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A mnemonic device is a word or a phrase that is used as an aid to memory. Learners form a native-language homophone (the key word) for the target word in the second language. Then the learner imagines a scene in which the homophone and the referent object of the target word are interacting in some manner. Memory retrieval of the meaning of the target word consists of recalling the homophone, then recalling the imagined scene in which the homophone and the referent object are interacting. It is easier to remember meaningful information than random data. Words and idioms in English are not random data. They follow certain rules, yet they can seem as arbitrary data to an ESL learner who is unfamiliar with the English language system. Learn more…
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A mnemonic device is a word or a phrase that is used as an aid to memory. Learners form a native-language homophone (the key word) for the target word in the second language. Then the learner imagines a scene in which the homophone and the referent object of the target word are interacting in some manner. Memory retrieval of the meaning of the target word consists of recalling the homophone, then recalling the imagined scene in which the homophone and the referent object are interacting. It is easier to remember meaningful information than random data. Words and idioms in English are not random data. They follow certain rules, yet they can seem as arbitrary data to an ESL learner who is unfamiliar with the English language system. Learn more…
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