Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ PhotoReading, Memory Optimizer Vocabulary Study..need some advice pls

Hi again,

in 4 months or so i will have to face the psychometric exam (its the israely version of the SAT). in that in mind i have recieved a vocabulary notebook (hebrwe - hebrew)
as a part of a preparation course im taking. well, i want to improve my vocabulary, i read every thread i've found about the subject in this forum. i already understood that i should photoread the metarial daily but , ill quote michel :
"use some form of activation", well what form of activation do u recommend?
(sorry but i do need about 100% comprehension here)
any suggestions will be appreciated.

Raanan Hadar.

Actually memorization is not neccessary, as you photoread it each day, use skittering to gain concious comprehension or rapid reading if you prefer. You'll find that pretty soon everything will start to gel. If it doesn't gel it means that you havn't don't it enough

Shalom raanan...
I don't really have any advice for you because I'm in the same boat, only I'm trying to learn more Hebrew... As you work on this, please let me know of your progress!

Adam Levy

You guys should check out "Superlearning 2000". They describe techniques for learning hundreds of vocabulary words a day. And they go straight to "long term" memory. Essentially, you tape the information in a paced manner on cassette, replay it along with 60 beat baroque music while breathing rythmically in alpha.

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Originally posted by Pratibha:
You guys should check out "Superlearning 2000". They describe techniques for learning hundreds of vocabulary words a day. And they go straight to "long term" memory. Essentially, you tape the information in a paced manner on cassette, replay it along with 60 beat baroque music while breathing rythmically in alpha.

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Sorry, something went wrong. Here is what I really wanted to post:

Following is a Project Renaissance procedure for memorisation. It's directyl taken from Win Wenger's "Beyond Teaching And Learning".

>>STARS - Spaced Tape And Replay System:

In learning vocabulary definitions, chemical formulas, flora and fauna, foreing languages, technical vocabulary within a given subject or field of study, or the like where memorisation is more important than ideas or understanding and issues, STARS is an easy way to turn a possibly difficult chore of memorisation - especially before a test - inot a pleasant and useful game.

Take about twenty at a time of the items to be memorised. With convenient tape or cassette tape recorder, begin recording. Record the word, followed with about ten to thirty seconds silence on the tape (trial and error to find the best interval for you given the particular subject matter). Then, after that silent interval, the definition.

Or, first the definition, then the silent space on the tape, then the translation or content or word.

Do this for eacht item in turn, untial all twenty are recorded on your tape.

Let go a really deep, rewarding breath, relax and start the tape onto replay. Your "game": to say aloud the definition, translation or whatever content following the tape's "cue", during the silent space on that tape, before the tape does.

When you've "beat the tape" on all twenty items, you go on to record the next twenty items and start again. If one or two items out of the previous twenty are less than solid for you and confident feeling for you, simply include them as part of that next twenty.

In this manner you can readily - and rather amusingly - successfully memorise hundreds of items in a single morning.

Note: pauses - and content - after each initiating "cue" which are longer than a minute, are not as reinforcing when you "beat the tape" in the shorter interval. So that STARS is best for memorising words or short "one-liners", and you definitely need other methods for memorising other kinds fo content which run beyond "one-liners". <<

You can try to enhance this by the mentioned baroque music, alpha state, relaxed breathing, PhotoReading etc.
But, as important as ever, remain in a playful attitude.

Hope this helps a bit,

Jens

Another idea:

Can anyone turn STARS into a coputerized version? In this way you could a database of memorised content, perhaps adding notes.
You could also change the silent time without much worry - just enter another amount of seconds.
And you could just take the not memorised content into the next round without having to record it again.
Or you could change from word/definition to definition/word with a single click.
You could also add a randomising function for later rehearsals.
Adding music or binaural beats would be another idea (I'm a bit uncomfortable with binaural beats - I really never experienced a change of state with that. But that's another issue.)
And on, and on - lots of ideas with that procedure.

Anyone willing to try this? Anyone who already did this? Suggestions to which available software could be turned into a STARS machine?

Curious,

Jens

10x alot guys. ill combine the above techniques, they seem 2 suit very well my assignment.
if any one has anything to share with us pls do so. it will help anyone who needs this & even might be used by LSC as an archived copy 4 other similar future cases.

oh adam if u need any help learning hebrew i think i can help u out.
if u want any help, heres my icq#
31190606
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now ,no spamming or spoofing through my uin. pls!

STARS thats the best thing i ever heard, thanks.