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Direct linkShapiro, Amy M.; Waters, Dusty L. – Language Teaching Research, 2005
The Keyword Method (KWM) of vocabulary learning is a mnemonic method designed to help students learn foreign vocabulary. It has been shown to be effective over several other memorization strategies. The present experiment was designed to explore the cognition underlying the effectiveness of the KWM. Specifically, both the degree of cognitive…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Mnemonics, Cognitive Processes, Vocabulary Development
