Cambridge English word memorization method

Cambridge English word memorization method

The extended reading series of Cambridge English Youth Edition is adapted from the original English version of Success and Reading, which is in line with the advanced supplementary reading course of Cambridge English Youth Edition. Each course includes nearly 65,438+000 reading articles with a wide range of topics and genres, selected pictures and practical exercises. Then the following is the memory method of Cambridge English words I share for you. Welcome to read and study.

★ Word formation memory method ★

By understanding the composition of English words, students can memorize words quickly. There are three main word-formation methods in English:

1, that is, from one part of speech to another. For example: picture (n) painting-picture (v) description; Water, water, water.

2, derivation, that is, adding a prefix or suffix to form another word, for example: happy-unhappy (prefix) happy (suffix)

3, synthesis, that is, from two or more words to synthesize a word. For example: play+ground = playground; Black+board = blackboard.

This memory method can memorize a series of words with different parts of speech or the same basic meaning but opposite meanings at the same time, so that the meanings and parts of speech of different words are not easily confused.

★ Observation memory method ★

In this way, you can remember words quickly through clever observation when you first come into contact with them.

Happy boy toys

Line 9

Right light at night, etc.

Through observation, it is found that these groups of words all have the same part, and they can be changed into another word only by changing one letter. Therefore, as long as you remember the spelling of one word, you can quickly remember other words.

★ Image memory method ★

It uses the pictograph (shape) of the whole or local structure of words to imagine a certain meaning, deepen the impression, and thus achieve the purpose of strengthening memory. For example, "eyes" look like human eyes in shape, and the "Y" in the middle is a human aquiline nose, which is both vivid and easy to remember. For example, the zoo looks a bit like 200, so we say there are 200 animals in the zoo. Of course, these two methods are most suitable for students to use their own brains, discover and write by themselves. In this way, the complexity is simplified, which is convenient for students to understand, and at the same time, the imagination of students is also brought into play.

★ Comparative memory method ★

English, like Chinese, has many synonyms, antonyms, homographs and homographs. According to these characteristics, students can compare their memories, that is, they save effort and have a firm memory. For example:

1, antonym: Gao? Low, big? Small, fast? Slow,

Right? Wrong, okay? Bad, fat and thin,

Is it hot? Cold, etc

2. Synonym: Good idea? Great? Okay？ OK,

Okay？ How are you? Do you see it? See? Watches, etc.

3, homographs:

Right? Right? Look? Watch (watch),

Hmm (hmm) hmm (ok), orange (orange)? Orange, etc.

4. Homonyms:

Sun? Son (son), right (right) write (write),

Me (me)? Eye (eye) also (also)? Two (2)

Their (their)? There (that) and so on.

★ Classification and merger method ★

When reviewing, it is divided into stationery, food, feeling and so on. To sum up memories, or to consolidate them in specific situations. Such as: shopping games, word solitaire, English rhythm songs for practice.

★ Instantaneous memory method ★

Instantaneous memory method, also known as fast memory method and time-limited memory method, is a memory method in which when memorizing words, the memory index is first made clear to the students, and then the memory is quickly remembered in a limited time, and then the teacher checks the memory effect. According to psychological principles, memory can be divided into three types: instantaneous memory, short-term memory and long-term memory. Although the storage time of instantaneous memory is short, it plays a major role in the memory process. On the basis of instantaneous memory, it is transformed into long-term memory through association and memory, thus improving the efficiency of memorizing words.

★ Forgetting rules mnemonic method ★

Psychological research has proved that the law of forgetting is fast first and then slow, and the materials just remembered are forgotten fastest in the first few hours. If it doesn't reappear within 4-7 days, the memory will be suppressed or even completely disappeared, and the effective way to prevent forgetting is to review it in time and often. Therefore, it is necessary to guide students to memorize the vocabulary they have learned in a planned way, so that students can consolidate the vocabulary they have learned in repeated learning.

★ "arrangement" mnemonic method ★

Beautiful melody and cheerful rhythm will bring aesthetic feeling to students and promote the development of their intelligence and thinking ability. Using English songs can effectively mobilize students' multi-sensory participation in learning activities, and memorizing words naturally becomes easy. For example, teach "Do you have a stapler? In the article, the author asks students to write songs according to what they have learned, so as to give full play to their intelligence. Students sing and adapt, striving to be songwriters. In this activity, we changed the stapler into new words such as ruler, paper and tape, and reviewed old words such as pen, pencil and ballpoint pen, which really killed two birds with one stone!

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