How to memorize English words quickly? What are the methods?

There are many ways to memorize words. Only by adopting scientific and effective memorization methods and reviewing them carefully, timely and periodically can we greatly improve the memorization of English words. For example, we can learn new words by watching movies or studying their scripts. As long as we try our best to find environmental memory, our learning efficiency will definitely increase exponentially.

Contents of this article

1. How to memorize English words

2. What are the methods to quickly remember English words?

3. How can I memorize English words quickly and firmly?

How to memorize English words

1. Memorize words by category. Divide the words into categories, such as balls and flowers. Write the classified words on small cards or notebooks and carry them with you at any time. In this way, it is easy to remember words of the same category.

2. Learn words by pronunciation. Learning words by pronunciation is a good method. Many words are similar in pronunciation. Learn the words aloud and repeat them several times. After a long time, you will naturally be able to spell the words according to pronunciation.

3. Stop less and repeat more. If you often stop at one or a few words, it will be inefficient. For example, when you memorize the words of a unit, don't remember one word and then memorize the next one. Memorize the words of the entire unit together and repeat several times. This will be more effective.

4. Memorize words by synonyms and antonyms. When you memorize a word, you can associate it with many words with the same meaning or antonym. Memorize these words together and you will find that you can get twice the result with half the effort. When you memorize a word, you can also memorize many words of the same kind.

5. Memorize words through word formation. For example, when memorizing a verb, you can add prefixes and suffixes to make it antonym, noun, verb, adjective, or adverb. Remember the approximate meanings of some prefixes and suffixes, so that you can understand the general meaning of any word.

6. Learn words through short articles. When words are put into short articles, they have a specific context. When you see the word, you will think of the context and know how to use it. Over time, you will have a certain vocabulary literacy.

7. Memorize words by following the recording. The reason why most people cannot remember words is that they cannot pronounce them correctly and cannot spell them out according to their pronunciation. So follow the recording and read aloud over and over again. As you read, you will develop a sense of language.

8. Make small cards to memorize words. Write down the words that you think are important but you can't remember on small cards. Take them out and memorize them when you have time. Repeat them many times. You will find that the things you deliberately wanted to remember will be remembered unintentionally.

What are the methods to quickly remember English words?

1. Pronunciation rule memory method

It is to memorize according to the pronunciation rules of vowels, vowel combinations, consonants and consonant combinations in open syllables and closed syllables. For example, ea is pronounced as [i]. There are also some fixed letter combinations, such as ly is pronounced as [li], ty is pronounced as [ti], and various prefixes and suffixes, such as a-, re-, un-, dis-, im-; -ed, -ing, -ly, -er, -or, -ful, -y, etc., all have relatively fixed pronunciations. Once you have mastered these rules, you don't have to memorize words letter by letter.

2. Letter Change Memory Method

In English, you can add, subtract, replace or adjust a letter based on a certain word to create another new word. The specific method is as follows

1. Add a letter in front. For example

is his, ear near / hear, read bread

2. Add letters at the end. For example

hear heart, you your, plane planet

3. Add letters in the middle. For example

though through, tree three, for four

4. Subtract letters. For example

she he, close lose, start star

5. Change letters. For example

book look / cook, cake lake / wake / make / take

6. To change letters is to change the order of letters. For example

blow bowl, sing sign, from form

3. Associative Memory Method

In daily life, you can associate related English words based on the environment you are in, the things you see and touch. For example, when playing ball, you can associate it with ball, play basketball, play football, play volleyball, playground, etc.; when eating, you can associate it with dining-room, have breakfast, have lunch, have supper, etc.; when sleeping, you can associate it with bed, bedroom, go to bed, sleep, go to sleep, fall asleep, etc. If you stick to it for a long time, the effect will be very good.

4. Classification Memory Method

In the memorization process, summarize, classify, and organize all the words you have learned so that they are clear and easy to understand, and then memorize them separately.

1. Classify by subject matter. For example, classify nouns into daily necessities, animals, plants, fruits, food, family members, parts of the human body, learning tools, subjects, transportation, places, days of the week, months, seasons, etc.; classify verbs into linking verbs, auxiliary verbs, action verbs, and modal verbs, etc.

2. Classify by homophones. For example, see-sea, right-write, meet-meat

3. Classify by similar words. For example, three-there, four-your, quite-quiet

4. Classify by synonyms. For example, big-large, hard-difficult, begin-start

5. Classify by antonyms. For example, right-wrong, young-old, come-go

6. Classify by pronunciation. For example, the letter combination ea is pronounced as [i] in eat, meat, teacher; it is pronounced as [e] in bread, ready, heavy; and it is pronounced as [ei] in great, break. In this way, not only the words are remembered, but also the pronunciation is mastered.

5. Word formation memory method

Mastering some knowledge of word formation can greatly increase your vocabulary. There are three main types of English word formation:

1. Derivation. This method is to add a prefix or suffix to a root word to form another new word, which is closely related to the meaning of the root word. Such words are called derivative words. For example, the commonly used prefixes in-, im-, un-, dis-, etc. express negative meanings; suffixes -er, -or, -ist, etc. express people; and suffixes -y, -ly, -ful, etc. express adjectives, etc. For example, like-unlike, teach-teacher, friend-friendly, etc.

2. Compounding method. This method is to combine two or more independent words to form a new word. The words formed by this method are called compound words or compound words. For example, black board, blackboard, class room, classroom, football, football, etc.

3. Conversion method. This method is to convert one part of speech into another without changing the spelling, mainly nouns into verbs, verbs into nouns, adjectives into verbs or nouns, etc. For example, watern. Waterv. Watering, liftv. Lifting, liftn. Elevator, lastadj. Past, lastv. Continue, etc.

6. Cycle Memory Method

It refers to the method of repeatedly memorizing the memorized words. According to the law of forgetting, people forget after memorizing, fast at first and then slow. Therefore, the time interval between reviews should be short at first and long later. For example, after memorizing the words learned today, you should review them on the second, fourth, seventh, fourteenth and twenty-eighth days, so that you can form a long-term memory.

How to memorize English words quickly and firmly

1. Read aloud. The main method of memorizing words is to master pronunciation, because most words can be written out by listening, and there are few irregular words;

2. Combine with the context. To truly master a word, it is only possible to do so in a specific context;

3. Combined with listening to tapes, it can greatly improve learning efficiency and reduce fatigue;

4. Memorize in large doses every day. Set aside two fixed time periods every day, about one and a half hours each, to memorize vocabulary;

5. Master common word-forming elements such as roots and affixes;

6. Connect the words you have learned with new words. This is a very important means of expanding vocabulary and consolidating vocabulary memory;

7. Use split words or homophones to memorize.