How to use spaced repetition to memorize words easily

"There is no substitute for attentive repetition." - Daniel Coyle

The spaced repetition system works in places more efficiently than the "Palace of Memory" about which we have already talked. At the same time, it takes less time to work on expanding vocabulary in interval mode - literally up to half an hour a day, maybe even less.

Your mind remembers new words, phrases and English lessons easier and longer, the more times it comes across it. Therefore, in an English-speaking environment, it is much easier to master the language and memorize a large array of new words every day. But outside the linguistic environment and in it, the principle is the same: you need to remind yourself of a new word just before the moment when you would have just forgotten it, then it will remain fresh in your mind.

The key to mastering memorization is to give your mind the information again before you forget it. Just the right time. Repetition interval means timing new information so that you get to know it shortly after you first learn it, and then a little later, again, and so on. Thus, the new word is always fresh and seems fresh in your mind. It may sound strange, but it really works. Try it.

For example, when you’re learning a new English word for the first time, it’s ideal to remind yourself of it in 30 minutes.

Then 2 hours after the first reading. Then again - one day later. Then 2 days after. Then you can take a week break. Then you have to remind yourself of the word 2 weeks after studying. Then a month break. Then 2 months. Etc. Thus, a new word constantly remains in your vocabulary - it seems to be constantly used and the brain does not allow it to be forgotten.

Of course, when you’re learning dozens of new words at a very fast pace, it’s hard to keep track of which words and when to repeat.

For the most powerful effect of this memorization technique, combine it with the memorization techniques described elsewhere on the site. Spaced repetition is ten times more powerful when used in combination with Memory Palace and other memory hacks in the brain.

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Use spaced repetition techniques to memorize new words in English more effectively.
Combine spaced repetition with visual memory techniques to memorize words as quickly as possible.

How to use spaced repetition to memorize words easily

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