This article points out that words are easier to learn when associated with something else. This is a great way to learn vocabulary in math because almost every word can have some sort of visual representation of that word.
Monday, October 28, 2013
Reflection #8 Bromley
Bromley's article this week was a very interesting read. He addressed the actual English language and some interesting facts about it. One of the most shocking things I found was that English's most used words consist of about 70% of words with multiple meanings. That is surprisingly high. It was also interesting that the English language is such a large, extensive language. I have heard for a while now that English is the hardest language to learn. I always assumed it was because of the goofy and confusing grammar rules. I never even considered how much words with multiple meanings would play into it. As a matter of fact, the grammar rules of English are actually supposedly some of the easier ones to learn.
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I had always heard that English was a hard language to learn, and assumed the difficulty was because of the rules too. Math vocabulary is difficult because many of the words have double meanings. If we can connect the math word with their everyday meaning, students seem to understand and remember them. When we couple that with a visual representation, we giving them multiple avenues to learn.
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