How would you memorize 1000 new words in one week given 30 minutes/day? only, impressive, experience, studying

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From my past experience of studying foreign languages, I could usually memorize 100-200 words per day on the first 1-2 days. And then I started to find out how hard it became to make sure not only that those first 100-200 words were retained, but also that new progress was made every day. (And they need to be as impressive as the first few days!) So I ended up getting very weary of keeping up with the pace.

That makes me wonder how other people go about doing it. For people who have similar experiences, do you find a better plan/strategy to memorize a large volume of vocaburary in the shortest time possible given the fact that you have only fragmented times available every day?

For the sake of coming up with an example, let's say our goal is to memorize 1000 new words in a language that you have some familiarity with within one week. And you don't have good blocks of time to sit down and study. How would you cram them into your brain gracefully but successfully in one week? Is there a quot;programquot; that you subscribe to?

I am kinda curious to know.

My brain don't know that stuff.

Flash cards work really well for memorizing. I'm not 100#37; sure why they work, but flash cards have always worked for me in the past.

Also a part of memory retention happens when you write something down. So it also helps to memorize the words when you are creating the flash cards.

Although...given your time for study I suggest you make the cards separate from your study time.

I couldn't evem memorize 100 words in that time

For some languages, I use a programme that asks for words in foreign languages.  It doesn't work for French or Chinese, but it worked fine for German.

I think I wouldn't be able to memorize 1000 Chinese words and symbols in a week, but it would be fine with other languages.

Hmm..it's tough, but absolutely possible. #8776; 143 words in 30 minutes. Divide for example the memorizing process into 10 sentences. But remembering the sum will be a bit harder.

Sheer luck is all it takes.

Nah,Thats too hard to try...and I don't want to waste my time when I could be playing videogames....

Well, there's probably a good chance I know some of the words, but if there are completely new words, then I'll study hard every single day until I get it.

My vocab is very good...I don't need to know anymore than I want to....

Creating 1000 KB and having them all read a flash card.

laser tattoo each word onto the inside of my eyelids they would never suspect it

Flashcards or making up little games.

I wouldn't.

I'm really good at memorizing things so if I just put my mind to it, I should be able to do it.

I don't know.

When it comes to memorisation, I usually associate words in such a way that shortens the familiarisation process. A list of fifty or more words usually takes me two or more minutes to  become at least loosely acquainted with, and strangely, I find that any writing involved renders me more apt to forget.

I would divide them into a certain amount of words per day, then just repeat them over and over again until I remembered them

If you're like me, flashcards don't do shit for memorization.

My memory works differently. See, I have to write words over and over to memorize them.

I always did well on spelling tests because we always had quot;write each word 10X eachquot; instead of flashcards.
Once I get them memorized enough to know the meanings, I write them in sentences to get them burned in my memory (once I properly use a word in a paper I write, I usually don't forget it).Learning that many words in one week is possible, although actually remembering ALL of them is another matter. The method I described above is the most efficient way for me to learn them all properly (and some others who have the same learning ability as me).

For you, I say write each word 25X each and keep looking back at the definition every time you write the word, so it gets stuck in your head.
After you've done this with all the words, write them in a 2-page essay about... let's say what you did yesterday.

You probably won't be able to use all the words (and if you're at the beginning of learning a foreign language, you probably can't even do that), but if you can, it's a sure-fire way to get it stuck in your brain.

I would repeat the words a lot or write them over and over
flashcards

I'd stick little coloured post it sticky notes all over the walls with a small pic to represent the word