Vocabulary Learning Techniques IV

This method requires either some sort of smart alarm or an assistant. You can learn up to 50 words at a time using this method. You begin by recording a list of words in the target language with the translation. Before going to sleep, read the list of words out loud, then listen to the recording twice making sure to repeat the words aloud. Afterward, go to sleep. Once you have fallen asleep, either set an alarm to play the recordings or have someone do it for you. The recording should play over and over for 40 minutes, and the alarm or your assistant should gradually lower the volume until turning it off. This process should be repeated 30 minutes before you are supposed to wake up, although this time, the volume should gradually get higher, reaching a high enough volume to wake you up at the end of 30 minutes. Listen to the rest of the recording before getting out of bed. You should have memorized the words by then.

Another good method is to label the furniture and things in your house. Making the flashcards in the first place, will help begin the learning process, but each time you see the labels, the words will be reinforced. Then when you see unlabeled items in other rooms or in other people's house, you will remember the words again.