Has anyone had success with this method to boost vocabulary?
I may have read this here, not sure. Was thinking about labeling everything (well, most everything) in my house with it's Russian word. Hopefully by seeing these words and associating with the actual item I'll learn them?
My goal is to be able to simply speak simple, everyday sentences and be able to read. I don't think I'll ever be fluent, but that's ok! I'll be very pleased to get the basics.
Re: Has anyone had success with this method to boost vocabul
Well, I agree with Lampada who said that a combination of methods very useful if the methods are used on a regular basis. And that s what I do . I have tried on very many different methods to learn vocabulary - including labeling the everyday objects - but the most efficient of all is the one that I will explain here ( and that I use more ). First, you make up a sentence in your own language - if possible, a very simple sentence, some that you know by heart or some that is obvious, such like THE SKY IS BLUE - . Secondly, you write the sentence as usual in your language, but the word that you want to know you make it appear in Russian and then you try to find out the meaning of the word in your language. I guess this method is flawless. Sorry, but I can t type in Russian at this moment, so I will make below an example for a person who is learning Portuguese.
Brazil is the fifth largest PAIS in the world.
Could you deduce what the word PAIS means ?