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I just read a fascinating article about a guy who learned an entire language (Lingala - spoken in the Congo basin of Africa) in 22 hours. He literally memorized the entire dictionary in 22 hours (spread out over the course of a few months). Here is the article if you're interested in reading.
He used a web application called Memrise.
Memrise uses pictures and funny phrases called "mems" to help you remember the words. The more weird and crazy the mem, the more likely you are to remember it.
Below are three different ways to remember the verb TOCAR. You click on the thumbs up to choose the one that you think will help you the most. If you don't like any of the options, then you can create your own mem.
DON'T CRAM!!!
Memrise is perfect for spending 5 minutes a day (or twice a day). They have done studies that prove that you can learn twice as much vocabulary in half the time if you DON'T CRAM!
TAREA: Create an account on Memrise.com. You can use Facebook or your email. Choose one Spanish courses to work on over the break. Here are a few that look good:
- http://www.memrise.com/course/35/1500-word-spanish-intro/
- http://www.memrise.com/course/737/first-5000-words-of-spanish-3/
- http://www.memrise.com/course/193/intermediate-phrases-exito-de-venta/
- http://www.memrise.com/course/1292/intermediate-phrases-exito-de-venta-2/2/
Grow your Spanish garden (use the website). I will check your profile upon return to classes next semester and award points accordingly.
(A good goal would be to "plant" 5 new words a day and water them 2-3 times a day for five minutes.)
I can check how many mems you have created, how many flowers you have grown, and how many total points you've earned.
Yeah, that's me, #2 in the world for learning Essential Tagalog!!! I have literally learned more words in the last 15 minutes than in the last 3.5 YEARS.
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