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Christine Grace
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Date Posted: 22:32:26 04/05/12 Thu
Since I have a Visual Spatial mind, in the past to learn new vocab words I drew the new vocabulary on a piece of paper styled like graffiti artwork, so each word became a "picture" I could stamp into my head by starring at it. I also broke the words up by syllable so the memory would capture how they were properly pronounced also, exampling: "De*ride." Very small, I'd also write the definition inside or around the graffiti picture (I didn't try this, but color-coding probably would of also helped). Going to a graffiti online generator and making a picture-image of the word that way- than proceeding to study that picture, was also something I did to get successful permit memory.
For a foreign language, I used word-association to memorize words. I'd try to think of an English that it reminded me of no matter how far fetch it was, and somehow that helped me to remember words + their meanings even if the definitions weren't actually related to the English word it reminded me of.
"Scusi" the word in Italian for "Excuse me" I imagined someone squeezing past someone else on the bus saying "scuuuusi." To me, it already sounded like "excuse me" but *squeezed* making it the easiest word of them all to pick the fastest and most vividly. Visualizing the foreign word in action, adding emotion to it, and maybe even forcing yourself to rationalize why the sounds of the word could make even more sense for that object/situation than the familiar known English- are all techniques that could be helpful.
=) Well those are all the eggs in my basket, from my past successes and personal experiences of learning new words/ a foreign language as a Dyslexic.
As for courses, I did really like Rosetta Stone (though its not tailored special for dyslexics, of course). It employes multiple learning styles at once- very, very helpful. However when it comes to learning to pronounce a foreign word accurately I think that's where the pitfalls lie. You don't get to see the native speaker's unique tongue and mouth movements to study and see how the heck they are making that foreign sound-- annoying. =/
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