G'day mate. How have you been? Today, I would like to talk about how to memorise new words effectively. I reckon this is pretty simple, but many people learning English don't follow this way, which is what? Without further ado, let's find out.

First of all, you should not think about you're trying to purely memorise a word itself doing nothing else practically. What it does mean is that you're trying to read the translation of the meaning the word entails first, and then match the word and the translated meaning of the word without practically utilising the word and its usage. Without having used the word itself by writing or talking to yourself, there'll be no way of getting used to new words. Yes, of course, technically you can memorise them without actually using them. However, even if just memorising by writing down the word 100 times or more, I'd say it's gonna be a waste of time. Memorising the word itself is meaningless, precisely because you won't be able to practically use it for speaking and writing. So, what should we do then?

When you encounter new words you've never seen before, please do not jump the gun to look unknown words up in a dictionary. Why? Because, this means that you're not getting trained in word roots. Word roots are very important element of how to guess the meaning of the word without relying on a dictionary. Yes, indeed, consulting a dictionary for checking the meaning of vocabulary or usage is one of the most important ways to learn in the beginning, but once you've learnt a certain level of vocabulary, getting a good understanding of word roots is becoming significant. If you know a variety of them, then you'll feel I don't need a dictionary all the time, which is such a great start.

Next up, you want to know how, right? As I've been mentioning so many times everywhere around social network in the past, what you should do are: Use new words creating a piece of a short sentence on your own, but if you really don't know the meaning and usage, then look them up in a dictionary. And, you check the definition and usage of the word, then you create a new sentence using some example sentences. After that, you start reading it aloud with a clear voice and pronunciation, both of which are critical for memorising it effectively. Without saying it vocally, there'll be almost no way of getting accustomed to. So, talking to yourself is perfectly fine at home. You don't need anybody to check your voice unless you've almost mastered English pronunciation.

Nothing has to be perfect. In other words, nothing can be perfect even for native speakers in terms of usage and grammar, not pronunciation, which means that only pronunciation has to be correct. Otherwise no one can understand you what you mean. All in all, memorising vocabulary effectively depends on how practically and frequently you use it with correct pronunciation. And, vocally constructing a sentence using your own words is also the key to success.

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