Comments on: Mnemonics – The Mental Sketchpad http://www.victorymanual.com/mnemonics-the-mental-sketchpad/ On Japanese language and culture Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:19:47 +0900 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Emily http://www.victorymanual.com/mnemonics-the-mental-sketchpad/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Emily Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:17:04 +0000 http://www.victorymanual.com/?p=1040#comment-255 I agree. It's the same with flashcards—as much as I love shiny White Rabbit Press ones (and they really are great), it's much better to take the time to make my own (even if it's on a website like smart.fm, although I supplement with writing practice on paper). Looking forward to reading more of your blog, by the way. I've been getting the L2 linguistics bug again lately, although I have a great job so I'm not about to run off and apply for JET, sigh. My link to is my Japanese study blog/respository for mediocre n00b translation projects. Slow going... I agree. It’s the same with flashcards—as much as I love shiny White Rabbit Press ones (and they really are great), it’s much better to take the time to make my own (even if it’s on a website like smart.fm, although I supplement with writing practice on paper).

Looking forward to reading more of your blog, by the way. I’ve been getting the L2 linguistics bug again lately, although I have a great job so I’m not about to run off and apply for JET, sigh. My link to is my Japanese study blog/respository for mediocre n00b translation projects. Slow going…

]]> By: Alex http://www.victorymanual.com/mnemonics-the-mental-sketchpad/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Alex Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:19:55 +0000 http://www.victorymanual.com/?p=1040#comment-254 You've got an interesting site that is probably helpful for specific learner-types. However, I feel that the workload in building mnemonics from the ground up for yourself is the most important part - It's what pushes cognitive depth and helps in network building. You’ve got an interesting site that is probably helpful for specific learner-types. However, I feel that the workload in building mnemonics from the ground up for yourself is the most important part – It’s what pushes cognitive depth and helps in network building.

]]> By: Francis O'Reilly http://www.victorymanual.com/mnemonics-the-mental-sketchpad/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Francis O'Reilly Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:26:55 +0000 http://www.victorymanual.com/?p=1040#comment-253 Nice post about mnemonics for second languages. It makes a huge amount of sense. Agree that the best mnemonics are ones you come up with yourself. However, the whole process of coming up with mnemonics and organising your effort can be a lot of work, something we recognise is a big problem at Memorista.com in using the mnemonic technique. To help with this workload, we do two things on our website: firstly, we provide a system for building and learning mnemonics; and second, we provide ready-made mnemonics, usually more than one for each word or phrase, so you can choose what's best for you, or you can construct your own if it doesn't suit. Have a look at http://www.memorista.com - it's all for free, we cover five languages currently, but this will expand in the future. Nice post about mnemonics for second languages. It makes a huge amount of sense. Agree that the best mnemonics are ones you come up with yourself. However, the whole process of coming up with mnemonics and organising your effort can be a lot of work, something we recognise is a big problem at Memorista.com in using the mnemonic technique.

To help with this workload, we do two things on our website: firstly, we provide a system for building and learning mnemonics; and second, we provide ready-made mnemonics, usually more than one for each word or phrase, so you can choose what’s best for you, or you can construct your own if it doesn’t suit.

Have a look at http://www.memorista.com – it’s all for free, we cover five languages currently, but this will expand in the future.

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