Post on 06-Feb-2021
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WORKING WITH YOUR VOCAB NOTEBOOK
"We know that one of the very most important
factors in learning a word is the number of times that
the learner retrieves it."Keith S. Folse
This means that you have to organise your vocab
notebook in a way that makes it easy to retrieve the words as often as possible in
different ways.
In order to get started you need three things: a proper pen, a vocab notebook of your choice and a blank flashcard.
Note down 4 different pieces of information on every vocab item.
a translationthe original
word
a synonym, or the opposite
the word in use (not a full sentence - just a
chunk)
Cut out one corner of the flashcard, so it looks like this.
Now, you can retrieve the original word from the translation...
... or the translation from the original word.
You can retrieve the word in use
from the translation, or the other
way around.
Of course, you can also retrieve the synonym/opposite from the original word ...
... and vice versa.
Just do it as often as possible!
Reference:!!
Folse, K. (2004). Vocabulary Myths: Applying Second Language Research to Classroom Teaching. Ann Arbor: The University of
Michigan Press.!!