations shows how to better memorize foreign words through sensory perception. It is based not on a simple mechanical memorization of a word or phrase, but on their presentation and comparison with any sensations. This approach helps to use the studied words more confidently in colloquial speech and not spend too much time simply remembering them. With the mere mention of a person, object, action or phenomenon, the previously used sensory associations will automatically remind the brain of the necessary word.
An example is the English word cup, translated into Russian as "cup". When using the method of interaction of sensations, one should not only memorize the pair "word - translation", but also imagine the cup itself, the manipulations that can be performed with it, as well as the sensations that can be associated with it.
The method of interaction of sensations can be combined with mnemonics based on the search for consonances in the native language and the inclusion of sound associations and translation into a common, easily remembered phrase. The English word cup is very similar to the Russian "cap". Based on a consonant association and translation, it is easy to compose a phrase like: "Water drips from a tap into a mug: drip-drip-drip." This combination of techniques perfectly shows how to memorize foreign words quickly and efficiently. Mnemonics help to translate the word into long-term memory, and the method of interaction of sensations helps to fix it in memory and remind the brain of it when it needs to be used.
Method of cards and stickers
Based on the repetition of 10-20 words during the day. Small rectangles are cut from thick paper or cardboard. On one side words are written in a foreign language, on the other - a Russian translation. Words are viewed at any free moment: at breakfast, lunch or dinner, in transport, at work, etc. You can view both foreign words and their translation in Russian. The main thing - when viewing, try to remember the translation of the word or its original sound and spelling in a foreign language.
Lessons with cards can be made more effective if carried out in several stages:
- Introduction to new words. Pronunciation, search for associations, initial memorization.
- Memorization of new foreign words. Restoration of the translation into Russian in memory, constant shuffling of cards until all the words are learned.
- A stage similar to the previous one, but in reverse order - working with words in Russian.
- Consolidation of learned words. The fastest repetition of words using a stopwatch. The purpose of this stage is to recognize words without translation.
The original version of the card method is the use of stickers. With their help, you can learn the names of surrounding objects and actions that can be performed with them. For example, you can stick the English "door" on the door, and "push" on the side from which the door needs to be pushed, and "pull" on the side where the door is pulled into, on its handle.
Another option for working with stickers is sticking them in those places where the student can most often see them. This could be computer space (including screen), bathroom mirror, kitchen shelves, etc. Any foreign words can be written on stickers. The main condition is that the stickers should often catch the eye.
The use of stickers clearly shows how to memorize the words of a foreign language using visual information.
Associations
This is a very interesting and easy way to learn, which is suitable even for toddlers. Methods of lexical or phonetic associations tell how to memorize foreign words using Russian consonant with them. At the same time, a foreign and a Russian word consonant with it must be related in meaning. If such a semantic connection is not clearly visible, it should be invented independently.
For example, the English word palm in translation into Russian means "palm" and is consonant with Russian "palm". To memorize the meaning of the word palm with the help of association, one should think that palm leaves are like human palms with spread fingers.
Don't think that there are exceptions for association methods. It is quite easy to pick up similar-sounding words in Russian for one foreign word, while another is completely inconsonant with nothing. However, for any foreign word, you can choose either a consonant variant, or divide it into its component parts and look for a similar phrase in Russian.
Or divide one compound word into two, simple ones already known to the student of the language, and by combining their translations, make up a single association. For example, the English word butterfly (butterfly) is easily divided into butter (oil) and fly (fly, fly). Thus, the butterfly is easily remembered with the help of such associations as "a fly in butter" or "oil flies".
Association methods are described in many works of professional linguists and are widely used in the practice of language schools. Some of the most interesting works and effective methods were proposed by Igor Yuryevich Matyugin, the developer of a special technique that develops attention and memory. To make it easier to understand how to memorize foreign words, I.Yu. Matyugin presented the world with a book containing 2,500 English words with vivid and interesting associations.
Yartsev method
It is best suited for those who are easier to perceive information visually. This method will not tell you how to memorize hundreds of foreign words a day, but it will definitely help to significantly expand your vocabulary, fixing it in long-term memory.
The essence of the Yartsev method lies in a certain recording of words. An ordinary notebook sheet is divided into 3 columns. In the first one the word is written, in the second - its translation. The third column is for synonyms and antonyms, as well as examples of phrases and phrases that will contain the word being studied.
A pleasant moment of using this technique is the absence of cramming. The written words should be reread from time to time, thus gradually fixing them in memory. But one reading will not be enough. Words, in addition to lists, should also appear in articles, films, etc. Thus, they must be activated in memory.
Grouping Methods
This technique helps to figure out how to quickly memorize foreign words. Combining them into groups can occur:
- Within the meaning of.
- On grammatical grounds.
In the case of grouping by meaning, words that are synonyms or antonyms are collected together. The purpose of this grouping is to maximize the enrichment of the vocabulary. An example is the following group of words translated into any foreign language:
good, great, great, great, bad, unimportant, etc.
There can be a lot of options for grouping words according to grammatical features. When compiling groups, you can rely on words with the same root, on nouns of the same gender, on verbs with a certain ending, etc. Such a grouping helps not only to replenish vocabulary, but also to improve understanding of the basics of the grammar of the language.
Mnemonic associations
Mnemonics is a creative approach to the question of how to memorize foreign words and enter them into long-term memory. According to this method, for each foreign word it is necessary to come up with a consonant Russian that will be associated with the foreign original. Then the sound association and translation are combined into a phrase or story that needs to be remembered. The repetition algorithm looks like this:
- foreign word.
- Consonant association in Russian.
- Phrase or story.
- Translation.
As part of the methodology, the algorithm for each word is spoken 4 times a day for two days. The result is the exclusion of the "association" and "history, phrase" stages from the algorithm and the transfer of the "foreign word - translation" pair to the brain area responsible for long-term memory.
Initially, the story gets into it, while the translation is delayed in fast memory by only 30 minutes. In the future, at one glance at the word, a sound association will pop up in memory, a phrase will be remembered with it, and then a translation is extracted from the phrase. The algorithm will also work in the opposite direction: the translation helps the brain to remember the phrase, and a sound analogy is extracted from it or the story, which reminds of the original foreign word. Thus, the technique of mnemonic associations shows how to effectively memorize foreign words, leaving them in memory for a long time.
An example is the English word puddle, which means "puddle" in Russian. The sound association for him will be the Russian "fell", and as a phrase it will do: "Nikita fell into a puddle many times." The word repetition algorithm would look like this:
- Puddle (original foreign word).
- Falling (sound association).
- Nikita fell into a puddle many times (a phrase or story containing a consonant association and translation).
- Puddle (translation).
Using the method of mnemonic associations, in order to easily memorize foreign words, it is not necessary to come up with consonances and examples of phrases on your own. Currently, there are a large number of information resources that offer ready-made algorithms for memorizing foreign words and phrases.
Spaced repetitions
The spaced repetition method also suggests learning foreign words using flashcards. Its main difference from the card method is the suggestion of how to memorize foreign words. The spaced repetition method assumes that the words on the cards will be viewed and pronounced at certain intervals. Thanks to this repetition algorithm, the studied foreign words will be fixed in the long-term memory of the brain. But without the lack of repetition, the brain will "delete" unnecessary (in its opinion) information.
The spaced repetition method is not always useful and appropriate. For example, when learning frequently used words (days of the week, frequent actions, etc.), which are constantly heard and regularly used in speech, the repetition of words will become a natural process - they will often occur in conversations, when reading and watching videos.
Listening
This method will be ideal for those who like to listen to music or any information. It is based on listening to foreign words that must be pronounced correctly, as well as their repetition. Both special educational audio recordings and various videos with a detailed analysis of words, phrases and sentences can serve as materials.
Reading
When deciding how to memorize foreign words, books, articles and other printed materials in the target language can be of great help. Learning words while reading texts in a foreign language is appropriate when a person studying a language already knows about 2-3 thousand words. It is with the presence of such a vocabulary that the understanding of simple texts comes.
The best option for memorizing through reading is to write out unknown words from texts. In this case, you do not need to write out all the incomprehensible phrases in a row. Attention should be paid only to those without which it is impossible to understand the general meaning of the sentences. Surely they will come in handy in the further use of a foreign language. Such memorization will be much more efficient, since new information is "extracted" from the context, forming more vivid and pronounced associations in memory.
The number of written words should also be limited. To replenish vocabulary without interrupting reading, it is enough to write out just a few of them from one read page.
If you wish, you can do without writing out, as the vocabulary is replenished even in the process of continuous reading. But memorizing words and fixing them in long-term memory in this case is much slower.
Video viewing
Learning new words from videos also requires the learner to have certain knowledge of the language. Otherwise, it will be quite difficult to understand which foreign word, still unknown to the student, was uttered. Watching videos in a foreign language allows you to achieve two results at once: expand your vocabulary and improve your listening comprehension skills.
The easiest approach in this technique is to watch the video without the distraction of writing out unknown words. But the most positive result will be achieved only if, during the viewing, you stop the film, take notes and analyze new words and phrases for the language learner.
When learning a foreign language, it is very important to constantly replenish your vocabulary - memorize new and new words in English. However, not everyone succeeds in doing this. We offer you seven tips to help you remember new words in English more effectively.
Build Associative Networks
Our brains take what we read and convert it into images, ideas, and feelings, and then form connections between the new information and what we already know. This is how memorization happens - the new is combined with the old.
Imagine a tree. Isn't it easier to see a large spreading tree with many branches and leaves than a small tree with a few branches? The same is true for the brain. When you connect a new word or concept with something you already know, it's easier for your brain to find it and remember it at the right time.
How to do it? Very simple. Draw a network of concepts. Take what you want to remember (word, idea, sentence) and write it in the center of the paper. Then draw lines from it in all directions, like a web.
At the end of each line, write down any English words or even draw pictures that come to mind when you think of the word in the center. It doesn't matter what the associations are, just write down whatever you come up with.
It will only take a couple of minutes, and now all the words or concepts will be interconnected in your brain. If you see or hear one of them, it will be easier for you to remember the others.
To make it work even better, say how this or that word in English is related to others. The more often you do this, the more connections are formed. And the more connections, the easier it is for your brain to “see” the word you want to remember.
Memorize phrases (phrases)
Remembering a word is important, but English, like any other language, is not just a set of concepts, it is a tool that people use to communicate and express their thoughts. Find examples of how a particular word is used in the text.
Write down not only the word itself, but also neighboring ones. For example, if you need to remember the English word "arrogant" (arrogant), you can write: "the tall, arrogant man" (tall arrogant man).
This will help you remember that "arrogant" is an adjective used to describe people. Then try three complete sentences to practice using it.
Use Pictures
Draw small pictures to remember the meaning of the word. Can't draw? Don't worry, it's even better. Our brain receives so much monotonous information that a strange picture is a kind of surprise, and we always remember surprises.
Our brain is better at reading visual information. Draw a funny picture illustrating the meaning of a word and you will remember it much faster.
Make up stories
English learners often complain that there are too many new words and they are hard to remember. There is one trick that you can use to quickly learn words. Make up any, even a ridiculous story, in which all the words in English are involved. Imagine it in detail.
We easily remember stories, especially strange ones, if we can recreate them in our imagination. Feel free to combine words in fun and awkward ways. Let's say you need to memorize the following 20 English words:
shoes, piano, tree, pencil, bird, bus, books, driver, dog, pizza, flower, door, TV set, spoons, chair, jump, dance, throw, computer, stone
(shoes, piano, wood, pencil, bird, bus, books, driver, dog, pizza, flower, door, TV, spoons, chair, jump, dance, throw, computer, stone)
You can make up such an incredible story from them:
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There is a piano wearing shoes and sitting in a tree. The tree is strange because someone has stuck a giant pencil through it. On the pencil a bird is sitting and watching a bus full of people reading books. Even the driver is reading a book which is bad because he isn't paying attention to driving. So, he hits a dog that is eating a pizza in the middle of the road and kills it. The driver digs a hole and buries the dog in it and then puts a flower on it. He notices that there is a door in the dog's grave and opens it. Inside he can see a TV set with 2 spoons for antennas on top of it. No-one is watching the TV set because they are all watching the chair. Why? - Because the chair is jumping and dancing and throwing stones at the computer. |
The piano sits on a tree in shoes. The tree looks strange because someone pierced it with a huge pencil. A bird sits on a pencil and looks at a bus full of people reading books. Even the driver reads the book, which is bad because he doesn't pay attention to the road. So he hits a dog that was eating pizza in the middle of the road to death. The driver digs a hole and buries the dog, then places a flower on top. He notices that there is a door in the dog's grave and opens it. Inside, he sees a TV with two spoons on top that act as antennas. Nobody watches TV because everyone is looking at the armchair. Why? Because the chair is jumping and dancing and throwing rocks at the computer. |
Try it. You will be surprised!
Remember opposites
Remember in pairs words with opposite meanings (antonyms) and words with similar meanings (synonyms). For example, remember the pairs angry/happy and angry/cross at the same time. We remember similar and opposite things faster, as the brain creates connections between them.
Parse the word by composition
Use roots, prefixes and suffixes to guess what a word means.
For example: even if you are unfamiliar with the word "microbiology", you can guess what it means. First, take a look at the "micro" prefix. "Micro" means something very small. You may know that the "-logy" part means science, the study of something.
So, we can already say that it is about learning something small. Also, you may remember that "bio" means life, living beings. Thus, we can conclude that "microbiology" is the science of microscopic living organisms.
