Author(s)

Fang Zhang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Translation Studies, Xi’an Fanyi University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Corresponding Author

Fang Zhang

ABSTRACT

With the development of globalization, English has become an indispensable language in international communication and business activities. Therefore, English exams have become one of the essential skills in various fields. This article took the vocabulary question type of the Test for English Majors-Band 4 as an example to explore methods for efficient vocabulary memory. Through empirical research, this article identified some effective vocabulary memory methods and proposed some improvement suggestions. This article adopted experimental control and investigation methods to compare and analyze three memory methods. The experimental results showed that students who used the flashcards word memory method had a maximum accurate vocabulary count of 90. With the help of Flashcards memory method, the experimental group achieved higher memory efficiency, deeper memory depth, and stronger memory persistence.

KEYWORDS

Test for English Majors-Band 4, Vocabulary Memory, Efficient Methods, Flashcards Method, Associative Memory, Contextual Learning

CITE THIS PAPER

Fang Zhang, Efficient Vocabulary Memory: Taking the Vocabulary Question Type of the Test for English Majors-Band 4 as an Example. Transactions on Comparative Education (2023) Vol. 5: 49-57. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/trance.2023.050408.

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