Title

Learning By The Keyword Mnemonic: Looking For Long-Term Benefits

Abstract

Although using the keyword mnemonic to learn new vocabulary items enhances performance on tests of immediate cued recall when compared with control strategies, the reverse is true after a delay. The authors examined long-term retention of second language vocabulary with 2 variants of the keyword method: self-generated keywords (Experiment 1) and mnemonic pictures (Experiment 2). Results showed that keyword generation did not attenuate forgetting, but provision of pictures of the keyword and translation referent during study improved long-term retention. Pictures may increase the visual detail of interactive images and hence the stability of the memory trace (Experiment 3). However, designers of instructional modules should be aware that immediate gains evidenced by learners who use the standard keyword technique may dissipate rapidly.

Publication Date

1-1-1996

Publication Title

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volume

2

Issue

4

Number of Pages

330-342

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1037/1076-898X.2.4.330

Socpus ID

0001606818 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0001606818

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