A 5 Day Rote Memory System

[Daf]

 Kenneth Udut wrote,

> Here is a rote memory system
> that can be applied to language
> learning efforts (vocabulary,
> grammar rules, etc).

I use a similar but rather less complicated system. Russian word or phrase
on one side in red, English on the back in black. 6 cards a day in your
pocket or wherever. During actual study time make new cards when there is
sth. useful to learn. In bedroom have a pile of these. During the day take
them out and look when waiting at bus stop or shopping queue, traffic jam
etc. First red side for comprehension. When you feel you are dead sure of
the meaning in Russian, look at the black side of cards to see if you can
recall the Russian without looking. Each night you repeat this [black to
red] and all cards that present no problem go in a 'done' pile and are
replaced by cards of the 'new' pile. Once a week you check back through the
'done' pile and any that you can't immediately come up with the Russian  go
back on the 'new' pile.
I have to admit that I am myself less organised in this matter than I hope
my students are when I tell them to do this. In my case anyway the words
are in Welsh not Russian mostly.

Daf
[web page- http://www.meirionnydd.force9.co.uk ]