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"I'mnot100%convincedthatmemorizingthedictionaryisthebestwayofimprovingyourvocabulary."saysthecharacterplayedbyHughGrantinWoodyAllen'sfilmSmallTimeCrooks.Yetwhynot?Ifyoucouldmemorizethedictionary--oreventhe5,000mostcommonwordsinthatdictionary--wouldn'tthatgiveyouahugeadvantage?(51)Researchersestimatethatacorevocabularyofbetween2,000and3,600high-frequencywordsisprobablyenoughtopushlearnersovertheintermediateplateau(停滞阶段).Sowhydon'tweinsistonthemmemorizingthesewords,fromdayone,andasquicklyaspossible? (52)Asanexample,aNewZealandfriendofminewhostudiednaori(毛利语)askedmerecentlywhatI,asalanguageteacher,wouldmakeofhisteacher'smethod:"Wejustdomassesofwordsaroundatheme,forexample,familyorfood.Wehavetolearnthesewordsbeforethenextlesson,thenwecomebackandhaveaconversationaboutfamilyorfoodetc,usingthesewords.Theteacherfeedsinthegrammarthatweneedtostickthewordstogether."Headdedthathethoughtthemethodworkedatreat.
Nevertheless,(53)formostteachersandlearnersthesheerspadeworkinvolvedinmemorizinglistsofwordsdoesn'tmakeforveryexcitingteaching.Moreimportantly,knowingawordinvolvesmuchmorethansimplyhavingmemorizedit.Isitreadilyaccessible?Isittherewhenyouneedtosayit?AsHotspursays(inresponsetoGlendower'sboastthathe"cancallspiritsfromthevastydeep"),"Why,socanI,orsocananyman;butwilltheycomeWhenyoudocallforthem?"
(54)Memorizationofwordswithoutfrequentopportunitiestoaccessthemisprobablytimemisspent.
Yetmemoryisimportant--perhapsthemostimportanttaskfacingthelearner.(55)Andthereforeknowinghowmemoryworks,andhowtomakeitworktothelearner'sadvantage,isamajorresponsibilityforteachers.Sohowdoesmemorywork,andwhatimplicationsmighttheseworkingshaveontheteachingofvocabulary?
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