2 Associative memory: 1) Phonological association, that is, memorizing words according to the rules of pronunciation. 2) the relationship between form and meaning, such as: eye regards two E's as two eyes. Bananas regard A as bananas. Birds regard B and D as two wings. 3) Onomatopoeic words, which are associated with actual sounds, such as Gonggong Googoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoogoo
3. Word formation memory: using word formation, memorizing words by analyzing root, prefix, suffix, derivation and synthesis.
4. Classified memory: classify words into animals, plants and other categories. Used for confidential memory. You can find a classified dictionary as a reference.
5. Card memory: When making word cards, you should always take the memorized words with you, and write down the font, part of speech, meaning, phonetic symbols, collocation and example sentences of the words.
6. Dictionary memory: that is, memorizing a dictionary. This method is a compulsory memory method. Its disadvantage is that it is easy to forget and only remembers the meaning of words in isolation. Can be used as a short-term strengthening means.
7. Contrastive memory: 1) Contrast between English and Chinese, such as mama, cigar, beer, bar, fee, etc. 2) comparison of singular and plural numbers, such as: good-goods, spirit-spirits wood-Woods 3) comparison of homophones, such as: right-write, eye-I 4) comparison of yin and yang of words, such as: actor-actress host-hospitality.
8. Understanding memory: By correctly understanding the original meaning, extended meaning and figurative meaning of words, for example, second is "second", which comes from the ancient sexual short message method. Minutes and seconds are divided into two levels, so second is also "second" and can be further understood as "auxiliary". This method is especially suitable for those polysemous words.
9. Contact memory: It is best not to remember words in isolation, but to contact related things as much as possible. 1) Contact the general idea of the learned article, contact the context, and 2) Contact phrases and collocations.
10. Sensory memory: When memorizing words, don't just use one sense, but use as many senses as possible, such as listening, reading, writing, watching and remembering.
1 1. software memory: people with computers can remember words with computer software, such as happy words, words for creation, and I like to remember words.
12. Reading memory: Memorize words by reading English articles and novels. , and pay attention to the appropriate difficulty.
13. Synonym memory: By memorizing words and synonyms together, we can accurately understand the meaning of words, so we don't need to pay attention to their differences in meaning.
14. Antisense memory: words are memorized by antonyms together, which expands the meaning of words.
15. chart memory: the advantage of using image charts to remember is the intuitive combination of meaning, form and object. You can find an English graphic dictionary as a reference.
16. Game memory: Memorize words in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere by playing games with yourself and the group. You can refer to "English Games" on the author's homepage.
17. Song memory: Memorize words by singing English songs. There are many English songs in the software such as Listening to Overlord and Listening to Superman, with lyrics and translations.
18. Review memory: words are remembered and will soon be forgotten. Review every once in a while to consolidate the words you have learned.
19. Trademark memory: Memorize words anytime and anywhere through the trademarks and advertisements you see.
20. Comprehensive memory: It is best to remember words in a variety of ways, not just one, using their respective advantages.
English is a phonetic symbol, and one of the main and traditional ways to change its word form is to add a prefix and suffix, that is, to change the position before and after a word or root, which can be said to be linear. For example, the word comfort (v. Comfort) can be changed from the suffix -able, comfort (ad) to Comfort(a. Comfort). Comfort) with the suffix -ly, comfort can be changed to uncomfort(a (A with the prefix un-. In traditional teaching, the learning and memory of English words are often based on root affixes. At present, some discussions about word memory methods are mostly based on the characteristics of English.
China's square Chinese characters are different from ideograms, and the original pictographic Chinese characters are pictures. The font of a Chinese character in China can be changed anywhere on the plane, which can be said to be flat. Take the word "buckle" as an example. "Kou" can appear in the upper, lower, left and right positions of Chinese characters, such as "I have great taste" and "Ai" and "Qi". In addition, two mouths can be stacked up and down to form "Lu", the inside and outside can be stacked to form "Hui", and the three mouths can be stacked to form "Pin", so the changes of Chinese characters can be described as follows. For thousands of years of Chinese civilization, this unique font change form of square Chinese characters will undoubtedly have a very far-reaching impact on our memory, which makes us have high sensitivity and recognition ability to the change of word "shape" Can this memory advantage handed down from generation to generation from China culture help us remember English words?
The answer should be yes. We are used to the ability to remember Chinese characters "shapes", which can also be used to remember English words, so as to give full play to this advantage and enhance our own strengths. Specifically, don't stick to the changes of an English word only in the front and back affixes, temporarily put aside the traditional English word formation, and remember and master it by observing and recognizing the changes of the word's shape in any position. This method may be more suitable for learners in China cultural circle, because it has some similarities with the inherent way of memorizing Chinese characters for a long time. In fact, although there are inevitable differences between different languages, there are also many similarities, and English and Chinese are no exception. This is also very important for us to learn English vocabulary.
In the study of English vocabulary, it is often boring and helpless to face a large number of new words. However, in fact, we don't know many seemingly abstruse English words. When we look closely, they are actually slightly changed in the form of words that we are very familiar with (not referring to the traditional changes in roots and affixes). Memorizing Chinese characters can often stimulate the interest in memorizing new words by recognizing the changes in the form of English words, such as adding, subtracting, replacing, splitting letters, or changing the order of letters.
The reference of Chinese word-making method to English word memory
There are four main construction methods of Chinese characters, namely pictographic characters, ideographic characters, knowing characters and pictophonetic characters. Let's borrow these word-making methods of Chinese characters to see the methods and fun of learning and remembering new words by knowing the changes of English words, just like learning Chinese characters.
1 hieroglyphics for memorizing words
Ideographic characters in Chinese characters refer to the shape of things represented by calligraphy and painting, such as the word "wood", whose prototype is like a tree. In English word learning, we can also help to remember or distinguish confusing words by pictographic association of the shapes of some letters in words.
Avoid, avoid, avoid oval.
The letter "O" is oval. A man who knows things is a hero. He should avoid doing stupid things like throwing eggs at stones.
Eclipse, eclipse, eclipse, ellipse
The "C" in the solar eclipse is missing like a circle, just as it is partially covered in the solar eclipse and the lunar eclipse, thus distinguishing it from the ellipse.
Friends, friends → demons
The letter "R" is like a flower. Friends come with flowers, demons come with shotguns.
Wet; Wet; Wet.
Does the letter "H" look like an upside-down kitchen knife? When sharpening a knife, wet it first, and it's easy to sharpen it quickly.
Remember English words by remembering Chinese characters.
2 refers to the method of memorizing words
Indicator in Chinese characters refers to adding indicator symbols to hieroglyphs or using abstract symbols to express the meaning of words. For example, adding an abstract symbol "-"under the pictographic word "wood" becomes the word "Ben", which originally meant root, and later evolved into the meaning of "foundation". There are also some letters in English words with "indicative" meaning, which can help us remember new words.
(1) Super N. Super+C → Super V. Ambush, put in danger.
Think of the letter "c" as a cup → a wine glass. Is this the hongmen banquet or the last supper?
Horse, horse, horse, horse, horse, horse, horse, horse, horse, horse.
The letter "a" means "one". Associative memory: (a) Horses with hoarse voices. Maybe you are too tired and should have a rest.
(3) care v. care +ss → care v. caress, caress
Two "s" stand for double complex numbers and double care-care.
(4) Bridge–G → Bride [Bride]
The letter "G" stands for a girl, the bride gets married, and bid farewell to her girlhood (the letter G is removed), which also marks the crossing of a bridge in life.
Know how to remember words
Ideographic characters in Chinese characters are similar to pictographs, and they are also an image symbol. They just combine the meanings of two or more words and symbols to express the meaning of a new word. For example, the word "wood" plus the word "gas" next to a single table is "rest", which means people are resting under a tree. A large number of compound words in English can be regarded as "cognitive words". It is often good for us to remember some English words that are not compound words from the perspective of cognitive words.
(1) Oxford University
Ox (cattle) +ford (ferry, shoal) cattle crossing, it is conceivable that Oxford University was also an idyllic scenery with abundant water plants and cattle crossing the river, and the translation of the word "Oxford" was also vivid.
Announcement; announcement
Bullet+ in the Bulletin goes deep into the public like a bullet, and there happens to be a theory in communication theory called "Bullet Theory".
Willing to obey, reasonable
A+men+able A A person (a) must be more reasonable and obedient when facing a group of people (men). Men don't suffer immediate losses.
Perseverance ['perseverance] n.
There are only ten people left in the Ten +A+ City, and they are still sticking to the a (A) City. It can really be called perseverance.
4. Phonetic memory of words
The pictophonetic characters in Chinese characters are generally composed of two radicals, one representing the class with great and vague meaning, and the other representing the pronunciation of words, such as "wood" and "wind" to form the word "wind". Words with roots in English words can be regarded as "pictophonetic words". For example, the English root test means "test" and "experiment", so it is much easier to remember several confusing words and roots together.
irritable
Hatred; Hate.
Protest; protest
Competition v. competition
Prove; certificate
Associative memory: exams often make people anxious, angry, disgusted and even protest. However, so far, we haven't found a better way to compete fairly than the exam to prove your strength fairly. Therefore, we should carry the exam to the end.
Of course, you can also combine the above methods, such as an omelet (n. omelet), which is divided into o+me+let. Think of the letter "O" as an egg, and then look from right to left: Let me eat an egg (o)- "omelet" is not bad. Is it easier to remember words? There is a more difficult question:
chuckle
goggles
goose
The "I→ I" in giggle means "I", so giggle refers to people's laughter; The "o" in goggle is like a round spectacle lens, so goggle refers to goggles; The "A" in gaggle is like a fat goose with a full stomach, so gaggle refers to the goose.
Observe the changes of word forms and memorize English words skillfully.
With the help of the thinking mode of memorizing Chinese characters, the interest and efficiency of memorizing new words will be greatly improved by recognizing the morphological changes of English words (not referring to the changes of traditional roots and affixes), such as substitution, addition and subtraction, splitting letters, and changes in the alphabetical order of words. "
Remember English words by remembering Chinese characters.
1 alternate letters
Some English words with similar word forms just replace each other's letters. When they are put together and connected in their sense, they are usually interesting and easy to remember.
(1) brain drain v.
Brain drain "brain drain" refers to the "brain drain" that often causes headaches for developing countries.
(2) acoustic; Using sound.
Isn't this a soil and water, and a local accent? Did you hear the familiar local accent in Lang Lang's recitation? When you meet an old friend in another country, let's recite the words together when you are happy.
Smart, smart.
Left-handed people must be flexible in their left hand and handy!
Jelly
When you give jelly to children, you will see happiness.
2 add and subtract letters
Some seemingly abstruse English words, if we look carefully, are actually words that we are very familiar with, only adding or subtracting one or two letters.
(1) view
View-w → vie v. competition
A hundred schools of thought contend (vie), with novel views.
(2) her, her
Herd+d → herdn。 Herds.
Pay attention to the many suitors (sheep) behind the flowers (her) of various departments in the university.
Despise, despise
Defying+me → deifying V.
Worship (deify) when there is "I → I" and disobey (disobey) when there is no "I". Isn't it a betrayal, a face-to-face thing, a behind-the-scenes thing, and you should be very careful with this person all your life?
(5) Ears
Earl +l → Earl n.
P+ earl → pearl n.
In the past, the appearance and life experience of nobles (such as earl, etc. ) are often described as "wide ears" and "natural pearls".
3 Split letters (abbreviated, see "Memorizing words")
A four-letter tone
There is a class of words in English called "disyllabic words", that is, two words have the same number of letters but different alphabetical order, such as listen and silent. In fact, there are also such language phenomena in Chinese characters, such as "apricot", "dull" and "sleepy".
(1) coins
idol
Isn't the character on the coin usually the idol of the public?
Abundant; abundant
maple
Imagine maple trees in Canada, the country of maple leaves.
Military.
marital
No discord, no concord, no concord. When reciting words, don't forget to test each other more.
(4) snakes
Sneak around, steal
Stealth, isn't this a positive feature of snakes?
Finally, it should be pointed out that this method imitates the ideographic memory of Chinese characters, and carries out associative memory with the help of any change in the form of English words, without considering the traditional memory units of pinyin, such as syllables, roots and affixes, which may make some people ignore the pronunciation of the memorized English words, which should be highly valued. Therefore, it is best for readers to put phonetic symbols on the new words they don't know in the above article to avoid this possible neglect.