I just can't seem to get how to convert sentences to store in loci.. two three words are fine. But whole sentences scare me and I lose interest. How would you turn the given definitions into gifs to be stored? And how do you practice after storing information ?
Here's characters for PAO so far. Obviously some are very much a stretch, but I suppose that seems to be a fairly typical from what I've seen so far. Regardless any thoughts or feedback?
Took about a day and a half to create, so forgive me if it's a bit mediocre.
Hi, (Ciao a tutti)
This is a little long.
So, I am trying to learn Italian. I am in the "research" phase. I want to make sure my time is well spent. I bought Rocket Italian which has good reviews and I really like, but I am always looking for ways to supplement it.
I read about mnemonics and memory palaces and was instantly intrigued. I have a VERY visual memory and images fit my learning style. My wife can't believe how easily I can recognize a face and how terrible I am at remembering names.
So I bought a Udemy course on memory palaces (on sale for 10ish bucks) and watched all videos. In the course, the teacher takes a room I have never seen and a paragraph on a topic I know nothing about and walked us through making a memory palace. I was paying attention but had no reason to remember what I was seeing. The next day, while thinking about it, I could recall around 60% of the various images. I was very impressed. This very much seems to fit the way I learn.
So, I started looking at videos on how mnemonics are used in language learning. I have a couple of questions.
For those of you who use mnemonics and memory palaces, how do you store you images. Let me elaborate:
Let's take the word "cat" - in Italian a cat is "gatto". An easy mnemonic for me is a cake painted with the colors of the flag of france as cake in french is gateau (I am English but can speak French - Immersion in School).
Now, when I am speaking Italian, when I need the word for "cat", I can think of my mnemonic and voila. BUT - what if I someoone says "gatto" and I want to remember what a "gatto" is, that it means "cat". So, my question is, do most of you make an native tongue meme to represent a foreign tongue word if that makes sense. For my "cat" example, if I were in a conversation with someone in Italian and they said "gatto" - would my "cake" mnemonic work when it comes to remember that it is a cat and not a cake. I hope that made sense.
Also, do we need memory palaces for mnemonics when using them to store vocabulary. I have been creating images at random just for practice and I remember them all - no palace required. I wonder if memory palaces are better for things that should be in order - like if you memorise a paragraph. The reason I ask is, in a video I watched someone suggested using AI to generate your images once you know what you want. If you want a bear made of oranges, AI can do that. He then suggested putting that image on the answer side of an anki card. So, see the word in Italian, remeber the definition by remembering the image - if you can't, you can then refresh the image and see what you came up with originally.
So, anyone out there using a Memory Palace for learning language vocabulary. If so, what is the approach. Create mnemonics for the Italian word (like a cake for gatto) - and when I hear "gatto" it will just click? Any inight would be helpful.
For the memory palace question, do you use memory palaces for vocabulary or just mnemonics.
Any help/opinions would be appreciated.