Feel free to share this with anyone. I don't need the credit for it, as it's not my system.  Here is a rote memory system that can be applied to language learning efforts (vocabulary, grammar rules, etc).  [I *think* the URL I found this system on is [1]http://www.mind2it.com but it's at home.]   It is a five-day system.  1) Put the information you want to learn on a card.  Business-card sized, index card, slip of torn paper - whatever.  On the upper-right hand corner, put some sort of 'indexing' information.  For example, if it is a scripture verse you are memorizing, put Genesis 1:1 in the upper-right hand corner. If it is the Russian root ALK, and there are five words that you want to learn that have the root ALK, then put: ALK - HUNGRY, GREEDY 1 in the upper-right hand corner.  In the body of the card, put what it is that you want to learn.  For example:  ---- ALK-AT', to be hungry, greedy, thirsty, to long for  Oni alchut pishchi.  They are hungry for food. ----  You can also include a mnemonic on the 
bottom some where, {if it's ALKAT', it can be ALLEY CAT, and you can picture a gigantic alley cat going from restaurant window to restaurant window, breaking through the glass, hungry for food, or something else that helps you remember).   2) FIRST DAY First day, you will read the card 5 times in a row, SLOWLY. Reading the card five times, is called a SET.  After each set, mark the back of the card:  IIIII  For the first day, do FIVE sets throughout the day.  By the end of the day, your card will look like this:  IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII   3) SECOND DAY Second day, you will have a NEW card with new material on it. A new word, a new concept, whatever. [you have to prepare these in advance, of course].  You will do FIVE sets throughout the day with this card.  With the first day's card, you will do FOUR sets throughout the day.  BY THE END OF DAY 2:  IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII will be on the back of the first card.  IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII will be on the back of the second
 card.   4) Continue this system with the third card, fourth card, and fifth card.  By the end of the fifth day, you will have FIVE CARDS.  The backs of the cards will look like this (to help you visualize:   1st card IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII  2nd card IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII  3rd card IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII  4th card IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII  5th card IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII    After the fifth day, you can keep the 1st card at home, but REVIEW it once a day for 25 days.  This is for maintenance.  After that, you can put the finished up cards in storage to review from time to time, but you should have it extremely well memorized by then.    Resist the temptation to do too much at first.  The first week, start with just *one* new word a day.  Remember too, that after five days and beyond, if you are cons
istent, you'll always have 5 cards with you.  One is on its 1st day.  Another is on its 2nd day.  Another is on its 3rd day.  Another is on its 4th day. Another is on its 5th and final day carried with you.  You can move to two words a day the second week, but don't get too greedy and try too much at once.  Consistency rather than volume is more important.  It may not be the quickest system, but for some folks (like me), it's at least a *system*, that can be used alongside traditional or newer methods of learning. And there won't be a day that goes by that one isn't learning a new word and starting to commit it to memory.  Hope this proves useful to someone.

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