Is it really possible to memorize 100 words in one day?

When it comes to learning English, everyone’s first reaction must be to memorize words, because words are the foundation, it is like the foundation of a house. Without the foundation, the house will be unstable, and without words, English learning will not be stable. It is bound to be like a castle in the air that will fall down at the first touch.

But when it comes to memorizing words, I believe many people always give up and start memorizing the first word abandon (give up) with a word book. Within a few days, they really abandon (give up). ).

Based on this demand, there are devil training camps on the market similar to "Master GRE words in 17 days", "Memorize 8,000 words in 8 days" and so on. So is this devilish method of memorizing words really effective? After reading the book "How to Memorize Efficiently", I want to say that if the method is appropriate without losing effort, it may be really effective.

This book proposes an efficient memory method to help you remember almost anything by using the five principles of meaning, organization, association, visualization and attention.

**1. Meaning**

When reciting words, spelling and definition do not mean much to us. We don’t know why environment (environment) is so Spelling, I don’t know why ambulance means ambulance. These individual words are meaningless to us, so in the past we could only recite and spell them over and over through mechanical memory.

But by giving these seemingly meaningless words some meaning you can make them easier to memorize.

Of course, if the word itself has a certain meaning in terms of spelling or definition, then there is no need to spend time giving it a certain meaning. For example, narcissism (narcissism) has its own meaning. It comes from mythology and has a certain meaning, so there is no need to impose another meaning.

So for those meaningless words, how to add "meaning" to them?

It will be clear to everyone if we give a few examples. For example, when we memorize words, the teacher often asks us to memorize some example sentences. Through these examples, the word is given a certain meaning, and it is easy to remember it. It's easier.

For another example, when we recite long words, we usually cut the words. Just like when we recite mobile phone numbers, some people use XXX-XXXX-XXXX, and some people use Through XXX-XXX-XXXXX, it will be easier to recite by finding such a pattern.

Therefore, **giving some situations and finding some patterns are good ways to give meaning. **

**2. Organization**

When we get a lot of word books, it’s like getting a dictionary. All the words are organized in alphabetical order. Okay, this kind of organization according to the order of content is a form of organization.

However, in the process of memorizing words, we will find that this kind of word book often gives us a splitting headache. At this time, another "shuffled version" of word book came into being. The biggest advantage of the word book is that it gathers **similar** words with the same roots and affixes into a bunch. As long as you remember the rules of the roots and affixes, you can easily memorize related words. This is another aspect of organization. a form.

Therefore, in the principle of organization, **whether sorting by content or sorting by similarity, organized classification can help us remember better**.

**3. Association **

By associating words with things you already know, it is also a means of memorizing words efficiently. For example, for ambulance, we can semantically convert it into "I can't die" and give it a certain meaning through association. At this time, we can easily understand this word.

Association itself is the process of associating unfamiliar things with familiar things. It is easier to remember familiar things, allowing us to remember unfamiliar things more efficiently.

**4. Imagery **

When you see the definition of a word, is your first reaction the text or the image? If it is an image, congratulations, you have mastered a very important principle of efficient memory-imagery.

Studies have shown that people’s memory for images is much higher than their memory for words. Therefore, when memorizing the meaning of a word, we can also visualize the meaning as images, so that it will be easier to remember its meaning.

For example, you have still recited ambulance. In your mind, you imagine a person being hit by a car and struggling to get out of the car. An ambulance drives over from a distance and he shouts loudly. Saying to the ambulance: "Come and save me! I can't die!" This scene is interesting and vivid. Is it easier to remember this word?

**5. Attention**

When many people complain that I can’t remember things at all, maybe there is something wrong with the source, maybe we didn’t pay attention in the first place Try to study hard. Maybe because you are not interested, maybe because you are not familiar with it, maybe because it is too difficult, then try to use meaning, organization, association, and imagery to make memorizing words more interesting, and naturally your attention will be focused. After all, changing from doing something boring to doing something interesting will make you more willing.

Finally, I ended with a cold joke:

The scumbag asked the top student: "The top student, top student, this question is so difficult, how should I do it?"

The top student replied: "You have to work hard!"

That's right! Work hard! I know thousands of methods, but if you don’t work hard, it’s all in vain!