| p>Learning new vocabulary is easy. Remembering | | | | Make flashcards for your new words and study them |
| new vocabulary is much more difficult. This is what my | | | | every day until you have mastered the words. |
| students tell me all the time. Experts who study | | | | Tip #4 |
| memory say that we need to hear or see or use a | | | | Take 3 or 4 new words and try to write a sentence |
| new word at least 50 times before we can actually | | | | or paragraph that includes all of them and still makes |
| "own" the word ourselves. So here's some tips to help | | | | sense. This is what's called a "holistic" approach to |
| you remember the new English words that you learn: | | | | learning vocabulary because it requires that you use |
| Tip #1 | | | | your whole brain, and this helps you to remember the |
| Write your new words on sticky notes and put them in | | | | words. |
| prominent places in your house or office - next to the | | | | Tip #5 |
| bathroom mirror, on the refrigerator or kitchen cabinets, | | | | Experts say that we store words in "schema" |
| or on your computer monitor or locker at work. This | | | | structures. For example, in our schema for "restaurant," |
| way you will see the words frequently and improve | | | | we store a multitude of words, like: table, waitress, |
| your ability to keep them in your memory. | | | | waiter, cook, food, chair, menu, check, tip, etc. In our |
| Tip #2 | | | | schema for hospitals, we store words like: doctor, |
| Write your new words in a notebook and review them | | | | nurse, bed, surgery, needle, medicine, pills, etc. So put |
| for 5 minutes every day until you have mastered the | | | | your new vocabulary words into schemas, and you will |
| words. | | | | have an easier time remembering them. |
| Tip #3 | | | | |