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This technique might be helpful for the extremely basics, but what is something meaningful you would put on a card for something like hope or dignity that would
by Larrikin 13y ago
This technique might be helpful for the extremely basics, but what is something meaningful you would put on a card for something like hope or dignity that wouldn't be easily confused? I find pictures helpful but usually I use them to illustrate the example sentence and not the word itself.
I agree your original language is a crutch but what I've found has made get better faster is native language translations of the word. It takes a while to get comfortable doing that, but once you start doing it often enough it works very well.
- krisgee 13y ago> I find pictures helpful but usually I use them to illustrate the example sentence and not the word itself. And this is why you are supposed to create your own flashcards. Everyone learns differently and your self-guided learning is no different. Personally I use pictured even for abstract stuff, I just try and find a picture that says "hopeful" or "amazing" for me and then I use that as my picture since I figure it'll forge the connection.
- nandemo 13y agoI believe using your own language is fine (please see my other comment). That said, you can still use pictures together with example sentences. You don't have to find a picture that unambigously means "hope". It can be a picture of the Red Sox or your $favorite_underdog for instance, the dvd cover of a movie related to hope, etc. The point is to improve recall, not "skip the translation step".