Limitations of the Mnemonic-Keyword Method |
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Authors: | Alfredo Campos María Angeles González Angeles Amor |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Basic Psychology , University of Santiago de Compostela;2. Department of Psychology , University of A Coru?a |
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Abstract: | The effectiveness of the mnemonic-keyword method was investigated in 4 experiments in which participants were required to learn the lst-language (L1, Spanish) equivalents of a list of 30 2nd-language words (L2, Latin). Experiments 1 (adolescents) and 2 (adults) were designed to assess whether the keyword method was more effective than the rote method; the researcher supplied the keyword, and the participants were allowed to pace themselves through the list. Experiments 3 (adolescents) and 4 (adults) were similar to Experiments 1 and 2 except that the participants were also supplied with a drawing that illustrated the relationship between the keyword and the L1 target word. All the experiments were performed with groups of participants in their classrooms (i.e., not in a laboratory context). In all experiments, the rote method was significantly more effective than was the keyword method. |
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Keywords: | drawing imagery method mnemonic recall |
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