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Keyword Method. Show students how mnemonic devises can be applied to their learning . Memory Chapter 8. Mnemonics. Imagery is at the heart of many memory aids. Mnemonic techniques use vivid imagery and organizational devices in aiding memory. Activity. The keyword method
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Keyword Method Show students how mnemonic devises can be applied to their learning
Mnemonics Imagery is at the heart of many memory aids. Mnemonic techniques use vivid imagery and organizational devices in aiding memory.
Activity • The keyword method • You think of a word that sounds like all or part of the word to be remembered. • Then you create a scenario involving the associated word and the definition of the word-to-be-remembered. • The keyword method has often been applied to foreign vocabulary learning. • In learning Spanish words, for example, pato might first be recoded as an acoustically similar keyword, pot. • Then pot is linked to the word’s meaning, duck, by means of an interactive mental image involving a duck with a pot on its head.
Activity • Use the keyword method to learn concepts from this chapter