Mnemonics are vastly overrated and the tricks you see with people using them are mainly a result of constant practice which could be achieved by other means.
"Gruneberg (1998) argues that the keyword method, in general, is inferior to rote learning in the longer-term retention of vocabulary."
"Gruneberg (1998) argues that the keyword method, in general, is inferior to rote learning in the longer-term retention of vocabulary."
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