/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.13658613]

>see word I don't know
>check meaning
>write it down in notebook
>weeks later don't remember what the word means anyway

Am I just low IQ or what

[Anonymous No.13658621]

No you can't read a word once and expect to memorise it.
It usually takes me a while to remember it if I never use it or see it written again, so you should try applying it in your writings where possible cause that definitely helps me remember words

[Anonymous No.13658622]

As an esl, I can relate.

[Anonymous No.13658629]

No, repetition is required for memory

Your brain just saw the word, decided it was never going to see it again, and wiped it. Your brain was probably right by the way. Obscure descriptors are psued asf

[Anonymous No.13658696]

>>13658613
Connect the word to some other memory.

I read Poor Folk by dosto, it was pretty terrible and a review I later read used the word mawkish to describe it, which was a new word for me. Connect the word mawkish to the memory of book = remember.

Alternatively if you are a brainlet just write them on sticky notes and place them on the side of your monitor or something and repeat every other week till it sticks.

[Anonymous No.13658736]

>he doesn’t just keep reading because the meanings of individual words don’t really matter and can usually be discerned through context

[Anonymous No.13658768]

>>13658736
Well, duh. But how are you going to improve your own vocabulary if you don't remember the words you read, brainlet?

[Anonymous No.13658772]

>Dialectic
>look it up
>still dont know what it means

[Anonymous No.13658777]

I can recommend Anki

[Anonymous No.13658786]

Forgetting things you don't need or use is normal, that's how the human brain works. If you really want to remember them, try to write a text where you use these words. Using new information in practical work is often the best way to store it into long term memory. You might need to do this a couple of times before it really sticks, though.

[Anonymous No.13658797]

You should intuitively know the meaning of words as signs of the eternal Platonic forms they signify.

[Anonymous No.13658803]

>>13658613
This is perfectly normal, anon. You need to read or use a word many times before actually learning it.

Many people in here could really use some self-appreciation, love yourself frens.

[Anonymous No.13658814]

>>13658629
This

[Anonymous No.13658976]

>>13658613

You need to use the word in conversation to compound it in your spoken vocabulary, otherwise it's just existing as an idea in your head, and it's bound to get forgotten

[Anonymous No.13659074]

>>13658976
>use new word in conversation
>friends stare blankly at me because they don't know what it means
T-thanks anon, great advice