How to quickly learn English words

Category: World out-of-fashion | May 16, 2016, 20:14

There are situations when we are faced with the question: »How quickly learn the English words?» Let's try to understand.

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Trouble memorizing new words

Why memorize new words (not only English, but also any foreign words), it is so hard? There are several reasons:
1. Any new word - a new accurate information, and it lends itself to memorization difficult. Alas, our brain assimilates only 20% of such information;
2.? Different phonemics, or sound. An unusual word for our hearing is a problem for its »writing» in the brain;
3. Literary difference of languages ​​or »letter confusion». ? Different languages ​​differ in alphabets, and it is difficult to memorize new symbols. And letters of the same spelling often have a different pronunciation;
4. All the above objective difficulties. But there are also subjective. And if with the feature of mind-everything is clear and you can not do anything, then eliminate the difficulties encountered due to improper organization of memorizing new words, we are quite capable. And then we talk about the proper organization of learning.

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How to quickly learn English words, properly organized learning system.

To begin, let's deal with what you do not have to do with learning new English words:
- to learn words by dictionary in alphabetical order. Why? Yes, because such a set of words does not make any sense and even after a long memorization is quickly forgotten. In addition, the vocabulary words that follow one another are very similar in spelling. And like this, it quickly replaces it. Remember the »wedge-shaped wedge»?
- To learn simply a word. Without context. Not only that some words in the context have a completely different meaning, so also such a work resembles »Martyshkin labor». You will forget the learned but unrelated word at the first opportunity, and it (opportunity) will not keep you waiting.
To confuse the sequence of memorization. Often we learn the word in the following sequence: we write - we speak - we translate. It seems to be reasonable. And now remember how children learn to speak in their native language. In the same sequence? Of course not! But as? I found out - said - wrote. So when memorizing English words, you first need to learn the word: translate (better still and hear) - pronounce - and only then write down. In essence, this is the basis for building Business English coursesSo this method can be called standard.


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