Notes from every training session

I want to remember new words and phrases. How should I make notes? 

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First, you can read about it by clicking here. The British Council offer excellent advice. or read my advice to teachers about teaching vocabulary by clicking here.

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In class, you should always have a notebook and a pencil. Organise the vocabulary any way you want, but it's better to follow these simple rules:

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• Write down the word, the meaning, the part of speech (adjective, noun, verb, adverb, preposition etc.) and write a sentence using the word in context. Research says adding new knowledge to old knowledge helps you learn more quickly;

• Make a nice table (see examples below)

• Organise the words into topics. For example, all new words connected to the environment (picture 1);

• It isn't always necessary to organise your words, you can write them randomly, if you want (picture 2);

• Sometimes students prefer to organise words with a connection of grammar or vocabulary, not meaning or topic (picture 3);

• Or you can be creative and make a mind map (picture 4)  

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Picture 1

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