Memory Hacks: How to Learn (And Teach) Vocabulary Faster_webinar

How to learn (and teach!) vocabulary fasterRadka Malá

MEMORY HACKS

VOCABULARY FACT OR FICTION(AND BEYOND BELIEF!)

• memory hacks & tips
• myths
• how to put them into practice

G. I. Joe

"Knowing is half the battle."

What's a wrong way to learn/teach vocabulary?

IMAGES, NOT WORDS, ARE A GREAT TOOL TO LEARN VOCAB

wood

tree

synchronize

theory of relativity

negotiate

apple

VON RESTORFF EFFECT

because

table

dog

love

dinner

table

Albert Einstein

computer

table

sunset

pretend

mum

upload

comprehensible

VON RESTORFF EFFECT

VON RESTORFF EFFECT

wood

tree

synchronize

theory of relativity

negotiate

apple

because

table

dog

love

dinner

table

Albert Einstein

computer

table

sunset

pretend

mum

upload

comprehensible

DRAW A PICTURE

GO BACK TO SQUARE ONE

DRAW AN IDIOM

HANDLES TO INFORMATION

context --- visual

beginning / end / repeated

Environment

Timing

students must understand

Content

IMAGES, NOT WORDS, ARE A GREAT TOOL TO LEARN VOCAB

WHEN YOU WANT TO LEARN VOCAB, SET ASIDE AN HOUR OR TWO WHEN YOU KNOW NO ONE WILL DISTURB YOU

COWAN'S NUMBER

MILLER'S NUMBER

MAGICAL NUMBERS

15

min. a day

SCHEDULE REVISION

APPS FOR SCHEDULING REVISION

Memrise

Quizlet

Anki

WHEN YOU WANT TO LEARN VOCAB, SET ASIDE AN HOUR OR TWO WHEN YOU KNOW NO ONE WILL DISTURB YOU

it's enough to take notes in the lesson & then repeat the words at home

intention of retrieval

filter / personalise

structure

HOW TO TAKE NOTES

HOW TO TAKE NOTES

intention of retrieval

filter / personalise

structure

HOW TO TAKE NOTES

FLASHCARD RULES

Anki / Quizlet / Memrise

apps

images

gaps

in sentences

only English

TEST YOURSELF

least

less

cognitively demanding

STRUCTURAL

PHONEMIC

CODING

SEMANTIC

SEMANTIC-CODING TASKS

BLUMA ZEIGARNIK

The Zeigarnik effect:

IMPLICATION FOR FLASHCARDS

an attempt to recall a word, although unsuccessful, is better than just reading it

it's enough to take notes in the lesson & then repeat the words at home

USING VOCAB LISTS IS A PRODUCTIVE WAY OF LEARNING

VOCAB MAPS

LANGUAGE CHUNKS

HAPPY WORD FAMILIES / QUARTETS

USING VOCAB LISTS IS A PRODUCTIVE WAY OF LEARNING

iF YOU KEEP IT SIMPLE, YOU'LL NEVER MAKE ANY PROGRESS

For me, behind me.

She lied about one hundred and six.

He vomitted a long postcard on her.

CZENGLISH

STEPHEN KRASHEN'S COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT

iF YOU KEEP IT SIMPLE, YOU'LL NEVER MAKE ANY PROGRESS

LEARNING VOCAB IN SEMANTIC SETS FACILITATES REMEMBERING

VS

11.3

7.2

interference theory

LISA GENOVA

"Context helps us create a memory & context helps us retrieve a memory."

VARIETY OF CONTEXTS

Make a choice

what you needwhat you don't needlook up words you use most often

PERSONALISED CONTEXT

LEARNING VOCAB IN SEMANTIC SETS FACILITATES REMEMBERING

IF YOU LISTEN AND READ OFTEN ENOUGH, YOUR VOCAB WILL GROW NATURALLY

&

attention

reception

IF YOU LISTEN AND READ OFTEN ENOUGH, YOUR VOCAB WILL GROW NATURALLY

Thank you!

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