Application of the pithy formula and hook memory method in medical English study
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-1485.2012.05.030
- VernacularTitle:口诀挂钩记忆法在医学英语学习中的应用
- Author:
Libo LI
;
Jianming XIE
;
Jinzhang CHEN
;
Weiyang ZHENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Medical English terms;
Pithy formula;
Hook memory method
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research
2012;11(5):539-542
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Remembering medical English terms is the difficult point in learning medical English.Only through learning the rules and characteristics of medical terms can one remember and get command of thousands of medical terms rapidly and effectively.When studying medical English terms,we explored and summarized a series of pithy formula hook memorial method - a pithy formula linked to the affix and etyma was turned into rhyming verse and formed a memory chain after memorizing by hook memory method many times so as to keep the medical terms firmly in the mind rapidly.
