This wonderful post here got me thinking about how realistic and manageable learning five new words a day actually is, and I’ve come up with a challenge. It’s primarily aimed at language-learners, but if you have a butt-load of definitions to learn it could be useful (although, I recommend only learning 3 longer definitions a day) or for law cases if you just need the name and a sentence about the case eg – Ireland;Burstow (1997) – silent phone calls can be assault.
The challenge:
Starts – Monday 4th September Ends – Sunday 31st December
How it works:
Monday to Saturday, you learn five new words each day, and on Sunday you revise the words and focus on the ones you find difficult.
Monday to the next Saturday, you learn another five new words each day, and on Sunday you revise that week’s words AND the previous weeks’ words.
And so on.
Each Sunday you revise all the previous words – just a brief check for those you know, and spend a little more time on those you don’t.
By the end you’re should have learned around 500 new words!
I’m late starting this but im going to try it starting today!