At home during the summer vacation, are you all learning to memorize English words? Is there any way?

Reciting words is an important part of English learning. English words are the cornerstone of building English knowledge. Many diligent students often fall into the vicious cycle of "forgetting and memorizing, memorizing and forgetting again". Here are some clever ways to get rid of the troubles caused by mechanical memory.

Phonetic symbols and pronunciation memory method

This is the most common and commonly used method. Most junior high school English words conform to pronunciation rules. As long as students have accurate pronunciation and master certain pronunciation rules, they will be able to memorize words easily and happily. And accurate pronunciation is also the key to learning English well. Therefore, it is recommended that students listen to audio tapes when memorizing words. Mobilize multiple sense organs and deepen memory. At the same time, it lays a good foundation for "listening". For example: although the word congratulations is very long, it conforms to the pronunciation rules. If you can read, you can spell. Students should also be reminded here that when memorizing words according to this method, special attention should be paid to the pronunciation changes of vowels.

Word formation method

Use word formation method to memorize words, that is, remember words by analyzing root, prefix, suffix, derivation and synthesis. For example, as an independent word, ease is the root of easy, easy, and easy.

Prefix: For example, un-dis- is an anti-meaning prefix, and happy means "happy", so of course unhappy means "unhappy"; like means "like", and dislike naturally means "dislike".

Suffixes: such as -tion;-sion;-ness;-ment is a noun suffix e.g.-ful;-able; is an adjective suffix e.g. such as helpful;enjoyable. -ly is mostly an adverb suffix e.g. such as carefully. -er;-or in most cases is the suffix e.g. for a person, such as photographer; inventor. Compound words: Two or more words with independent meanings are combined to form a new word called a compound word, such as e.g.football. But it is worth mentioning that not all compound words can be "meaningful". e.g.greenhand means not "green hand" but "green hand".

The humorous memory method

The humorous memory method is based on the relationship between pronunciation, word form, and word meaning, and uses humorous and absurd distortions to memorize vocabulary.

For example: morose (sad, depressed) = mo (dialect, no) + rose (rose). Just imagine, how can Valentine's Day without roses not be "sad and depressed"?

Ponderous (cumbersome), when pronounced, is called "fat as hell". Think about it, "fat as hell", how can it not be "cumbersome"?

Sensory memory method

Sensory memory method is a method that mobilizes the ears, mouth, eyes, and hands, and unifies listening, speaking, reading, and writing to achieve the purpose of memory. , the advantage of this is to communicate the connections between various parts of the cerebral cortex and reduce forgetting. We can focus on memory, and we can also pay attention to the English around us, such as English on electrical equipment, English on product manuals, various warnings, slogans, etc. We can also listen to foreign songs, enjoy foreign movies and TV shows...we are immersed in it. Over time, if you recall it over and over again, you will naturally remember it.

Example: Many brands of batteries have the word "battery" on the outer packaging, many shampoo bottles have the word "shampoo" on the outside, and the words ATM (Automated Teller Machine) on automatic teller machines. The words OTC (Over the Counter over-the-counter drugs) on some drug packaging boxes, etc.

Card Memory

Make your own word cards to memorize words at any time. On the cards, write the word form, part of speech, meaning, phonetic symbols, collocations, examples, etc.

Reading memory

Memory words by reading English articles, novels, etc., but be careful to choose an appropriate difficulty level. Only words memorized in this way are flesh and blood and emotional, and can stand the test of time.

The principle of words not leaving sentences

It is recommended that students must include example sentences when doing word copying homework. Only in this way can we master the usage of words and make lifeless words full of vitality.