JPH06138809A - Card for memorizing english word - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily memorize English words by entering an English word and its pronunciation and meaning as one phrase, entering an illustration divisionally from them, and entering no characters in the illustration part except the pronunciation and meaning. CONSTITUTION:The card 1 for English word memorization is printed matter having its top and reverse surfaces sectioned with 9 frames 2 respectively, the individual frames 2 are further sectioned with border lines 3, and the English word (with pronunciation symbols), and its pronunciation 5 and meaning 6 are entered above the border lines 3. A hole 7 bored on an end side of the card 1 is utilized to bind plural cards by passing a ring or cord. Further, the pronunciation 5 and meaning 6 are connected and entered as one phrase and they are both memorized together. Any character except the pronunciation 5 and meaning 6 is not entered in the part of the illustration 8 which recalls the pronunciation 5 and meaning 6 relatively.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a writing structure of an English word memorizing card constructed so that an English word and its meaning can be easily remembered by remembering an illustration as a memory assisting means.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When understanding an English word, it is necessary to memorize the spelling, pronunciation, and meaning collectively.
After that, learning the usage and using it in actual sentences to understand English is the basis of the learning method for foreign languages, not limited to English.

Therefore, when an English sentence is touched, if there is a word that is not yet understood, the words are collected in a form so that they can be repeatedly viewed and understood. This is a homemade word book. However, this vocabulary is often insufficient for the students who are preparing for university entrance exams to find that most of the words that are likely to appear in the entrance exam are covered. It seems that they rely on vocabulary books to improve their vocabulary. In addition, such vocabulary books are very important for understanding English, as words that appeared in past entrance examination questions are classified very accurately and listed in high-frequency order, or simple words are excluded from high-order words. It is reorganized in the order of words that are expected to be often words, and is published in a wide variety of formats.

[0004]

However, in all such word books, only the spelling and meaning of words (some types have readings or example sentences) are included, and the "memorization" work is performed. There is no ingenuity to help them. Therefore, there were not a few test takers who grasped the vocabulary book with the feeling that they were just far from reading what they were reading, and that they didn't feel like opening it.

[0005]

Therefore, the present inventor finally accomplished the present invention as a result of earnest research in view of the above points, and its characteristic feature is that the English words and their readings and meanings are
Describe the pronunciation and meaning in a single phrase by directly connecting them, and in the form of fractionating these phrases, associate the pronunciation with the meaning and describe an evoking illustration. The point is that the characters are not listed.

[0006] Here, the concept of "English word" is defined as including not only a pure word but also an English compound. Further, phonetic symbols may be described together, and in that case, the phonetic symbols are treated as supplementary items of the English word.

In "yomi", the pronunciation of the word is generally described by a phonetic symbol or kana (katakana or hiragana), but the phonetic symbol is not included here. In addition to kana, it also includes those written in kanji. These kanji have been devised to serve as references for associating them with the meaning of words. For example, read the word “lend” as “rendou”
The kanji is written like this. This is more memorable when describing a person who says "I'll lend you" in the illustration column with "a series of doors" as a background, rather than "Lend" as the reading. Because it is easy. The reading and the meaning are directly connected and are described as one phrase. This makes the reading and meaning together as an image, and is very helpful in constructing the image for memorization. The “state in which the phrases are directly connected to form one phrase” means a state in which the description of “reading” and the description of “meaning” are substantially in one horizontal line without being separated from each other. In the above example, it is described as "rent a continuous family."

The English words, their readings and meanings are separated from the illustrations. This can be done simply by line segments, but if you enclose the whole in a frame and divide it into upper and lower or left and right, and write the English word and its reading and meaning on one side and the illustration part on the other It will be easier to see. In other words, one English word is written in one frame, but how many frames can be stored per page is
It may be set appropriately according to the size of the paper. In the range of trial production by the present inventor, a total of about 9 frames each in the length and width of B5 size paper was the most visible in a range in which the number of pages was not increased so much. Further, the width of one page may be made smaller and one word may be described on one page. Further, on the back surface or the margin of the card, a matter related to the English word, for example, the etymology, synonym, antonym of the English word, a short sentence using the English word, or the like may be written.

An "illustration" is a picture that associates the reading and meaning of an English word with each other. From the viewpoint that it is suitable to have a strong impression, it is best to avoid two or more frames. In addition, for this illustration, the names of people and things that appear in the illustration are given as proper names,
You may try to help by memorization. For example, "ex",
"Re", "ly", etc. are characters that are often used as prefixes and suffixes, but if you decide these things as a specific person or thing, you will see such " It can be said that it is extremely convenient because it can be seen that either "ex", "re", or "ly" is attached.

Note that the present invention is a card for memorizing English words, but this "card" may be one of bound ones in addition to the ones that have been separated. To do.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in more detail based on the embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a card 1 for memorizing English words according to the present invention (hereinafter referred to as “the present invention card 1”). As is clear from the figure, the present invention card 1 has front and back sides respectively. It is a printed matter in which is divided into nine frames 2. Each frame 2 is further divided by a boundary line 3, and above the boundary line 3, an English word 4 (in which a phonetic symbol is also written), its reading 5, and a meaning 6 are displayed. Have been described. In the example shown, the English word 4 is "respect",
The reading 5 corresponds to "respect", and the meaning 6 corresponds to "respect". The hole 7 formed on the end side of the card 1 of the present invention is used when binding a plurality of cards through a ring or a string. Further, the reading 5 and the meaning 6 are directly connected and described as one phrase, and are collectively structured to be easy to remember.

An illustration 8 is described below the boundary line 3. In the illustrated example, a squirrel of an animal is bowed down and a person is drawn in front of it, and the characters "pekoto" and "respect" can be seen. From this, it is very helpful in understanding the English word "respect" if you remember the relationship "respect, respect" with understanding that "squirrel bows and respects" It turns out that

The way to remember the meaning of an English word when memorizing in this way is to say in the above example, when you come across an English word "respect" whose meaning is uncertain, In other words, from "Respect", we first recall "Illustration of a squirrel bowing down", and then the meaning of "respect" from the composition of that illustration.

FIG. 2 shows an example in which the cards are not separated and become a book as a whole.

[0016]

As described in detail above, the card for memorizing English words according to the present invention indicates the English word, its reading and meaning.
Describe the pronunciation and meaning directly as one phrase, and in the form of fractionation with these, describe an illustration that associates the pronunciation with the meaning, and write the characters other than the pronunciation and meaning in the illustration part. Is characterized by not doing,
By just remembering the illustration of the reading of the word as it is, the concept of meaning is expressed in the illustration, so you can easily remember the meaning of the English word. Since there is no character description other than the meaning, it does not interfere with remembering, the reading and the meaning are directly connected, so it is easy to be visualized as an image and remains as a image, etc. Very useful for memorizing English words It is an invention.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an example of an English word memorizing card according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 English word memorization card 2 Frame 3 Border line 4 English word 5 Reading 6 Meaning 7 Hole 8 Illustration

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An English word and its reading and meaning are described in a state in which the reading and the meaning are directly connected to form a single phrase, and an illustration that associates the reading and the meaning in a form that separates them is described. , A card for memorizing English words characterized in that characters other than reading and meaning are not written in the illustration portion.