{"id":4435,"date":"2009-04-28T07:24:04","date_gmt":"2009-04-28T04:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltweekly.com\/more\/?p=243"},"modified":"2009-04-28T07:24:04","modified_gmt":"2009-04-28T04:24:04","slug":"eltweekly-issue18-article-learning-to-learn-vocabulary-mapping-by-karenne-sylvester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=4435","title":{"rendered":"ELTWeekly Issue#18, Article: Learning-to-Learn: Vocabulary Mapping By Karenne Sylvester"},"content":{"rendered":"

Learning-to-Learn: Vocabulary Mapping<\/strong><\/p>\n

By\u00a0Karenne Sylvester<\/strong><\/p>\n

This article first appeared on Kalinago English (<\/em>http:\/\/how2learnenglish.blogspot.com\/<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

How do you keep note of the new words you learn in your lessons, that you come across in newspapers and magazines, that you learn on this blog?<\/p>\n

Are you making lists, doing this?<\/p>\n

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You are not alone.<\/p>\n

So was my student, Gerhard. The truth is that I see many, many students who write out lists and lists and lists<\/span> of vocabulary.<\/p>\n

Some of them do it in little notebooks, some make flashcards and some people write these out on A4 sheets which they store in a file.<\/p>\n

This is not a wrong thing to do.<\/p>\n

These are, in fact, great things to do – if<\/strong><\/span> you follow up on them.<\/p>\n

I guess the question is, do you go back and review your new words and how often do you do this?<\/p>\n

Once a week? More? Less?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Regularly reviewing new vocabulary is the most important thing you can do to learn new words. Remember that your brain has a lot to do, there is a lot of other stuff going on in your life, right?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>So, if the brain thinks a word isn\u2019t important because you didn\u2019t go back to it and say “hello again,” it trashes the new vocabulary and doesn\u2019t store it in the long-term memory.<\/p>\n

You know what I\u2019m talking about.<\/p>\n

On the other hand some people do go back to their word-lists and they still don\u2019t remember <\/span>the words when they have to use them. This is very frustrating.<\/p>\n

Quite often lists just don\u2019t help because they don\u2019t connect with anything else, they are just random words on a piece of paper with some translations next to them.<\/p>\n

Your brain needs bridges. See <\/span>more on this subject here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Also, not everyone learns by making lists! As I mentioned in one of my earlier entries<\/a><\/strong>, different people learn in different ways.<\/p>\n

Cosmic Fairy (the teacher with the \u2018magic tricks\u2019) has a couple of effective strategies for you to think about.<\/strong><\/p>\n

People who are visual learners will very much benefit from her advice.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what some of my students are doing:<\/p>\n

Volker creates a mind map with the new words he learns and he connects them to phrases he would like to say.<\/p>\n

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He thinks about the context<\/strong> they will be used in and adds more words. He doesn\u2019t translate.<\/p>\n

Mirko doesn\u2019t like his handwriting so he makes his word-maps<\/strong> using powerpoint.<\/p>\n

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If you have the time and tools, this is a really great option.<\/p>\n

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Nowadays, even Gerhard has a new trick!<\/p>\n

Every morning he goes on to <\/span>flickr<\/a><\/strong> <\/span>and picks a picture that matches one of the new words he wants to learn.<\/p>\n

They don\u2019t have to be a literal representation – sometimes they are simply a bridge which will help him remember a particular word.<\/p>\n

He then stores each new word on to his computer and using the preview option, matches the words to the pictures and regularly reviews his new lexis.<\/p>\n

Can you guess what word this picture makes a bridge<\/strong> to<\/strong> in Gerhard\u2019s mind?<\/p>\n

Have a look at his list above if you can\u2019t guess immediately.<\/p>\n

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Still not sure? \u2018Hover\u2019 your mouse over the picture, the answer\u2019s there!<\/p>\n

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What do you <\/strong>do to learn new words?<\/p>\n

Do you have another suggestion?<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t hesitate to let us know what it is by clicking on the comments<\/span><\/strong>. If you\u2019d like to ask a question, go ahead!<\/p>\n

My blogging colleague, Nik Peachey<\/strong>, has also written a lot about tools that can help you learn vocabulary. One of his posts is about a very interesting mind-mapping software, you can read that posting here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Descriptions of more software tools which do this here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

For more useful tips, tricks and learning strategies from the Cosmic Fairy, here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Best,<\/p>\n

Karenne<\/p>\n

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\"\"Karenne Sylvester <\/strong>is\u00a0a certified TESOL traine<\/span>r, working as a freelancer in Stuttgart, Germany and she specialize in teaching adult learners in the financial\/ banking, energy, engineering and IT sectors.<\/p>\n

She has lived and worked all over the world: from the Caribbean to the US, UK, Australia, Hong Kong and Ecuador.<\/p>\n

She is the sole proprietor and webmaster<\/span> of Kalinago English and author of Simply<\/span>ConversationsTM, a pedagogically sound speaking skills system, designed to activate language learners’ fluency.<\/p>\n

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**Reprinted with kind permission, Karenne Sylvester<\/strong> of\u00a0Kalinago English (http:\/\/kalinago.blogspot.com\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n

*** ELTWeekly<\/strong> would like to thank\u00a0Karenne Sylvester<\/strong> for contributing this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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