One of the main problems every English learner faces is trying to remember as many words, phrases and structures as possible in the shortest time possible.
For this reason, I am always on the lookout for tricks and techniques that make memorizing English vocabulary easier.
A few days ago I found an article on the BBC that talked about how you can improve memory in just 40 seconds.
This is a study carried out by a researcher at the University of Sussex, according to which you can consolidate your memories in just a few seconds with a little imagination.
The researcher, named Chris Bird, divided a group of students in two and put them in a scanner to watch videos on YouTube.
To the first groupor students asked them to imagine in their heads what they had just seen on the video and describe it to themselves.
Instead, he told the other group to keep watching the next video without stopping to think. It turned out that just by describing the video, the first group greatly improved their chances of remembering what was seen even weeks later. On average, they were able to recall twice as much detail as the other group who watched the videos without stopping to imagine or describe what they had just seen. In this link that leads to the BBC article on how to improve your memory in 40 seconds, you will find a video with which you can practice.
Remember : you have to do two things when you see the images; in just a few seconds. 1) Try to imagine everything you just saw in your head. 2) Describe it. You can do it with a classmate. One of you does the exercise of imagining and describing, and the other just looks at it. After a few days, you try to describe the images and see who is able to remember more details. How to learn English vocabulary with the 40-second technique Now, we will apply this technique to learn English vocabulary. I em pezado to create a seri and videos with fr aces bi ling UES pair always tend a word
Spanish that can be expressed in English in many ways.
E n the following v ideo see AS 5 dif phrases erentes with the word “hello” .
- Greet him. SAY HELLO to him
- I wavedat him. I WAVED to him
- Greet themfor me. Give my REGARDS to them
- He greetedme with a kiss. I have GREETED me with a kiss
- GREETINGS(on a card, for example) . GREETINGS
With each of these sentences you must imagine the situation at the time that describe and repeat. For example: “Say hello to him.” Imagine a friend asks you to say hello to a friend tinting is common. Describe in your head exactly what the situation is like and repeat aloud: “Say hello to him”, “Say hello to him”.
Then do the same with the rest of the sentences.
Try to imitate sounds and intonation as precisely as possible. Then in the next trick, I will comment on how to achieve this better.
Easy right? Here are other videos to practice. How to say “present / se” in English
how to say “spell” in English how to say “country” in English **** There second trick that will serve to remind a better vocabulary. This trick is the one used by polyglots; Yes, those people who can speak several languages fluently without apparent difficulty. In this BBC article a journalist who attended a polygynous meeting
, explains that a neurologist named Ellen Bialystok from York University in Canada, has found in her study with immigrants that our ability to learn a second language does not actually decrease as much as we age. Rather, as v eremos then what happens is you stop imi tar with precisely what they hear and see. E l author of the article from the BBC tells us that one of the polígotas he met at the meeting commented that the ability to learn more languages is given, largely, by the ability of the person to become a chameleon; that is, to imitate the specific identity of the language.
I cannot agree more with this theory. This is something that happened to me when I was little.
I was always traveling from here to there, and what I normally did was put myself in the shoes of the people of the country I visited. I called it the “Art of Camouflage.”
The funny thing is that when you are young, or a child, you do this without even thinking about it, since adaptation is something natural. Honestly, I don’t remember thinking: ” I’m going to imitate this person so that an expression comes out the same .” This was something I realized much later when I reflected on it.
Desafor nately , as I said before,as you get older you put more barriers; hence it costs more. For this reason, I often tell my students; “you have to speak more” guiri “; think how a” guiri “speaks Spanish.” ” Imitate him.” Many times I find that they are ashamed, even if it is absurd because what is really embarrassing is speaking with an accent so strong that English seems more Spanish than English. Therefore , here is the second trick : every time you say a new phrase in English, pretending to be a anglopar Lante (English, American, Southern iano , nationality appeals to you, just one because if you do not liarás ).
The gestures , expressions, movement and sounds that Angloparls make before . You can, for example, watch videos on YouTube , TED or movies in English.
Ask nte during Display What what sounds are l os most characteristic s ? How do they move their hands How do they sing How do they breathe What gestures are the most characteristic?
After observation, you imitate every gesture , every movement , as if you were an actor.
