This part is intended for reviewing the vocabulary of the entire Chapter and, therefore, combines the terms of all Lesson(s) within this Chapter.
The layout of the review section is similar to the structure of the Glossary Practice within Lessons: a list of Review Terms found in this Chapter, followed by the Raw Repetition exercise, followed by Spaced Repetition drills.
Learners must study the vocabulary of each Lesson within the Chapter, use this material to assess their knowledge, and take appropriate last moment measures in view of the final Exam. This is also a good opportunity to test the effectiveness of mnemonics and other methods and tools devised by learners during their class interaction.
The best way to learn something is by constant and repeated practice. However, research has shown that simple repetition within a short period of time, such as hours or days, is not as effective as spaced repetition, i.e. repetition separated by some time interval.
The objective of this part is to help you recall and eventually learn permanently the English terminology in your selected languages.
This part provides three tools to help you memorize and learn the vocabulary of this Chapter:
Review Terms
Raw Repetition
Spaced Repetition
Ideally, you should use all three tools and repeat as much it takes for you to feel comfortable with the terminology in this Chapter.
Review a list of all terms found in this Chapter.
In this part, you will be presented with a pair of boxes to practice learning the Vocational English Terminology in the respective Unit .
The upper box will show a word in English, and the lower box will be blank. You must recall the word corresponding to the English one in your language. To verify that you got the right answer, click on “Show it” to reveal the correct answer. If you guessed it right, click on the right arrow at the bottom of the frame to proceed to the next pair of words. If you did not get the right answer, you should click on the "Review Terms" tab, look at the word you could not remember, and try to remember it next time when you will go through the entire list again.
To practice the reverse language combination, click on the “Swap languages” button at the bottom left corner of the frame.
There are many Spaced Repetition software programs available on line. The three most widely known are: Mnemosyne (free), SuperMemo (proprietary), and Anki (free).
For this part, users will use the Anki software because it is actively developed and it provides cutting edge technology, i.e. deploys the most sophisticated and effective learning algorithms.
To watch an introductory video on how Anki works, please visit the following URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=c0dI2VyLDWw
Users will need Internet access, unless they have already installed the Anki software in their computer.
Download and install the Anki software in your computer.
Click here to load a deck of cards. In the Opening Glossary dialog (Fig. 1), click on Open with
Fig. 1
Click on others...
If the Anki software appears on the list, select Anki, click OK, and OK to exit (Fig. 2).
Fig. 2
If the Anki software does not appear on the above list, click Browse… (to folder where Anki is installed), Select Anki.exe, click Open, and OK (Fig. 3).
Fig. 3
If you choose to save the deck of cards (file type .anki) on your computer, remember to open it by right clicking on it and browsing to the Anki software, as explained in Step 3 above.
Press Start Reviewing to start practicing (Fig. 4).
Fig. 4
You can select your own pace, by setting the appropriate parameters after the opening screen.
For the most spectacular results using Spaced Repetition programs, users should practice every day. Of course, some days can be skipped, but this should not become the rule.
NOTE:
We have provided the material to practice from English to your native language. However, Anki is not limited to this language pair combination, and can be used to practice terminology in the reverse order. Users should experiment in using Anki to practice the vocabulary in reverse order of languages.
Hint: you may want to be creative and develop your own mnemonics for remembering the technical terminology. For example, you can make a joke or a funny story about the word, or you can be more productive by developing a short story or even a song (for the more artistically inclined in you) to try to remember more than one words at a time. This is one case that group study may pay large dividends, as two (or more) brains working on the same problem are better than one. If you have access to the Internet, you can learn some secrets from memory athletes, memory championships, competitions or contests, and you can try to apply some of these methods to your own learning attempts. The more competitive types can organize evenings of fun and play the game of forestry worker vocabulary building, much the same way as when playing word guessing games, such as Taboo, Scrabble, Hangman, etc.