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The Optimal System Incorporates Rote-Learning And Mnemonic Devices
• Frequent active recall increases long-term retrieval
• Deep-processing increases recall and enhances comprehension
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What Is A Mnemonic Device?
• Mnemonic devices are strategies for enhancing memory
• They help to encode the information so that it will be easier to remember
• They relate new information to information that is already known
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Simple Mnemonic Devices(pictorial representation of the word)
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Keyword Strategy
• A familiar word that sounds similar to the word to be remembered
• The keyword could be connected to either the Hebrew word or to the English translation
• A picture helps connect the word and its translation
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(front side of flashcard)
h¯b‰pˆk(picture sounds like translation)
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(back side of flashcard)
Before(oheuxp)
.¤rœ¨t¨v›o‹g h¯b‰pˆk o¨v¨r‰c©t Uj©T§J°H³u -
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v¨n¨a±b(picture connects word to concept)
AAACHOOO!!!!!!AAACHOO0O!!!!!
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s‹F(connect picture to sound of Hebrew word)
(Cod)
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River - r«ut±h
(Oar sounds like
“r«ut±h”)
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Vocabulary Blocks(Translation on back with new oheuxp)
(Hebrew word)
h°bŠg(Hebrew antonym/
synonym)
rh¦aŠg
(Present euxp)o°h¨r‰m¦n‰C r¤J£t
h¦N‹g h°b„g›,¤t
(Mnemonic clue)
(Optional-Sentence)
The h°bŠg didn’t have an umbrella, so he got soaking wet in the pouring rain.