World memory master Wang Feng teaches you to memorize words

Wang Feng, the captain of China, who represented the Chinese team twice against the world’s brainpower experts and achieved an undefeated record by participating in “The Strongest Brain”, visited Chongqing Classic Bookstore yesterday. As Asia's first world memory master and world memory record holder, Wang Feng shared his method of easy memory with the students and parents present. Forgetting is a clue to the lack of memory, and a clue to memory must be created. ?Wang Feng recommends that everyone use the right-brain image thinking memory method to memorize.

How to remember English words? Chinese pinyin is more familiar.

Word memory is the most troublesome problem for many students in learning English. Students often remember this Forgot that again. But English and Chinese are both languages, and Chinese pinyin is very familiar to us. Using familiar things to help remember unfamiliar things is also a way. Wang Feng told everyone that the spelling form of some English words is exactly the same as the Chinese Pinyin. At this time, we can use the Chinese Pinyin to correspond to the Chinese meaning and combine the meaning of the word to associate and remember. For example, the English word "change" (change), its Chinese pinyin is Chang'e, and then think of Chang'e holding a mirror to put on makeup, she is changing her image. There is also fare (food; passengers; expenses). Its Chinese pinyin is fever, and then it is associated with fever: hot food is given to passengers for free. In this way, you can not only remember how to spell the word but also remember its three different meanings.

How to remember literary common sense? It is easier to make matching associations

Many students may have encountered this problem, that is, there are various firsts and first places in literary common sense. Female poet, the first biographical general history, the first collection of myths, etc. Although there are many firsts, as long as the category and name of the first are remembered, matching can be used for associative memory. ?Wang Feng said that when memorizing these firsts, you should first sort out the many firsts and put them together that are similar or in similar categories. This way, the impression will be more profound when compared and remembered. For example, Cai Yan, the first female poet, can be placed together with Li Qingzhao, the first female poet, and "Historical Records", "Spring and Autumn", "Guoyu" and "Hanshu" together. Then, the first chronological history book "Spring and Autumn" can be associated with "Fairy Tales of the Spring and Autumn Period" to remember this "first".

How to remember historical eras? Homophones make the memory stronger

Historical events in the history subject, abstract concepts in the political subject? The problem that many middle school students encounter in their studies is to remember Can’t help but, in yesterday’s lecture, Wang Feng imparted his many years of memory methods to everyone. ?There is only the most suitable method for memorization, and there is no single shortcut. Everyone must find a method that suits them. Wang Feng gave a simple example. For example, when I remember the time of the Indian National Uprising in 1857, I remember the homophonic word "a weapon". This actually finds a channel for memory. The Indian Uprising and "a weapon" are very similar. It's easy to associate them together, and once you remember them, you won't forget them. ?

Nowadays, children have a heavy academic workload. Although the country calls for reducing the burden on children, parents who hope that their children will succeed will add additional learning tasks to their children. ?Under such circumstances, it is almost impossible to reduce the burden on children. ?Wang Feng said that if children can master scientific memory methods and apply them to learning, they can save a lot of time to improve other abilities. ?Through systematic memory training methods, memory ability can actually be cultivated. A wonderful way is to use the image thinking and memory method of the right brain, which can easily remember a large amount of information and not forget it easily. ?Wang Feng said. Ten ways to teach you how to memorize words quickly

With the deepening of the new curriculum reform, junior high school English teaching materials have also undergone major reforms. This requires freshmen to memorize a large number of words as soon as they enter school. There are many ways to memorize English words. The most important thing is to find a method that suits you, with clear goals and to stimulate interest in memorization.

Therefore, when we cultivate students' good memory habits, we must have different requirements at different stages according to their physical and mental development rules. Based on many years of teaching experience, I have summarized the following ten effective word memory methods.

According to the age characteristics, psychological receptivity and physical and mental development rules of the first-year junior high school students, the word memorization plan must be formulated from shallow to deep, from near to far, step by step, so as to achieve good memory effects. I think the spelling memory method, life memory method, and classification memory method are more suitable for them.

1. Spelling memory method

Introduction to spelling is the key to word memory. It aims to enhance the memory ability of words by mastering the spelling rules of words. This link can be mastered Only in this way can we lay a good foundation for the implementation of word memory methods. You should learn the pronunciation of letters and letter combinations in words well, and spell and pronounce words according to the pronunciation rules.

For example, when learning the letter ?a?, you should know its two most basic pronunciations in stressing the open syllable and stressing the closed syllable, and then put a into the word. For example, in the word name, when you see n, you will pronounce [n], and when you see m, you will pronounce [m]. Put a between n and m, and the sound [neim] will be naturally pronounced. Such repeated training and intensive training can enable first-year students to better combine letters, words, and phonetic symbols, memorize words according to their pronunciation, and make word memory stronger. In the initial stage, the monosyllabic words in the textbook can be summarized. These words must be spelled out according to the pronunciation rules of letter combinations. This is conducive to cultivating the ability to spell words by seeing them and spelling them by listening to the sounds. On the basis of preliminary language perception, it will be much easier to spell and recite words with more than two syllables. Pay attention to the pronunciation rules of vowels and consonants in words, understand each phoneme and the letter or letter combination it represents, and master the correct spelling form.

Through the above training, you will have certain pronunciation and sound identification abilities of vowels and letter combinations. Most of the consonants and phonetic symbols are basically the same. At this time, the letter sounds and phonetic symbols are combined to master, and the phonetic symbols are gradually added to deepen the teaching of phonetic symbols. The step-by-step teaching of pronunciation, letters, and phonetic symbols is in line with students' psychological understanding process of mastering words, so students learn easily and happily. When some good students read words, they memorize them according to the pronunciation rules. This is due to the auxiliary memory of letters and the pronunciation of letter combinations.

2. Life memory method

Learn to memorize words phonetically in the introduction to spelling. There are still many opportunities to learn words in our daily lives, so we must cherish these opportunities. As long as you pay a little attention, you can learn flower and rose when buying flowers, remember yogurt when drinking yogurt, ice cream when eating ice cream, and watch TV when watching TV. Make full use of all the physical objects around you to help memorize words. You can label everything you can see at home in English, such as pen, book, pencil, desk, ruler, eraser, case, etc. Try to make a list of words that may be used in your life and post them on the wall of your bedroom. Record them and play them in your spare time. You can see and hear these words everywhere. Being exposed to it for a long time will make you memorize many words inadvertently. This way you will feel very accomplished.

3. Classification memory method

Many times, remembering one thing in isolation is not as effective as memorizing multiple similar things at the same time. Therefore, remembering words with similar meanings or similar words together can improve efficiency. There can be many categories, such as synonyms grouped together, such as musical instruments: piano, violin, trumpet, drums. Regarding clothing: shoes, shirt, T-shirt, pant, shorts, sweater, dress, hat, cap.

By the second semester of junior high school, students have mastered certain abilities and methods of reciting words. According to the characteristics of the second-year vocabulary, some memory methods can be expanded, such as the sound, shape, and meaning memory method, the story memory method, Card mnemonics, sensory mnemonics and song mnemonics.

4. Sound, shape, and meaning memory method

The sound, shape, and meaning memory method mainly starts from the pronunciation, word form, and word meaning of the word, and follows the principles of association, comparison, and induction. Summary memory method.

　①Phoneically similar words and morphologically similar words

Phoneically similar words refer to words with similar pronunciation, such as often and orphan, and morphologically similar words refer to words with similar word forms, such as mouth, month wait.

②Homographs and homonyms

Homographs refer to words with the same spelling but different meanings, such as bat (racquet) and bat (bat), which have the same word form , the meaning of the word is different. Another example: lead[li:d] (leader) and lead[led] (lead) have the same word form, different meanings, and different pronunciations.

Homophones refer to words with the same pronunciation but different meanings. For example, bear (bear) and bear (bear) have the same spelling, the same pronunciation, but different meanings, such as meat (meat) and meet (match). See) have different spellings, the same pronunciation, and different meanings.

③Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms refer to words with the same or similar meanings, such as glad (happy) and pleased (joyful).

Antonyms refer to words with opposite or relative meanings, such as tall (tall) and short (short).

④Compound words and deformed words.

A compound word, also called a spelling word, is a word formed by combining two words, such as smoke (smoke) fog (fog) = smog (smoke); a deformation word refers to changing the alphabetical order of a verb or phrase. into new words or phrases, such as: eat (eat)-tea (tea), part (part)-trap (trap), dirty room (dirty room)-dormitory (dormitory), etc.

　⑤Onomatopoeia and transliteration

Onomatopoeia is a word that simulates the sounds made by objects, people and animals, for example, bomb (bomb; bombing) [imitation bomb explosion sound] ], crack (making a crackling sound) [quasi-cracking sound], etc.

Transliterated words are words transformed from transliteration. Most of them are words created during the development and translation process of vocabulary. They are mostly reflected in the translation of names of people and places, such as Tom (Tom), etc.

5. Story memory method

For words that cannot be memorized using the root method but can be memorized using the homophony or deformation method, interesting or exaggerated scenes should be formed in the mind, and do not rote. For example: peach (peach; peach tree), the homophonic mnemonic is: the peach tastes best when you peel it and eat it. At this time, imagine such an interesting scene in your mind: a person peels off the skin of a peach and eats it with relish. In this way, through the situation, the pronunciation, meaning and situation can be connected, and the impression in the memory will be very deep. When you see the word again, you will associate it with the situation and remember its meaning.

6. Card memory method

To deal with a large number of difficult-to-remember words, the card memory method is an effective method. That is to say, write unfamiliar words on cards, including explanations, phonetic symbols, etc., and take out a stack of word cards to memorize each time. Repeat the unfamiliar words and look at the familiar ones. Diligence can make up for weakness, which is fully reflected in this method.

7. Sensory memory method

The sensory memory method mobilizes the ears, mouth, eyes, and hands, and unifies listening, speaking, reading, and writing to achieve the purpose of memory. method. The advantage of this is to communicate the connections between various parts of the cerebral cortex and reduce forgetting.

According to tests, the more organs and body parts involved in memorizing a word, the deeper the word will be impressed in the brain and the longer it will last in memory. When reading, writing and memorizing at the same time, in addition to the pronunciation organs and other parts of the body used for reading and memorizing, the brain center also directs the big arm to drive the forearm, the forearm to drive the palm, and the palm to drive the fingers to write words correctly. This method avoids "little monk chanting sutras", because as long as the concentration is not concentrated, writing errors will occur immediately. Writing is both an executive behavior of the brain center and a monitor of the brain center. We can focus on memory, and we can also pay attention to the English around us, such as English on electrical equipment, product manuals, various warnings, slogans, etc. We can also listen to foreign songs and enjoy foreign movies and TV shows. , recall it repeatedly and remember it naturally. For example: many brands of batteries have the word "battery" on the outer packaging, many shampoo bottles have the word "shampoo" on the outside, the words ATM (Automated Teller Machine) on automatic teller machines, some medicine packaging boxes OTC (Over the Counter over-the-counter drugs) words on the label, etc.

8. Song memory method

Memorize words by singing English songs. There are many English songs in software such as Tingba and Hearing Superman, with lyrics and translations. ?Listening?The word memory effect is also good. During a short period of free time such as walking, eating, taking a lunch break, or before going to bed, you can also use an MP3 player or CD or tape player to listen to the recording of words, and the effect will be very good. As long as you listen to it 3 to 5 times, when you see the words again, you will feel that the words are much clearer in your mind and memory will become very easy. I once taught a girl who was very good at learning English and had a very large vocabulary, not to mention her listening skills. She could repeat everything she heard, whether it was words, phrases, sentences or short articles. When she came out, her classmates admired her and rushed to ask her for learning tips. After asking, I found out that she has been listening to English songs since she was four years old.

Junior high school students have clarified the purpose of learning, and their rational learning ability has been strengthened. They can use root words, affix memory methods and reading memory methods to improve their memory effects.

9. Root and affix memory method

This is the most basic and effective memory method and must be mastered. As the name suggests, it strengthens memory by memorizing root affixes and inferring the meaning of new words containing such root affixes.

① There are two types of roots. One is a root that can be derived from many words with the same root. It is also an independent word. For example, happy is an independent word, and it is the root of happiness and happiness. The other is a root that cannot be used independently, but it has a basic meaning and has roughly the same meaning in different words. Through the medium of "root", there is a certain relationship between individual words, which makes it easier to remember.

② Affixes include prefixes and suffixes. The "affix" memory method is mainly used to memorize "derivative words", that is, new words produced by adding an "affix" before or after a certain root.

(1) The part of the word in front of the root is the prefix. Prefixes can change the meaning of a word. Common prefixes for the first grade of junior high school include: indicating positive and negative (or increase or decrease), such as: un- in- im- il- ir- non- mis- mal- dis- anti- de- under- re- over. For example: under- is the prefix, which means "under", "under". In the word "underground", ground means ground. Under the ground, isn't it an underground space, authentic? Another example: the words dishonest and dislike, here The root word "dis" means "negative", the opposite meaning.

(2) Suffix is ??an important word formation method. Through suffix we can often determine the part of speech of a word.

For example, common adjective suffixes in junior high school include those ending with ful, which means: full, having. Examples: useful, pitiful, hopeful, helpful, forgetful, thankful, fearful. Memorizing words through root and affix memory methods, and analyzing the origin of words is a fun way to memorize words.

10. Reading memory method

Memorize words by reading English articles, novels, etc., pay attention to the appropriate difficulty level. People say that the day's plan begins in the morning. I personally think that morning is the best time to read English. Reading English for ten minutes every day will definitely help word memory. This is fully proved by the ten minutes of happy morning reading in our school.

The teacher once said that there are three issues to pay attention to when memorizing words: the first is to persist; the second is to learn words through phrases and sentences; the third is to use the mouth, ears, eyes and brain at the same time, so that to remember the words. Memorizing words requires hard work. There is a process from remembering to remembering, which includes memorization, retention, recognition and recall. In the process of learning English, many people simply focus on the memory effect at that time and ignore the retention and recognition in the later period, which also fails to achieve good results. In addition, the most important thing is the spirit of perseverance. Don't make excuses for yourself. If you don't study today, you will study tomorrow. That won't work. There is no shortcut to learning English. It depends on your daily accumulation bit by bit. The secret of success is: when others are working hard, you are also working hard; when others are not working hard, you should work harder. I hope these methods can give some motivation and help to people who want to learn English well. How to quickly memorize words

Chinese characters have radicals, and English words also have structures

It is understood that there are more than 600,000 English words, and this is not absolute. and comprehensive, but they are all composed of one or several root affixes. The root affixes are used to form meaningful syllables of a word (a more professional explanation).

For example: progress is composed of two parts: pro- and gress. pro means forward and gress means step. So the word means progress.

Another example: reconstruct is composed of re-, con-, and struct. re- means again (again), con- means together (***same), and struct means build (build), so This word means to rebuild.

Remember words by combining pronunciation rules

The pronunciation and spelling forms of English are two sets of symbols, but they are unified and regular. The pronunciation and spelling of most words are consistent. For example, monosyllabic words are generally pronounced according to the pronunciation rules of open syllables and closed syllables. For example: late[leit], tie[tai], lamp[lamp].stick[stik].

The pronunciation of consonant letters is generally fixed. For example, the letter c is pronounced [k] in most cases. Pronounce [s] before e, i(y), such as rice[rais].city['siti], bicycle[baisik].

The pronunciation of stressed syllables of two or more syllables is generally echoed Pronunciation rules for open or closed syllables. When learning multi-syllables, you must first figure out the stressed syllables of single words and memorize alphabetic words syllable-by-syllable.

For example: famous['feimrs]-fa-mous famous.

Memorize words by combining word formation methods

Prefix memory. There are many prefixes for English words. Commonly used prefixes include: anti-(oppose, prevent), co-(***同), de-( leave, remove), dis-(negation, opposite), en-(put in), ex-(over, outward), fore-(before, before, pre), pro-(in advance, forward), re- (back, again), un-(no, nothing more), etc.

For example: uncomfortable (uncomfortable), prefix un- (not), com- (***same).

Decomposition memory: such as: bicycle-bicycle (bi-two, cycle-wheel), deform (de-remove, form-shape), subway subway (sub-in,,, underneath, way- the way).

Group memory: for example: in-, ig-, il-, im-, ir- all mean "无", "FEI", "WEI", you can list the words starting with this type together. Memory, such as: incomplete, incorret, ignore, ignore, illegel, etc.