41 Learning Methods That Benefit a Lifetime

Chapter 5 Application of Association Method in Foreign Language Learning
In the process of learning a foreign language, association is an important method. It can help us avoid boring grammar and blunt pronunciation, greatly improve efficiency and achieve twice the result with half the effort.The more effective association methods summarized by the predecessors are as follows, and some examples are also attached for reference.

① Compare Lenovo

Comparative association refers to the recall of another word caused by visually seeing or hearing a word, and comparing it to find out the same, similar or opposite between them, so as to establish a certain connection.This kind of association can often be used to learn some synonyms, near synonyms, and antonyms (or phrases).Such as: learn——study, high—tall, just now——a moment ago, long——short, open——close, get on——get off, husband——wife, teach-er——student, king — queen, teach — learn, and so on.

Of course, mechanical and simple associations should be avoided. In comparative associations, there should be distinctions as well as comparisons, especially for synonyms.

② Neighbor association

Psychology believes that human mental function activities have certain regularity, and this regularity is also reflected in people's natural associations with things that are close in time and space.Neighborhood association refers to the psychological phenomenon of recalling another thing caused by one thing in time and space.For example, ice→snow→winter→skate; or ice→water→steam, etc., which are then connected with solid→liquid→gas.This kind of association, as long as there is time, can go on unrestricted, especially when reviewing words.

Classifying and associating words according to their meanings is also a form of neighborhood association.For example, nouns are divided into people, families, places, buildings, climate, nature, time, human body, animals and plants, subjects, languages, etc., so that when learning and reviewing a word, it is easier to associate it with similar words other words.

③Scenario association

This kind of association is the association of a specific and specific situation from a single word (or phrase) with general meaning.This kind of association not only deepens the impression of words and is conducive to memory, but also combines words with sentences, words and texts, so as to achieve the purpose of understanding, mastering and accurately using the learned vocabulary.

Situational association, first of all, lies in the situation, which should be vivid, interesting and unique; secondly, it lies in the association, which should be appropriate and reasonable.For example, when learning the word cry, first associate its pronunciation /krai/ with the cry of a child. This is one of the scenarios; In this way, students will have a clearer and deeper impression on the meaning, past tense, gerund form of cry and its collocation with hard.Sometimes, you can also associate a word with multiple situations to enhance the memory effect.When reviewing the word, it is beneficial to recall more of these specific situations and connect more usages in different situations.In addition, you can also create some situations for certain words through language, pictures, actions, expressions, etc.

④Fun association

This is a kind of imagination, and the language material learned is used to recall another language material through some unreasonable but interesting means.The two may have nothing to do with each other, but it is this illogical, absurd, and bizarre thing that leaves a deep memory on people.For example, learn the word see (see), the "ee" in the word is like two eyes, so it is related to "see"; learn look (see, watch), observe its shape, "oo" is like a pair of glasses, so the word It is also related to "seeing", and wearing glasses to see, this kind of "seeing" is undoubtedly a conscious "seeing".In this way, we can not only recognize the meaning and spelling form of words, but also tell the basic difference between see and look.

⑤Language association
This kind of association refers to the association of a certain thing or state caused by the pronunciation of a certain word.Such as: the word cough, where "ou" is pronounced /?Heng/sound, the whole word reads short, like a continuous coughing sound, which means "cough"; the word laugh, in which "au" has a long sound /a:/, the opening is relatively large, and the whole word is read straight to the heart, as if Laugh out loud, so this word means "laughing, laughing"; the word spit (spit), it looks like spitting when reading this word; "al" in ball (ball) is pronounced/?Heng: /, is a rounded lip sound, you can imagine the mouth shape is round like a "ball"; when you read the word monkey (monkey), the sound is clear and crisp, as lively and sensitive as a monkey; , thus imagining the majesty and tallness of a camel; while the word cat has a short pronunciation and a crisp ending, reminiscent of the smallness and flexibility of a cat.

Proficiency in the learning method of Lenovo can achieve the effect of deep understanding, quick memory, and proficient application, so that learners can get twice the result with half the effort. It is a learning method worth learning and adopting.

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