I understand that learning English is not easy.

Many spend years and still do not reach the desired level. Only a few are fluent in English, although the benefits of this are obvious to everyone.

Luckily, using the right techniques can speed up the learning process! I will share with you a list of 30 life hacks that I used when learning English. They are guaranteed to improve your language in no time.

What's the secret?

The main thing in learning a language is regular practice and maximum "immersion" in the language. Think for yourself: after all, small children learn to communicate in their native language without dictionaries and lessons. Likewise for you effective learning one must literally surround oneself with language.

But for starters...

Get rid of prejudice

1. Is it possible to learn English only in childhood? In fact, numerous studies show that adults learn language even easier than children!
2. You bad memory? If you are just starting to learn a language, I have good news for you: you only need to learn the 25 most commonly used words in order to understand 25% of everything written text! It takes about 100 words to understand half. Can you remember a hundred words?
3. Don't have time? Firstly, in learning English, it is not the duration that is more important, but the frequency of classes. Secondly, this is usually just an excuse: can't you find half an hour a day to achieve your goal?

Practice English without even noticing it

On all my devices, I changed the interface language to English

1. Change the interface language mobile phone, computer and other devices into English. This way you will learn some new words and expressions and get used to interacting with English text.
2. Put stickers with their names on all items in the house. You will be surprised how many items in your apartment whose names you do not know. Paste the names on the doors of the rooms, household appliances, furniture, cabinets and even cereal boxes.
3. Read and memorize the words to your favorite songs and sing along to them! The Genius website has not only words, but also explanations of the meaning of individual phrases of almost all popular songs.

Expand your English vocabulary

Google images- great way memorize new words and expressions

1. When you're looking for a translation of an unfamiliar word, don't just look it up in a dictionary, but type it into Google Image Search. Very often images will give you a much better idea of ​​the meaning of a word than a textual description. Of course, this method works best for nouns that describe specific items.
2. For all new words, try to learn their sound. Simply type in the words in Google Translate and click the "Listen" icon at the bottom of the text field. Usually it is enough to hear the pronunciation of a word once in order to remember it.
3. Install apps on your smartphone that will teach you a few words every day. Try easyten, Duolingo, or the more feature rich Anki.
4. If you already understand enough English text, use an English-English dictionary instead of an English-Russian one.

By the way, we have a simple blog.

1. Watch recordings of English-language TV shows on YouTube. They are short and funny. Try The Conan O'Brien Show or Stephen Colbert.
2. Search YouTube for recordings of talks from conferences that interest you. Speakers usually speak clearly, but at the same time with a lively language. Shameless plug: take a look my talk at 500 Startups Demo Day 😇
3. Video tutorials can be interesting too. The main thing is to find boring ones! I like English Lessons with Alex.
4. It has already been written about films and series in English many times, but not in vain! Watch depending on the level with Russians or English subtitles, or without them at all. Have you watched “Silicon Valley” yet?

Read in English

Vogue in the original is beautiful

1. If your level is still low, read books for young children. They are short and written in simple language.
2. Read English-language comics, preferably popular - about Batman, Superman, etc. They are also short, and the pictures help to understand what is happening.
3. Did you know that there is Wikipedia in plain English? Articles in it are written with simplified grammar and vocabulary. Read about subjects that interest you, or start with selected articles.
4. Read interesting foreign magazines or articles from their websites. My choice is The New Yorker and Vogue 😊
5. As for books, start with those you have already read in Russian. By the way, translations of books from Russian into English are usually written in simpler English than originally English-language books.

Listen to English speech

BBC news - great example standard English accent

1. Be sure to listen to native speakers, even if you are just starting to learn the language. Here it is important not so much to understand everything, but to get used to its sound and rhythm. Do not worry, gradually you will begin to understand what is being said.
2. Watch or listen to news recordings, preferably BBC and CNN. Newscasters speak with a standard accent (British for the BBC and American for CNN).
3. Turn on English speech(same news) in the background. Unconsciously, you will get used to it and catch the frequently occurring turns.

Speak English

Sometimes I have to speak English in front of huge halls

1. First, find someone you can work with often! It takes constant practice to communicate.
2. Take advantage of the language exchange: Practice English by learning your native language in exchange. Best Playground for this - italki site.
3. Look for conversation clubs ( speaking clubs) In your city. But remember: in order for them to be useful, you need to take the initiative and not only listen to others, but also talk more yourself!
4. Lessons with professional teacher and native speaker. He must have a good accent, because you will unconsciously adopt it. In order not to waste time, choose (plus, they are usually cheaper).
5. When you get a chance, just start talking! And no “sorry for my english”. The interlocutor will appreciate your desire and will gladly forgive you for mistakes without unnecessary requests. Apologizing will only add to the awkwardness, especially for yourself.

Immerse yourself in an English-speaking environment

I studied English where it is spoken - in Miami and London

1. When planning a vacation abroad, think about English speaking country- England, USA, Malta, Canada or Australia.
2. Live abroad with other people. Instead of a hotel, rent a room on Airbnb or Homestay.
3. Well, I will not tire of repeating that nothing will give you such progress as language classes in the country where it is spoken! Go to . You can go there with any level of language and at any age.

Many do not even think about the possibility of learning a language abroad, but in vain! - it is effective, very interesting, and not nearly as expensive as is commonly believed.

Your turn

I tried to collect in this article all the tricks and tricks with which I improved my English.

What secrets help you learn a language? Share in the comments!

P.S.

Almost forgot!

Today, self-development in the form of learning languages ​​and going to the gym is literally a trend that everyone wants to keep up with.

From everywhere you can only hear “Don’t give up!”, “Be better than yesterday!”, “Work on yourself!”. If your figure is not perfect, everything is clear here - you need to observe proper nutrition and pump muscles. However, is it really that simple in learning English? Let's see.

If you have gaps in English, it is worth pulling up grammar and expanding your vocabulary. What to do if a bad memory, and all these words do not fit in the head? Is it possible to upgrade memory? The answer will pleasantly surprise you - you can.

Of course, someone will be able to quickly learn a number of new English words just by looking at them, and someone will have to make an effort. Everything depends on your desire.

In order to understand how you can pump memory, it is worth considering a few of your own features - everything is individual. As you know, there are two types of memory - someone perceives new things by ear, and someone - visually. There is one secret technique that we intuitively know at school, but eventually forget.

Remember how at a break, repeating a verse, you went from corner to corner with a textbook. Indeed, the movement contributes to the memorization of the new. And of course, memorization is significantly affected not only by speed, but also by the quality of memorization or the level of attention. It is important to focus on what you are learning here and now, and not fly in the clouds.

Understanding what memory is, it becomes obvious that by working on yourself, adding more self-discipline, you can develop memory, and easily memorize required amount new memorization of English words. All the excuses you've been using so far aside, it's time to pick yourself up and take a leap in learning. in English.

How to quickly learn English words

1. Learn words from context.

It is quite difficult to learn words if they are written as a list in a dictionary. This method can only be used if you are studying with a teacher who will help you use these words in context, build a dialogue with you using these new words and translate the list of new words from your passive vocabulary to active.

If you are at the stage self-study English, it is best to memorize words in the context of topics that interest you.

AT this method learning new words works two types of memory - visual and auditory. Subtitles are important because they will help you be 100% sure what the word just sounded and how it is spelled. Agree, it is difficult to remember what you are not sure enough about.

If you study English with a teacher, then he will definitely include podcasts in your classes, which are also magic wand to expand your vocabulary.

3. Don't grab onto every new word.

When learning words, you should not grab each new word and run to write it out in a dictionary. If only because the number of words in the English language is incredible!

To begin with, it is best to memorize the base of words that you need, depending on your age and lifestyle. Certainly, experienced teacher English will be able to direct you in the right direction and tell you what to focus on.

However, you can try and determine for yourself what to focus on and what words can be omitted.

4. Read.

You may be surprised, but now we are not even talking about reading in English, but about reading in our native language. It doesn't matter if it's fiction or quality articles.

Reading helps to make your thinking more flexible and develops your memory, thereby improving the memorization of new words in English.

5. Learn words in combination with grammar.

Many people think that the main base of English is words, and you don’t have to work much on grammar. Perhaps sometime in parallel universe this myth will be dispelled, however, now it still exists.

Just imagine, if you know the conjugation of verbs, how many new words you will immediately learn. For example, if you do not perceive that all these new words in the text are just the first or second form irregular verb, they all seem new to you and confusion arises.

6. Learn English with modern technology, no more old-fashioned flashcards!

Fortunately the world modern technologies and encourages learning new words. For example, on our site there is a dictionary in a completely free format that will help you learn new words by memorizing them by ear and visually. The study takes place in game form which helps to make the process of memorizing new words much more enjoyable.

In order to remember the English word faster, you can draw a certain parallel with it in your mind. It doesn't matter if it makes sense to someone else, the main thing is that it carries a certain message for you and, remembering this association, you could remember a new word.

For example, the word "sing" is somewhat similar to the word Singapore. You can draw a parallel with the phrase "singing in Singapore." In this method, only your imagination and imagination are important, add creativity.

8. Pay attention to words common origin.

Words of common origin in various languages- the cognates seem to have been created in order to instill confidence that learning a new language is not as unattainable as it might seem at first glance. When learning new words, you will see for yourself that many English words are similar to Russian ones.

9. Communicate with native speakers.

It's no secret that a language is easiest to learn in an environment where it is spoken. However, it is not necessary to go to another country for this. You can find a pen pal or call him on Skype. Communication with a native speaker will be very helpful when learning new words.

There are even many sites where people from different countries offer to improve your English for free, in return, by learning something from your mother tongue. However, this technique is best used when you already have a fairly confident English. On the initial stage better to contact professional teacher to point you in the right direction.

10. Use the S.M.A.R.T.

Set goals when learning new English words and you will see progress. It is much more pleasant to study English, noticing your progress. S.M.A.R.T. stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time-Bound - i.e. specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time bound.

Promise yourself that next month you will learn 70 new words that are most in demand in the English language.

11. Speak and think like a native speaker.

When learning new words, pay attention to the accent and intonation with which it is customary to pronounce given word. Try to imitate these elements at the very beginning of learning the language. In the future, this will greatly help you overcome the barrier of communication with native speakers.

12. Don't be afraid to make a mistake.

In order to speak correctly, it is not necessary to remember all the words that exist in English. It is enough, for starters, to master the basic base of words, of which there are about 300. Having studied the base, you will be able to express an idea without even knowing any word using the paraphrase technique.

Learning a language no longer seems so out of reach. Is not it?

By the way! We advise you to read our article how to learn English quickly. Not everything is so clear :)

How to help your child memorize English words easily

What can you do to help your child learn new words?

There are many memory poems that will greatly simplify the process of learning English for children. Can adults use methods for memorizing new words designed for children?

Yes! Both children and adults can learn a language through nursery rhymes.

For example:

We were given red tomatoes for lunch!(Red - red)
And a lemon, when it's ripe, has a yellow skin!(Yellow - yellow)
I like to run around the city in blue jeans!(Blue - blue)
Orange means orange, the color is the same, we will eat.(Orange - orange)
Let's call the gray mouse, he will be the gray mouse.(Grey color - gray)
Black is our black master, as always he came alone.(Black - black)
green- green grass She grew up on her own.(Green - green)
brown- new chocolate, I'm happy with brown.(Brown - brown)
White color- white and snow.(White - white)

You can help children learn new words by studying the rhyme and demonstrating items that in question in a poem. This technique Useful for the following verses:

This is a bear, this is a hare
This is a dog and this is a frog.
This is a car, this is a star
This is a ball and this is a doll.

One, two, three, four, five,
Once I caught a fish alive
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
Then I let it go again.
Why did you let it go?
Because it bit my finger so.
Which finger did it bite?
The little finger on the right.

With the help of poems, you can learn not only new words, but also remember temporary constructions. For example:

To have
I have a father
I have a mother
I have a sister
I have a brother.
Father, mother, sister, brother -
Hand in hand with one another.

With the help of this rhyme, you can work out the construction of the question:

How to learn English words for business

Do not be afraid, everything is the same here as in the study of general English. The main thing is to choose the necessary sources of study. It is worth focusing on a video on a topic that is relevant to you.

When choosing a textbook, it is also worth considering the business area that you need. Studying business English with a teacher, he will help you to place all the accents correctly and focus on the topics that you need, whether it is business, aviation or agriculture.

Do you need a mentor? Of course no one can say, for example, how to learn English words in 5 minutes;) But m We will select the best teacher who will lead you to the result. Set goals and achieve them! There is nothing unattainable, the main thing is to correctly prioritize and understand what to work on.

Good luck on your way to perfection!

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There are many various techniques and techniques for memorizing English words. Someone cramms the words, repeating them before going to bed, someone uses cards with words, and someone pastes over the apartment with stickers with the names of objects.

Despite this, many often face the problem when learned words fly out of their heads in a day, week or month. We spend a lot of effort and time expanding our vocabulary, but the words are never remembered. As a result, you have to learn them all over again.

About, how to memorize english words fast I will tell you in this article. This technique is used on the course by our students, thanks to which they are not only easy and short time remember many words forever, but they can also use them in speech.

How easy is it to learn English words?

Let's first clarify the meaning of the word "word". In the dictionary, "word" -it is a sound or symbol that serves to designate concepts, objects, persons, states, etc.. Simply put, when we say a word, it is a sound, and when we write a word, it is a symbol, by which we mean some kind of meaning.

Accordingly, in order to easily learn a word, you need to:

• know how it is spelled and pronounced;
• understand the meaning of the word, and not just know the translation.

Attention: Can't remember English words? Learn on how to learn words using the ESL methodnot to forget them.

How to learn English words so that they are remembered?

Method "how to remember English words"

This method will allow you to learn words with minimal effort, so that they remain in your memory and so that you can use them later.

It consists of three simple steps:

STEP 1. Look in the dictionary for the meaning and translation of the word

Translation of a word is how we translate a word into Russian. As a rule, this is one word (buy - buy, cat - cat).

Meaning is the meaning that this word means (buy - to get something by paying money for it).

English words, as a rule, have several meanings, but we only need one that matches the context (sentence or thought). The remaining values ​​do not need to be learned - it will be difficult to learn 3-5-10 values ​​​​at once.

I want to note that it is very important to know not only the translation, but also the meaning itself. Since sometimes in English words have the same translation, but different meanings and can be used in different situations.

STEP 2. Compose in writing own proposals with the word

In this step, we need to learn how to use the word in practice in order to fix it in memory. For this we need write sentences with words that you want to remember.

All offers should be simple and light. The essence of the step is to learn how to use the word in writing.

How many proposals to make? From 3 to 7 sentences. For easy words, 3 may be enough, and for complex ones, all 10. It is important that you do not write sentences automatically, but imagine what you are writing.

STEP 3. Orally compose our own sentences with the word

In the last step, we need to develop oral skill use the word and learn how to pronounce it correctly. After all, we are not only going to read and write, but also to speak.

To do this, it is also necessary to make sentences, but this time orally. Once again, the sentences should be simple and short. The purpose of this is to consolidate the word in practice, and not to show your literary ability in drawing up beautiful and long exercises. The number of sentences is the same as in step 2.

Now you know the best way to learn English words.

let's consider use case.

Situation:
You are reading a book and come across a sentence: "My head is strict (My head is strict)".

STEP 1. We look at the meaning and translation of the word

You know that the word "Head" is a head. Looking at the meaning in the dictionary, we will see that “head” also means “boss, leader” (the person who manages something, someone).

STEP 2. We make sentences in writing with this word, while representing the situation in the head (consciousness).

My head is a good man.
My boss is a good person.

Do you know my head?
Do you know my boss?

STEP 3. We make sentences orally and be sure to pronounce them out loud!

She likes her head.
She likes her boss.

She is a new head of the company.
She is the new boss in the office.

You may think that this method of learning English words will take a long time, but in fact it is not. By clarifying the word like this, you spend everything 2-3 minutes per word, but in this case you will not forget it either in a day, or in a week, or in a month. You won't have to relearn words, which will save you a lot of time and expand your vocabulary quickly.

Why this method learning English words effective?

It is known that a person cannot apply what he does not understand. If a person does not understand which pedals to press in a car, he will not be able to drive. Everything is exactly the same here.

This method just allows you to first understand the meaning of the word. After that, it is easy to use it in practice in the future. Here is a little secret of memorizing English words.

Our students using this technique memorization of English words, in one lesson they clarify about 40 words, without cramming. Now imagine how many words you can learn using this method.

Try to use this method yourself, and you will no longer ask yourself the question: "how to learn English words quickly."

Summing up, I will say that English is not a dry theory. English is a practical skill. Only practice will help you master a foreign language like a native. And you can learn a language much faster than you think.

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Vocabulary matters a lot. You know the words - you understand what it is about, even without knowing the intricacies of grammar. You don't know the words - you communicate like Ellochka the cannibal. Today we are talking about how to remember a lot and for a long time.

Ordinary memorization of words has a low efficiency. For example, for 11 years school curriculum students memorize an average of 1-1.5 thousand words. To speak like a native speaker, you need to know at least 8 thousand words, Upper-Intermediate level assumes knowledge of 6 thousand words. To understand CNN news, which are created taking into account the interest of a foreign audience, you need to know at least 3 thousand words.

Using traditional methods, it is easy to learn up to 10 words in one approach, but only a few can remember 30 or 50 new words in one day.

Everyone who teaches foreign language face the following problems:

Words are quickly forgotten if they are not repeated;
- it is very difficult to learn many words at once;
- people just don't know how to learn words effectively;
When a word enters short-term memory, a person stops working with it.

Why is that?

The German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus was engaged in research on "pure" memory - memorization that is not affected by thought processes. For this, the scientist proposed a method for memorizing meaningless syllables consisting of two consonants and a vowel between them, which do not cause any semantic associations.

In the course of experiments, it was found that after the first error-free repetition of a series of such syllables, forgetting occurs very quickly. Already during the first hour, up to 60% of all the information received is forgotten, 10 hours after memorization, 35% of what has been learned remains in memory. Further, the process of forgetting is much slower and after six days about 20% of total number originally learned syllables, the same number remains in memory after a month.

After a series of experiments in 1885, Ebbinghaus derived the Forgetting Curve (also called the Ebbinghaus Curve). Based on this, the following conclusion was drawn: effective memorization repetition of learned material is necessary.

To remember information for a long time, after studying it, you need to repeat it at least five times:

1. 20-30 minutes after the first study;
2. in couple of hours;
3. the next day;
4. after 1-2 weeks;
5. 2-3 months after the fourth repetition.

Using traditional methods (and repetition is one of them) big effect will not be easy to achieve. Effective methods are little known, so it is very difficult to learn many words at once.

Other traditional methods

- Learn with a dictionary, in order
Boring and inefficient. Words start the same but have different meaning so they are hard to remember. Also, you don't know in what context the word is being used.

If you want to use a dictionary, it is more convenient to make a list of words on a specific topic, for example, select the category "Clothes" or "Travel". Community related words easier to remember.

- learn from sticker cards
On one side of the card we write the word in Russian, on the other - in English. You need to spend time making cards, but you can carry them with you and repeat words when you have a free minute. If you do not want to mess with paper, you can download to your smartphone special application.

- Learn words in context
For example, when watching series or movies. For beginners, it’s better to start with TV shows, you can watch them with subtitles. Do not memorize an unfamiliar word separately. Write down or copy the whole sentence from the subtitles at once. So you remember in what situations it can be used.

The method of associations or "Mnemotechnics"

The method of mnemonics is gaining popularity.
The basic principle of this technique is the memorization of information by building visual links between a word and its meaning.

Facts about mnemonics:

Scientists have found that in human brain visual connections are best created.
- The method appeared 2.5 thousand years ago. It was used by the ancient Greeks, including the famous thinker Socrates.
- Mnemonics gives fast results. Any person, if desired, can reach a memorization speed of 100 words per hour or more.

Why mnemonics?

- The visual lobes that are most involved when using this technique are the most powerful in the human brain, as they contain the most neurons.
- Any word in a person's head has a meaning in the form of a specific picture. By building associations, neural connections, they can be compared to a wire connecting a word to a picture, for example, when we hear the word "dog", we imagine a dog.
- Associations - the most short cut access to any information. For example, you hear a familiar song and remember the situation in which you heard it before.
- This technique in practice showed really excellent results - after a few trainings, you can remember 100-300 words per approach.

Algorithm

Step 1
Present a bright, concrete picture. Let's say you want to learn the word fist (fist), you need to vividly imagine a clenched fist.

Step 2
Find an association by similar sounding with a Russian word. Fist in English fist. You can, for example, imagine a pistachio clenched in a fist. Ridiculous and funny associations are best remembered: the brighter, the better. It is also worth creating your own associations, as they will be more vividly deposited in memory.

Step 3
Match the association with the picture. The picture depicting the word and the picture-association should be visually connected. For example, remembering the word crown (crown), you can imagine a crane lifting a crown. If the crane and the crown in your imagination are just next to each other, there will be no effect, it is better to imagine that the crane lifts the crown by the edge or on a rope. It is better to imagine a huge crown, since large items are better remembered. Can you add more certain sound or music playing in the background that you would associate with the crown.

Step 4
Repeat the memorized word aloud 4-5 times in English, slightly raising your eyes up, as if looking at the bridge of your nose. Scientists have found that with this position of the eye, the largest number neurons. Keep your eyes open, if you remember with your eyes closed, then you will remember with your eyes closed.

Step 5
Repeat the words - at least in an hour or two, in a day and in a month. Qualitatively created associations are stored in memory for a month. If you do everything according to the algorithm with repetition, you will remember the words for years.

Common Mistakes

- Trying to learn everything at once
Many begin to study intensively, wanting to learn English in a week or a month and quickly quit. It is much more effective to allocate a little time, for example, half an hour, but every day. So the brain will have time to process the information and there will not be too much break for the word to be forgotten. At the same time, the memory will be in good shape, and there will be no overloads.

- Immediately teach Difficult words that do not correspond to the level of knowledge of the language
If the word is even difficult to pronounce, do not learn it. Beginners need to learn the most commonly used words, which are about 400 words. More than half of them are verbs. Start easy and build up the difficulty.

- Don't repeat what you've learned
Without repetition, new words are forgotten.

- Memorize without understanding the context
You will not be able to use new words if you do not know in what situations they are used.

- memorize not correct pronunciation
You must first listen to the correct pronunciation, even if you know the rules of reading well. The site wooordhunt.ru is good for listening.

- The more practice the better.
Experience has shown that after 300 learned words errors disappear, associations appear in the imagination very quickly and the end of the word is remembered well, even if the association is consonant only with its beginning.
- It is important to learn quickly, without delay.
For example, choose a thematic list for yourself, set a timer and read all the words in one minute.
- Increase the load gradually.
- Move from simple to more complex words.
Choose the simplest ones that are easiest to learn. Then set aside five minutes to learn them, and five minutes to rest. Then learn more complex words from this list.
- Organize words into groups according to topics and parts of speech.
First it is better to learn nouns, then adjectives, then verbs.

And the most important thing

• Share your progress with your friends to keep you motivated.
• Reward your progress to get used to the fact that learning is good.
• Develop memory in general, not only in English.
• Practice the learned words in conversation clubs to finally reinforce the words in context.

By the way, we just have a great free section on the site. In it, we tried to take into account all the components of successful memorization of words. You can choose from ready-made sets of words, as well as create your own. In addition, you will find many more useful things: from videos and a blog to conversation clubs and lessons with a teacher via Skype.

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You need to remember quickly a large number of English words. And as you have been told or you yourself have read online, it is very easy to learn them. But how did you not try to quickly memorize at least necessary minimum didn't work for you? Perhaps you chose the wrong memorization methods or techniques? We will deal with this today.

To begin with, let's try to figure out why memorizing English words is so difficult? The fact is that a new concept is accurate information, the translation and pronunciation of which you need to know 100%. Try to pronounce foreign word. Native speakers will not understand you, so it is important to memorize the word as accurately as possible.

Any new information remembered badly. As a rule, even with exhausting “cramming”, only 20% is absorbed. But if you choose correct technique, which will allow you to quickly learn words, then this figure will increase significantly. Start learning basic English words right now!

Let's take a look at the best methods for memorizing new English words:

Memorizing English words is a convenient and interesting style of presentation educational material in short rhymes or songs. Memorizing words will be effective if they themselves rhyme or are included in rhyming structures. This technique also contains elements of artistic association:

• A plum here and a plum there
  Plum in English plam
• I prefer watermelon to plums
  Watermelon - otherwise watermelon
• The price of melons is written with chalk
  Melon in English melon
• A fairy said to me in a dream:
  Pear in English pear

These are such meaningless, but very effective lines.

mnemonics

The very method of artistic association that allows memorizing concepts through creation in the head vivid images. Moreover, the more ridiculous an image is created, the better word or the phrase will be remembered.

Let's try?!

• "Spoon" (spoon), imagine funny little gnome Spoon sleeping sweetly in a spoon
• "chess" (chess) - chess pieces come to life on chessboard run up to each other and start scratching each other's backs
• "turnip" (turnip) - grabbing the horizontal bar with its leaves, the turnip spins on it like a gymnast
• "ship" (ship), imagine a ship with huge protruding spikes

Thanks to this technique, words are remembered very easily.

Cards

Popular simple technique memorize new vocabulary. Cut thin cardboard into small rectangles. Take a stack of these cards and write a word or phrase in English on one side and its translation on the other. Always carry these cheat sheets with you and repeat them at any opportunity.

Cards can be divided according to the subject of phrases or according to the phonetic sound of words. After examining one pack, you can proceed to the next pile. After a while, return to the material covered and repeat it. You will be able to transfer your passive vocabulary to active, that is, remember and freely use speech constructions.

Marking

The technique involves the following: a pack of adhesive stickers is taken, words from your home or work environment or everyday life are written on them. Then stick these tags to the corresponding items, thus marking great amount of things. For example, tag "Salt" on a salt shaker, "Dining table" on a dining table, "Journal table" on a coffee table, "Door in a bathroom" on a bathroom door, etc.

The disadvantage of this technique is that you can only label specific concepts, but sticking a sticker on such abstract concepts as love (Love), joy (Pleasure), happiness (Happiness) will not work. Therefore this lexical composition it is better to memorize in other known ways.

Polyglot

This technique will allow you to easily and quickly memorize 100-150 new words every day. The method is a sequential mental operations and actions that form memory skills.

Memorization scheme according to the "Polyglot" system:

• A translation of a word
• Pick up consonant Russian word to pronunciation
• Combine the image of the translation with the image of the consonant word
• "Take a picture" is a foreign word
• Write a word
• Check memory quality
• Write to card

• look - look
• “I can’t watch when they cut onions”
• On all sides, highlight the word with yellow cards, so that only “look” is in the center. Try to mentally photograph the word and remember graphic image read aloud several times
• write a word
• Checking the quality of memorization means writing a word from right to left ... k .ok .ook look
• Write the word on a flashcard for repetition.

Synonymic series

This technique allows you to quickly memorize words, thanks to the expansion synonymous series. It is better to keep a special notebook in which, as you learn the language, you need to enter new words. As often as possible, pick up new synonyms and repeat the ones you have already learned.

Memorizing vocabulary, thus, allows the student to accurately and richly express his thoughts in English, increases the speed of speech.

• energy-force-power
• little-small-tiny
• pretty-handsome-beautiful

Regardless of which method you choose, it is better to memorize words according to this scheme: Writing - pronunciation - translation". Memorization in this sequence is called "recognition".

And finally, classes should be regular. It is better to learn 10 words every day than 100 once a week.

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