Memory and language learning

Most of language learning at its base is memory, to learn words and grammar

Music and languages Music have a lot in common with languages. Language like music is rhythmic. Your brain will learn by a mnemonic, simply the rhythm of the language. Music and languages a personal experience -A personal experience with rhythm and how it is connected to music and language learning- About 15 years ago I [...]

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How Vegas can teach you to learn a language If you saw the movie 21 about some MIT students who won millions in Vegas or if you know anything about card counting, here is a clue on how to learn a language. The system that they used (based on a true s to beat Vegas [...]

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Memory systems and language learning I teach and learn languages. I have read countless books on language learning, but more important I have had years of first hand experience with language learning. There are scores of language learning products on the market from books to software to memory masters. What do I think is the best [...]

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Mind mapping software or by hand to learn a language How can mind mapping help you learn a language? Read on. There are a number of free mind mapping software programs on the market. I like one by ‘eDraw’. However, at the end of the day would you rather be sitting in front the computer [...]

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Mnemonics July 11, 1975 Stanford university did a study on teaching Russian vocabulary with memory mnemonics.  The mnemonics study was called “Teaching a Large Russian Language Vocabulary by the Mnemonic Keyword Method”. The result was those who used memory mnemonics to learn Russian, learned Russian vocabulary faster and performed better on tests than people who [...]

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Memory retrieval practice If you want to learn something do not study it over and over, practice retrieving the information. If you want to learn a word list do not look at the word list, have someone ask you question from the word list. Use flashcards to learn the list, but passive listening is not [...]

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Improve your memory at night To strengthen your memory: every night before you go to bed replay your day in your imagination in reverse. That is start with the last thing you did before you started the exercises (this memory excersises could be as you are laying in bed). Then imagine in great detail the [...]

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Your imagination could rule your memory Studies are showing that there is a strong direct correlation between people who use their imagination and memory function.  This connection is especially true with imagination use and memory in latter life.  People who do not use their imagination in a free dreamy way, seem to experience a decline in memory [...]

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My brain lesion I had a brain lesion about 16 years ago.  The word lesion is really a general medical jargon word.  What I had was basically bleeding in the brain from capillary telangiectasia or a cavernous malformation. The result was I had memory and brain processing problems. I still functioned at a rather high cognitive [...]

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Learn a language fast with flashcards Learning with flashcards is I think the best way to learn vocabulary, and perhaps a language. I based my software program on it. Many articles will give you very abstract or general advice on how to learn a language fast. Or they will tell you 100 techniques for learning [...]

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