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Extensive Reading with Spaced Repetition

Feb 26, 2015 Adrianus Van den End

Tags Bermuda Word, Bermuda Word Method, Compare, Extensive Reading, Language Learning, Learn To Read A Foreign Language, Read A Foreign Language, Spaced Repetition System, Vocabulary Learning

Spaced Repetition - Fast, but Boring and out of Context To learn vocabulary there are two major methods, flash cards and extensive reading. Regular vocabulary training (learning word lists) has evolved to spaced repetition flash card systems. This comes down to learning and remembering all of the words in a relatively efficient way. However users of the flash card method often complain of boredom and becoming averse to the system. Another problem of this method which may well be the cause of this aversity is that one is trying to fill the brain in an unnatural manner. Your brain is filled with single...