Hu Min reads stories to memorize words TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) vocabulary

Author: Hu Min, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: Aligned with the exam syllabus, original teaching excellence, a special vocabulary self-study book that thoroughly solves the problems of not remembering, not retaining, and not fully understanding English words! Cutting-edge scientific memory techniques—develop the right brain and enhance intelligence while memorizing. "Read Stories to Memorize Words" provides a scientific, non-traditional learning model that fully utilizes brain science, neurology, psycholinguistics, and suggestionology. By reading stories that constitute vocabulary, it stimulates active and rich imagination, making the words vivid and visualized, achieving the goal of quick and effortless memorization. Pavlov said, "Association is the foundation of memory." This association technique not only strengthens memory and improves efficiency but also has a greater advantage—developing the right brain and enhancing intelligence. Typically, more than 80% of people only use the left brain for logical thinking and mechanical memorization, leaving the right brain largely idle, which makes them feel heavy and inefficient. Scientists have discovered that the storage and application capacity of the right brain is 1 million times that of the left brain. "Read Stories to Memorize Words" helps readers fully awaken the imagination of the right brain, using unique association techniques for visualized thinking and associative memory, developing the right brain while memorizing, and comprehensively improving the efficiency of English learning. The innovative concept of "Read Stories to Memorize Words" has brought a revolution to language teaching. Vocabulary is the cornerstone of language learning. Traditionally, students' methods of memorizing words were not only monotonous and boring but also extremely inefficient, as many words were hard to memorize and even more difficult to use. In light of this, we wanted to offer a new method for learning vocabulary. By linking seemingly unrelated words together with humorous and witty stories, we have invented a vocabulary learning method. We first provide a story, followed by a vocabulary list, making it not only simple and convenient but also highly entertaining. Theoretically, memorizing a story is easier than memorizing words because stories have a certain developmental thread, making associations richer. This is precisely the theoretical foundation for our series of "Read Stories, Memorize Words" textbooks. During the writing of these short stories, we have found that originally dull words can become lively and endearing, and originally dull learning can become vivid and interesting. This reminds us of the story of Christopher Columbus conquering the world by breaking an egg and standing it on a table. Originally, there were no insurmountable difficulties in the world—only whether we could find the key to overcome them. "Read Stories to Memorize Words" is just such a key to conquer the challenges of vocabulary.