The most important words to learn. Points out those just 100 words comprise 50% of all
words used in conversation in a language. Simply by teaching this core 100 words gets
the student a long way towards being able to speak in that language, albeit at a basic
level.
• Using Mnemonics to link words. Here you are using images to link a word in your own
language with a word in a foreign language. For example, in learning English/French
vocabulary: English: rug/carpet - French: tapis - imagine an ornate oriental carpet with
some central design woven in.
• The Town Language Mnemonic. This depends on the fact that the basic vocabulary of a
language relates to everyday things: things that you can usually find in a city, town or
village. To use the technique, choose a town that you are very familiar with. Use objects
within that place as the cues to recall the images that link to foreign words.