Monday, November 15, 2004, 08:08 GMT
Hello,
this is for those who have an interest in testing new ways to develop their vocabulary knowledge, and for Supermemo users.
I read the articles on this website on how to read (the pause-and-think method) and what to read to augment one’s vocabulary, and I totally agree. The best way for learning new words is to read useful and fun texts, to think a bit of new collocations, new word clusters, new expressions, new terms, new structures, etc. that you find in them, and then taking note of those new things maybe, so to review them later, perhaps adding them to your Supermemo collection.
Now, what about, as a side way to develop one’s vocabulary, memorizing the ENTIRE English dictionary (say the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English) by creating a Supermemo item for every single entry?
Do you think it is, by using a CD-ROM dictionary of course, humanly possible? Do you think it is useful?
(Do not misunderstand me: I am not suggesting to stop augmenting your vocabulary through imput, like reading, watching subtitled movies, etc. And I am not suggesting to stop creating your personal Supermemo collection with the new words you find while reading. I think of the idea of learning the entire English dictionary as a SIDE project, not as a substitutive one!)
(By the way, wouldn’t it be great if it will be the publishers themselves to distribute Supermemo collections of their entire dictionaries/books? They could add to the CD-ROMs they often include a SuperMemo collection regarding the text. It would be terrific, wouldn’t it?)
Best,
Achab
this is for those who have an interest in testing new ways to develop their vocabulary knowledge, and for Supermemo users.
I read the articles on this website on how to read (the pause-and-think method) and what to read to augment one’s vocabulary, and I totally agree. The best way for learning new words is to read useful and fun texts, to think a bit of new collocations, new word clusters, new expressions, new terms, new structures, etc. that you find in them, and then taking note of those new things maybe, so to review them later, perhaps adding them to your Supermemo collection.
Now, what about, as a side way to develop one’s vocabulary, memorizing the ENTIRE English dictionary (say the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English) by creating a Supermemo item for every single entry?
Do you think it is, by using a CD-ROM dictionary of course, humanly possible? Do you think it is useful?
(Do not misunderstand me: I am not suggesting to stop augmenting your vocabulary through imput, like reading, watching subtitled movies, etc. And I am not suggesting to stop creating your personal Supermemo collection with the new words you find while reading. I think of the idea of learning the entire English dictionary as a SIDE project, not as a substitutive one!)
(By the way, wouldn’t it be great if it will be the publishers themselves to distribute Supermemo collections of their entire dictionaries/books? They could add to the CD-ROMs they often include a SuperMemo collection regarding the text. It would be terrific, wouldn’t it?)
Best,
Achab