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Hi Alex,

Could you please suggest me one of your programs ( or even someone else's ) which helps in memorizing huge list of words and their meanings ?

I know you have the million dollar vocabulary builder which I guess teaches you a bunch of important words. But then I have a more exhaustive list which I want to learn.

I have a big work list to learn for my MBA entrance tests...

Thanks in advance ...
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The best way to learn words and their meaning is to use them That's what the Million Dollar Vocabulary course aims to get you to do. Even the course manual brings the words into play.

For memorising your list you need to move quickly beyong just memorising them. You can use peg systems or even the ABC list from the Memory Optimizer course.

If I were in your boots I'd talk the list into a tape recorder. Have Vivaldi's Four Seasons (or any baroque music) playing in the background while I'm recording and then read it to the tempo of the music 3 times each word, slow, normal, fast.

Then I would take a leaf out of Win Wengers book and adapt the method for learning to play an insturment and listen once undistracted to the recording immediately after creating it and follow that with a listening in the background while doing other thing like cleaning, or showering.

Listen a minimum of 10 times [A leaf out of Tony Buzans book the method for learning to remember you line in a play] Since you repeat them 3 times on the recording I'd say that by the end of one week you'll have at least 60% memorised. Because it is your own voice it will have more impact on memorising also.

Follow this with the memory supercharger at the end of the day and perhaps the Personal Genius Paraliminal in the mornings.

I get the impression that you need to get ready for this exam soon perhaps 2 months at the longest so I'll be blunt. Now is not a good time to "do another course".

Whenever you learn a new method of studying you need to allow for a period of learning and follow that with 21 to 30 days of playful intergration.

Thanks Alex ,

I'll work on your suggestions. But the Memory optimizer course right now is out of my budget !

Actually I have almost a year for the preparations. So I thought about trying out a out of the box method for learning rather than struggle with the normal way.

Even with recording on tapes and playing over , isnt it time consuming ?(I never tried so don't know ) There are thousands to learn...

Now that I have time , I wanted to learn an exhaustive list .. not just for the exams but just so I have a good vocab.

Regards

If you create a 1 hour tape and play it back 10 times adding the hour and a bit it takes to make it you spend about 12 hours listening to the tape. Beauty is you can listen to it in the background. If you listen to the Memory Optimizer course you have a life long benefit, however, once through is about 10 hours, applying what you learn about 5 hours (till you own it) Then you need to apply it to the Vocabulary list. You may be using a different technique however anything worth remembering takes practice bringing to the conscious mind is going to take a few hours. You learn to do it in what is called Piggy Bank time. Which is similar to listening to the vocabulary list whilst showering, exercising.

Having prepared a tape and started learning your list early you have the advantage of being able to play it again prior to the exam whilst reading the list. Whether you think about it or not by creating a tape you are bringing more of your whole mind into the remembering process. The hand work in making a tape brings in the tactile memory. The recording brings in the auditory memory and the reading brings in the visual. You have at least 3 triggers for recall.

If you wanted you could create a second tape with just the words and challenge yourself to write the definition. That play reinforces all three senses again.

Initially it may be a bit more work than just reading the list and as you know just reading doesn't really guarantee that you will remember it when it counts. Reading the list out loud already makes a difference to remembering by recording it you don't have to read it out loud each time.

Alex

[This message has been edited by Alex K. Viefhaus (edited October 05, 2004).]