In our bilingual section we are reviewing the colours. Do you know there is a trick you can use to learn new vocabulary so that you can remember it easily? It is called mnemotecnic and it consists on inventing an absurd word, phrase or sentence using the first letter of the words you want to learn.
For example, to remember the colours of the rainbow which are, RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, ,GREEN BLUE, INDIGO and VIOLET you can invent a sentence like this:
Ronaldo Ombligo Y Gilito Bobo Intentaron Volar.
Another mnemotecnic I often teach my students is the word MaLeTa to remember the position of some adverbials at the end of the sentences:
M of modo, L of lugar and T of tiempo.
So if we have to translate a sentece like: La semana pasada mis hermanos estudiaron en la biblioteca silenciosamente, we know where to place the adverbials:
My brothers studied quietly in the library last week.
M L T
And the last one has to do with the verb to come: A way to remember the three forms is with the sentence: COME CAMEllo COME.
A funny way to remember, isn't it? Can you give me examples of mnemotecnics you use to learn vocabulary in English? I'd like you to share it with us.
The rainbow colours
domingo, 7 de noviembre de 2010
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Good morning, dear "teacher".
I remember you once told me I could check my passives just by counting the verbs in it. There would be one more verb in the passive structure than in the active sentence in most of the occasions.
Have a nice weekend.
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