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Meditate on an image that the word represents or suggests as you say it aloud.
If you are walking outside, look up at the sky and say "caelum," "sl," "In
cael, slem vide.
Click on this link for some examples of computer-assisted visualization.
4. Use the diglot weave.
Insert foreign words into English sentences until you get their meanings quickly
.
For example: semper means always, so repeat to yourself several sentences like:
I will semper have trouble with vocabulary unless I give the time to it.
Romeo told Juliet, "I will love you semper. (Or put a few other Latin words into
this context: "Semper te amb.")
Two and two semper make four
SEMPER!
In the last example of the diglot-weave above, the sound of the word September
helps you remember the similar sound semper. The phrase "semper in September"
has the sort of ring that might remain with you. Or you might think of a
synonymous meaning that gets you to the word, e.g., ever has two short e-sounds,
just like semper.
You can more easily remember that tamen means nevertheless by noticing that the
last two letters backwards start to spell NE-vertheless: tam-EN. Likewise, nupER
means REcently.
6. Read, write, and recite phrases.
Discover, create, and review many comprehensible phrases using the word to be
remembered. This helps you to deep-process the word by working it into a whole
web of meanings.
7. Repeat, repeat, and repeat again.
Especially for memorizing important parts and forms of words, sometimes only "br
ute"
repetition will secure your memory for certain hard-to-retain items. Frequent
vocal repetition impresses the forms on your "mental ear." This auditory
dimension will help you recognize and recall the words later. A computer device
like the Reading Acceleration Machine can be very useful for visual repetition
and the practice of reading comprehension.
8. Attend, Echo, and Associate.
Why do we frequently forget names right after introductions?
Sometimes we are thinking of something else when the name is spoken. (We need to
ATTEND to what is said and really hear it.)
At other times we hear the name, but we fail to refresh our memory immediately
by repeating the new name to ourselves or to others in conversation. (We need to
ECHO the name shortly after hearing it.)
Finally even if we do these things, we might still
leave ourselves without some "hook" back to it. We
connect the name with something or someone else we
the name with something that is already meaningful