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How to Learn Vocabulary

Discover effective vocabulary learning strategies from Barry Farber's book. Learn how to use flashcards and vivid associations to retain words effortlessly. The key lies in active engagement and harnessing hidden moments for study. Don't just be a passive learner - engage in creative mnemonic techniques to enhance your language skills. Elevate your vocabulary learning with Farber's multiple-track attack method. Unleash the power of memory aids and associative lassos to remember words with ease. Take your study sessions to the next level and transform your language learning experience with proven techniques.

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How to Learn Vocabulary

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  1. How to Learn Vocabulary Using Barry Farber’s Multiple-Track Attack

  2. The Ground Rules People think that technology can replace study. You can’t just be a passive learner. How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber (page 71)

  3. The Ground Rules No “trick” will work unless YOU do! How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber (page 60)

  4. The Ground Rules Saying a word aloud 10 to 20 times works better than just reading the same word 50 to 100 times. How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber (page 61)

  5. The Ground Rules Harness your hidden moments. How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber (page 74)

  6. The Ground Rules Don’t forget “unhidden” moments! Plantime to study! How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber (page 75)

  7. What’s a really good way to “harness” those “hidden moments”?

  8. FLASHCARDS

  9. The Ground Rules Make your cards so that they are “vertical” with the hole for the ring at the top. How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber (page 66)

  10. Flashcards

  11. The Ground Rules List no more than six words per card. Don’t clutter the card. How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber (page 66)

  12. The Ground Rules Double check that you have the words in the same order on both sides of the card. How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber (page 66)

  13. The Ground Rules Flip through the cards, saying the words out loud (at least whispering them) as you recall the definitions. How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber (page 78)

  14. The Ground Rules Try to REMEMBER the definition. Don’t flip the card until you’re “defeated.” How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber (page 78)

  15. The Ground Rules But… how do I remember?

  16. http://www.linkingpage.com/images/HARRY400.jpg Harry Lorayne’s Magic Memory Aid

  17. The Ground Rules Lasso and RETAIN a word by slinging a vivid association around it that makes it impossible to forget! How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber (page 82)

  18. The Ground Rules Let’s look at some examples. All of the following examples come from How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber (pages 82 - 96).

  19. What’s your lasso? The Spanish Word viejo (vee-a-ho) Means “old” From How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber.

  20. What’s your lasso? Imagine a Veteran’s Administration hospital – a VA hospital – that’s so old and decrepit they have to tear it down and build a new one. The construction foreman wants to use dynamite to demolish the building, but the contractor tells him, “We don’t have to waste dynamite on this VAhospital. It’s so old I can knock it down with a hoe!” From How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber.

  21. What’s your lasso? The VA hospital is so old you can knock it down with a hoe. This gives you viejo. From How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber.

  22. The Ground Rules Yeah. BUT…that’s a lot of work to remember just one word!

  23. The Ground Rules Think of it like this. Would you rather spend three minutes coming up a story to LEARN a word (which means remembering it for the long term) OR spend the same three minutes repeating/reading/writing a word to remember it (MAYBE) just for a test?

  24. The Ground Rules Let’s look at some more examples. All of the following examples come from How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber (pages 82 - 96).

  25. What’s your lasso? The French Word colére (cole - AIR) Means “anger” From How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber.

  26. What’s your lasso? When your friend is angry, you could say he’s “giving you the cold shoulder”. Imagine your angry friend radiating his anger, spilling it off in all directions, in the form of coldair. You walk over to your friend, hoping he’s no longer mad, but you realize you were wrong when you feel the colére, or the “col’ air.” From How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber.

  27. What’s your lasso? You feel his col’ air, so you know he’s still feeling anger. Colére. From How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber.

  28. What’s your lasso? The Russian Word dom (dome) Means “house” From How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber.

  29. http://www.planetware.com/i/photo/colorful-onion-domes-of-st-basils-in-moscow-r238.jpghttp://www.planetware.com/i/photo/colorful-onion-domes-of-st-basils-in-moscow-r238.jpg What’s your lasso? Imagine your amazement when you land in Moscow and see all of the houses with dome-type roofs. From How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber.

  30. What’s your lasso? You remember the houses in Moscow have domes which gets you dom. From How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber.

  31. What’s your lasso? The Italian Word pollo (PO-lo) Means “chicken” From How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber.

  32. What’s your lasso? Imagine a friend inviting you to an unbelievable spectacle. An Italian “animal whisperer” has staged the world’s first polo match between two teams of chickens!

  33. What’s your lasso? You can go back home and tell your friends you saw chickens playing pollo. From How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber.

  34. The Ground Rules Skeptics say, “But I don’t want to walk around with a head full of images of wives with pet moles, chickens playing polo, angry people emitting cold air, and VA hospitals you can knock over with a hoe!”

  35. The Ground Rules You’ won’t! The beauty of this system is that the association helps you CAPTURE the word and then it falls away and disintegrates.

  36. DO YOU REMEMBER? The Spanish word for OLD? VIEJO (VA - hoe)

  37. DO YOU REMEMBER? The French word for ANGER? COLÉRE (col’ air)

  38. DO YOU REMEMBER? The Italian word for CHICKEN? POLLO (polo)

  39. The Ground Rules Did I ask you to “memorize” the words I gave as examples?

  40. The Ground Rules How much better would it be if you activelyand repeatedlyused “lassos” to LEARN your vocabulary?

  41. The Ground Rules Again, skeptics say, “But all of your examples ‘work’ way too neatly! It’s got to be a set-up. You’ve only shown us words that will fit. This won’t work in the ‘real world!”

  42. The Ground Rules Well…that’s sort of true. The example words are AUTOMATICS. They fall right into your lap with self-suggesting images.

  43. The Ground Rules Many, many, many words will fall in the AUTOMATIC category, but it’s true that not all of them will work so easily.

  44. The Ground Rules There are four groups of words in any language: • Automatics • Almosters • Toughies • Impossibles

  45. The Ground Rules Which category makes up the biggest single category by far? THE ALMOSTERS

  46. The Ground Rules For “ALMOSTERS” we can use words close to the target word that will “almost” get us there. Then, our true memory will fill in the gaps.

  47. The Ground Rules Let’s look at some examples. All of the following examples come from How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber (pages 82 - 96).

  48. What’s your lasso? The Chinese Word loong-shah (LOW-shah) Means “lobster” From How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber.

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