Episode description
Flashcards, study guides, computer programs...sometimes it seems like these are the only ways to memorize new words.
But did you know that there are elite memory athletes? People who can memorize a shuffled deck of cards in less time than — I kid you not — it would take me just to look at them?
How do they do it? Almost universally, they say they make up a story to remember the cards.
Storytelling is a uniquely effective — and relatively painless — memorization tool. When combined with intentional repetition of new vocabulary words? Well, you've just made your life a whole lot easier!
Learn more about how I use this tool at www.vocabbett.com/about!
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Referenced in this episode:
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language by Mark Forsyth
Ahead of Her Time: An SAT Vocabulary Novel by Erica Abbett