The words I remember the best are the ones I'm missing in conversations. If I stop mid sentence to ask for a word and get an answer, there's something in my brain that clicks: "important word needed in real life". I can never forget them.
A second favourite is native speakers explaining a little trick / mnemonics to remember it. This is why I love talking with teachers, they always know a bunch 😊
How I envy you, Lou! There have been countless times when people have filled in the blank for me and my brain refuses to register the word 😭 I’m convinced it’s a special skill people have. As for your second instance, I love this as well! And you’re right, the teachers I’ve talked to do have a lot of mnemonics up their sleeves.
Great advice! I've been learning Latin, and don't really have a context in which to use it and build emotional connections. Maybe I should try to incorporate Latin phrases into my notes at work.
Thanks, Dan! Why did you decide to learn Latin? Incorporating phrases into your work notes seems like an excellent idea. Also, translating whenever you have the time!
I like how important it is historically, I'd like to be able to read old books in the original Latin. I have a weird interest in Catholicism too, despite not being a practising Christian, so exploring that in Latin would be interesting!
The words I remember the best are the ones I'm missing in conversations. If I stop mid sentence to ask for a word and get an answer, there's something in my brain that clicks: "important word needed in real life". I can never forget them.
A second favourite is native speakers explaining a little trick / mnemonics to remember it. This is why I love talking with teachers, they always know a bunch 😊
How I envy you, Lou! There have been countless times when people have filled in the blank for me and my brain refuses to register the word 😭 I’m convinced it’s a special skill people have. As for your second instance, I love this as well! And you’re right, the teachers I’ve talked to do have a lot of mnemonics up their sleeves.
You provided such great strategies to creating meaningful contexts when learning another language!
Thank you so much, Victoria! I’m glad that it came across as helpful!
Great advice! I've been learning Latin, and don't really have a context in which to use it and build emotional connections. Maybe I should try to incorporate Latin phrases into my notes at work.
Thanks, Dan! Why did you decide to learn Latin? Incorporating phrases into your work notes seems like an excellent idea. Also, translating whenever you have the time!
I like how important it is historically, I'd like to be able to read old books in the original Latin. I have a weird interest in Catholicism too, despite not being a practising Christian, so exploring that in Latin would be interesting!
That's very interesting! I wish you the best of luck! Let me know if you find any good study strategies. :)
Thanks, will do!