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Today’s Word: memorize

Today’s Word: memorize

July 22, 2018 =========

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This week’s useful phrase is “I’m trying to memorize these new words.” What do you think about memorizing things in order to learn English? As an English teacher, I think it’s important to memorize SOME things, but not everything. Memorizing basic grammar rules and vocabulary can help you, of course, but memorizing – also known as rote learning – everything is not that helpful.

Instead, I really think the best way to learn English is to think about what it is that you want say. There is no point at all in memorizing a list of words that you will never use. However, if you have anRead more about Today’s Word: memorize[…]