. Logical memory: Memorize words through the internal logical relationship of the word itself and the external logical relationship between words. 1) Think of several letters as one and write them as one, such as: "ight" light, right, fight, night, might, sight, tight 2) Old on the outside but new on the inside, such as: bridge "bridge" is written as b+ridge ridge " Ridge "sharp" is seen as s+harp harp "harp. 3) New on the outside and old on the inside, such as: cleave "split" is seen as c+leave, tact "wit: seen as t+act
2 Association Memory: 1) Association between sounds and shapes, that is, memorizing words according to pronunciation rules. 2) Association between form and meaning, such as: eye. Think of two e's as two eyes. banana Think of a as individual bananas. bird Think of b and d as two wings. 3) Onomatopoeia, associated with actual sounds, such as: gong coo coo.
3. Word formation memory: Use word formation method to memorize words by analyzing root, prefix, suffix, derivation and synthesis.
4. Classification memory: classify words into categories, such as animals, plants, etc., and carry out classification memory. You can find a classification dictionary as a reference.
5. Card memory: Make your own word cards to memorize words at any time. On the cards, write the word form, part of speech, meaning, phonetic symbols, collocations, examples, etc.
6. Dictionary memory: Memorizing the dictionary is a forced memorization method. Its disadvantage is that it is easy to forget and just remember the meaning of the word in isolation. Can be used as a short-term reinforcement method.
7. Comparative memory: 1) Comparison between English and Chinese, such as: mama, cigar, beer, bar, fee, etc. 2) Comparison of singular and plural words such as: good-goods, spirit-spirits wood-woods 3) Comparison of homophones such as: right-write, eye-I 4) Comparison of yin and masculine words such as: actor-actress host-hostess
8. Understand and remember: by correctly understanding the original meaning, extended meaning and metaphorical meaning of the word, such as: second is "second", which comes from the ancient six-point method, minutes and seconds, which are two divisions. Therefore, second is also "second". By extension, it can also be understood as "auxiliary". This method is especially suitable for those words with multiple meanings.
9. Contact memory: It is best not to memorize words in isolation, but to remember them in connection with related things as much as possible. 1) Connect the general meaning of the article you learned and the context, 2) Connect phrases and collocations
10. Sensory memory: When memorizing words, don’t just use one sense, use as many senses as possible, Listening, reading, writing, seeing, memorizing, etc.
11. Software memory: Those who have computers can use computer software to memorize words, such as: "Happy Memorization of Words", "Memorization of Words for the First Time", "I Love to Memorize Words", etc.
12. Reading memory: Memorize words by reading English articles, novels, etc., and pay attention to the appropriate difficulty.
13. Synonym memory: By memorizing words together with synonyms, you can accurately understand the meaning of the word. At this time, you do not need to pay attention to the difference in their meanings.
14. Antonym memory: Memorize words through antonyms together to expand the meaning of the word.
15. Chart memory: Use image charts for memory. Its advantage is that the meaning, shape and object are intuitively combined. You can find an English illustrated dictionary as a reference.
16. Game memory: Memorize words in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere by playing games by yourself and the group. You can refer to the "English Games" on the author's homepage.
17. Song memory: Memorize words by singing English songs. There are many English songs in software such as "Tingba" and "Hearing Superman", with lyrics and translations.
18. Review and memory: Once the words are memorized, they will be forgotten soon. Review them every once in a while to consolidate the words learned
19. Trademark memory: Through what you see Trademarks and advertisements can be used to memorize words anytime and anywhere.
20. Comprehensive memory: It is best to use multiple methods to memorize words, not just one, and use their respective advantages
English is a pinyin text, and its word form changes. The main and traditional way is to add suffixes, that is, changes in the two positions before and after a word or root, which can be said to be linear. For example, the word comfort (v. comfort, make comfortable), with the suffix -able can become comfortable (a. comfortable), with the suffix -ly can become comfortable (ad. comfortably), comfortable with the prefix un-can also become uncomfortable (a. uncomfortable). In traditional teaching, the learning and memory of English words is therefore mostly based on the root-affix method. Some current discussions on word memory methods mostly start from this characteristic of English.
China's square Chinese characters are different as ideograms. The original pictographic Chinese characters were pictures. The glyph of a Chinese character can change in various ways at any position on the plane, so it can be said to be flat. Take the word "口" as an example. The word "口" can appear in the upper, lower, left, and right positions of a Chinese character, such as the four characters "I'm enough to know" and the characters "叵" and "奇". In addition, two words stacked up and down can form "LV". ", superimposed inside and outside can form "Hui", and superimposing three oral forms can form "Pin". Therefore, the changes in the shape of Chinese characters can be said to come from all directions and the changes are endless. Over the thousands of years of Chinese civilization, this unique glyph change of square Chinese characters will undoubtedly have a very profound impact on our memory methods, making us more sensitive and discerning in the changes in the "shape" of characters. . Can this memory advantage passed down from generation to generation given to us by Chinese culture help us remember English words?
The answer should be yes. The ability that we are accustomed to memorizing the "form" of Chinese characters can also be used to memorize English words, thus taking advantage of it and making it better. Specifically, don't stick to the changes in the affixes before and after an English word. Temporarily put aside the traditional word formation method of English words, and memorize and master it by observing and identifying the changes in the "form" of the word in any position. This method may be more suitable for learners in our Chinese cultural circle because it has some similarities with our long-term inherent way of memorizing Chinese characters. In fact, while there are certain differences between different languages, there must also be many similarities and similarities, and English and Chinese are no exception. This is also very important for us to learn and master English vocabulary.
In the learning of English vocabulary, facing a large number of new words often makes people feel boring and helpless. However, in fact, many seemingly advanced English words that we do not know are actually very familiar words with slight changes in word form (not referring to traditional root and affix changes). With the help of memory, In the way of Chinese characters, by identifying changes in the morphology of English vocabulary, such as adding, substituting, splitting letters, or changing the order of letters in words, and associating them, it can often stimulate our interest in memorizing new words, improve memory efficiency, and achieve success. Get twice the result with half the effort and achieve the effect at your fingertips.
The way of constructing Chinese characters can be used as a reference for English word memory.
There are four main ways of constructing Chinese characters, namely pictographic, referential, knowing and pictophonetic. Let’s use these methods of creating Chinese characters to see how it can be fun to learn and memorize new words by recognizing the changes in the morphology of English words just like learning Chinese characters.
1 Pictographic method of remembering words
The pictographic characters in Chinese characters refer to drawing the words into the shape of the thing represented by the image. For example, the character "木", its original shape is like a tree. Tree. In learning English words, we can also "pictographically" associate the shapes of some letters in the words to help memorize or distinguish easily confused words.
(1) avoid v. avoid ovoid adj./n. oval, ovoid
Isn’t the letter “o” an ovoid? Those who know things well are heroes. In life, you should avoid doing stupid things like throwing eggs at stones.
(2) eclipse n. (Sun, Moon) eclipse ellipse n. Ellipse (shape)
The "c" in eclipse is like a circle missing a piece, just like a solar eclipse , a part of the lunar eclipse is covered, thus distinguishing it from the ellipse.
(3) friend n. friend – r → fiend n. devil, devil
The letter “r” is like a flower, and when a friend comes, there will be flowers. The fiend comes with a shotgun.
(4) wet adj. wet wet + h → whet v. sharpen, stimulate
Does the letter "h" look like an inverted kitchen knife? Wet the knife first so that it can be sharpened quickly.
2 Remember English words in the way of remembering Chinese characters
2 Remember words in the way of referring to things
In Chinese characters, referring to things refers to adding instructions on pictographic symbols. Symbols, or the use of abstract symbols to represent word meanings. For example, adding an abstract symbol "-" under the pictographic character "木" becomes the character "本", which originally meant the root of the tree, but later evolved into the meaning of "base". There are also some letters in English words that have "indicative" meanings that can help us remember new words.
(1) supper n. Dinner supper + c → scupper v. Ambush, put in danger
Associate the letter "c" with cup → wine glass, is this Hongmen Banquet , or the Last Supper?
（2）horse n. horse + a → hoarse adj. hoarse, rough
The letter "a" means "one", associative memory: one (a ) Hoarse horse, maybe you are too tired and should take a rest.
(3) care v. Care, care care + ss → caress v. Caress, caress
Two "s" represent a double repetition number, which represents double care (care) - —caress.
(4) bridge n. bridge - g → bride n. bride
The letter "g" represents girl (girl), the bride (bride) gets married, and bids farewell to the girlhood (remove The letter g) also symbolizes crossing a bridge in life.
3 The meaning of words in Chinese characters
The meaning of words in Chinese characters is similar to pictographic characters. It is also a kind of image symbol. It just combines the meaning of two or more words and symbols. Indicates the meaning of a new word. For example, the word "木" plus the word "任" next to a single person together form "xiu", which means that the person is resting next to a tree. There are a large number of compound words in English that can be regarded as "ideological words". Splitting some English words that are not compound words from the perspective of ideographic words is often beneficial to our memory.
（1）Oxford
ox (ox) + ford (ferry, ford) is a cattle crossing. It can be imagined that Oxford University in those days was also a school with abundant water and grass and cattle driving across it. The pastoral scenery of the river and the translation of the word "Oxford" are also vivid.
(2) bulletin n. Announcement, announcement
bullet + in "Announcement" (bulletin) hits (in) the public like a bullet (bullet), in communication studies There happens to be a theory in the theory called "bullet theory".
(3) amenable adj. willing to obey, reasonable
a + men + able A person (a) of course should be more reasonable when facing a group of people (men). Be amenable, a good man won't suffer the immediate consequences.
(4) Tenacity n. Perseverance, stubbornness
ten + a + city There are only ten (ten) people left, and they are still holding on to one (a) city ( city), it can really be called tenacity.
4 Phonographic notation of words
The pictophonetic characters in Chinese characters generally consist of two radicals, one radical represents a large and vague meaning, and one radical represents the pronunciation of the word. For example, "wood" and "wind" form the word "maple". Words with roots in English words can be regarded as "ideophones". For example, the English root word "test" means "test" or "experiment". Put together the following confusing words that contain this root. Much easier.
testy adj. irritable, impatient
detest v. hate, hate
protest n./v. protest, oppose
< p>contest v. Competition, competitionattest v. Prove, confirm
Associative memory: Tests (tests) often make people anxious and angry (testy) and disgusting (detest) ), or even protest (protest), but so far no better way than examination has been found to conduct fair competition (contest), so as to fairly prove (attest) the strength of you, me and others. Therefore, we had to continue taking the exam to the end.
Of course, the above methods can also be combined. For example, omelet (n. omelet) can be split into o+me+let. Imagine the letter "o" as an egg, and then start from the right Look to the left: Let (let) me (me) eat an egg (o) - "omelet" is not bad either. Memorizing words has become easier! Here’s another more difficult one:
giggle v. giggle
goggle n. goggles
gaggle n. geese
The "i" in goggle (i → I) means "I", so giggle refers to a person's smile; the "o" in goggle is like a round spectacle lens, so goggle refers to goggles; the "a" in gaggle Like a fat goose waddling around with a shy belly, so gaggle refers to a group of geese.
Observe the changes in word forms and memorize English words skillfully
With the help of the way of memorizing Chinese characters, by identifying the changes in the word forms of English words (not referring to traditional root and affix changes), Such as substitution, addition, subtraction, splitting of letters, changes in the order of word letters, etc., and association will greatly improve the interest and efficiency of memorizing new words. "
3 Memorize English words the same way as Chinese characters
1 Replace letters
Some English words with similar word forms only replace letters with each other Just put them together and make associations with the meanings of the words, which is often interesting and easy to remember.
(1) brain n. brain drain v. drainage
brain drain. "Brain drain" refers to the "brain drain" that often troubles developing countries.
(2) local adj. local vocal adj. voice, using voice
Isn’t this a land of water and a local dialect? Do you hear the familiar local accent in the loud voice of reciting the words? Let’s recite the words together while we are happy to meet old friends.
(3) left n. left deft adj. dexterous, skillful
The left hand of a left-hander must be flexible and handy!
(4) jelly n. jelly jolly adj. Happy, happy
When you give jelly to children, you will see the scene of jolly
2 Adding and subtracting letters
Some seemingly advanced English words, but upon closer inspection, they are just words that we are very familiar with that have just one or two letters added or reduced.
(1) view n. point of view
< p>view - w → vie v. CompetitionA hundred schools of thought contend (vie), and new perspectives (view) emerge.
(2) her pron. Her, her
her + d → herd n. herd v. gathering
Observe carefully, each person in the university There are many suitors (herd) behind the flower (her).
(3) defy v. disobey, despise
defy + i → deify v. worship as god, worship
There is "I" (i →I ), worship (deify) when there is no "I" (i), defy (defy), isn't it true that you are doing one thing in front of your face and another behind your back? You have to be especially careful with this type of person in life.
(5) ear n. ear
ear + l → earl n. earl
p + earl → pearl n. pearl
In the past, the appearance and life experience of noble people (such as earls, etc.) were often described as "wide-faced and wide-eared" and "born with pearls in their heads".
3 Split letters (omitted, see "Memorizing Words with Meaning")
4 Sequence letters
There is a type of word in English called "transformed words" (anagram), that is, the two words have the same letters and number of letters, but the order of the letters is different, common ones are listen and silent. In fact, this linguistic phenomenon also exists in Chinese characters, such as the words "Xing", "Dai", " sleepy ", etc.
(1) coin n. Coin
icon n. Idol, icon
The characters on coins are usually not idols worshiped by the public (icon)?
(2)ample adj. Abundant, sufficient
maple n. Maple tree
Imagine that the "Land of Maple Leaf" Canada has maple trees all over the mountains and plains look.
(3) martial adj. Martial, military
marital adj. Marriage
No acquaintance without fighting, as is the case with many fates at home and abroad in ancient and modern times. Got it. When memorizing words, don't forget to test each other more.
(4) snake n. snake
sneak v. to walk sneakily, to steal
To walk sneakily (sneak), this is not a snake (snake) Positive characteristics?
Finally, it should be pointed out that since this method imitates the memory method of ideographic characters such as Chinese characters, it performs associative memory by relying on any changes in the "word form" of English words, without taking into account the pinyin writing tradition. The memory unit is syllables, word roots, and affixes, which may cause some people to ignore the pronunciation of memorized English words. This should be highly valued. Therefore, it is best for readers to annotate the phonetic symbols for the new words they do not know in the above article to avoid this kind of possible neglect