agoestocollege:As a student of both Greek and Latin, learning vocabulary is my own personal hell. It

agoestocollege:As a student of both Greek and Latin, learning vocabulary is my own personal hell. It takes me a lot of time to memorize the lessons’ vocabulary and I normally forget them by the next week. Sometimes I even mix them up, like I’m doing Latin words in Greek alphabet and so on. I had to make a system that would help me with this and now that I’m revising for the upcoming semester, I thought that I’d share it with you. General tipsPractice saying new words out loud (or writing them). Study vocabulary several times a day for 5-10 minutes at a time.When learning vocabulary, practice conjugating new verbs or declining new nouns and adjectives. Don’t panic. Language learning is a cumulative process.Don’t study for several hours in a row without a break. You’ll go nuts, and it will be less likely to become part of your long-term memory.Don’t be a passive learner. If you use all your senses, if you use the language to create new sentences, you will learn it better.Don’t study vocab for more than 15 minutes at a time, preferably no more than 10 minutes at a time.Don’t leave the vocabulary for the day before a test. You will feel overwhelmed and you will not be able to memorize everything you need.Find the best place to write. One of my friends prefers to write on paper but I have a little board where I can write with really big letters and different colours. I find that it visually helps me a lot. My method.I always start by classing the words in different columns (adjectives, verbs, substantives, invariables words, prepositions, etc) and following the alphabet order. I write each word at least 10 times from Greek or Latin to French and then 10 times from French to Greek or Latin… Because French is not my mother language I make sure that I understand 100% the word I’m studying. My teacher from last year loved to use a lot of synonyms and it was terrible for me because sometimes I couldn’t find the word he wanted us to use. (Mr. P. I still hate you).Help yourself with etymology. Most of the words in French (and luckily for me in Spanish) come from both Latin and Greek so I always try to find the connection. For example, the Spanish word “avaricia” comes from the word “avaritia” in Latin… But be really careful with the faux amis.  Test yourself. I normally study 10 words and then I rewrite them with their meaning without making any mistakes. If I get to do this three times in a row then I consider it done.Make flashcards. This helps me a lot to revise because it’s not as tedious as rewriting them. I have an app on my phone called Flashcards+ and it’s an amazing tool for reviewing vocabulary when I’m taking the subway or waiting for the bus. I only use flashcards to revise the words I already know.Revise from time to time all the vocabulary you have learnt. You’re going to forget words so it’s really helpful if you at least read them.Make a list of the words you always forget and study those before a test.Well, that’s it. If you have any other suggestion, be sure to tell me!PS: English is not my mother language either so I’m really sorry if there’s any mistake. Optime! -- source link

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