Retention Techniques in Vocabulary Acquisition: Strategies for Enhancing Long-Term Memory

Authors

  • Hamida Abolkasem Alhosh Annajh Zawiya University, Faculty of Arts, English language department, Zawiya Author

Keywords:

Retention, enhancing, long-term memory, techniques, vocabulary knowledge

Abstract

This study aims to explore techniques or mechanisms that could enhance long-term retention in learning. Retention techniques like related vocabulary learning aim to enable learners to apply what they have learned in the long-term retention to practice. However, little literature focused on the differences in vocabulary-related retention techniques. This study aims to explore the differences in memory-based retention techniques in the field of vocabulary learning. This will be fulfilled by reviewing the differences of the memory corner and word's corner, and the relationship between different linguistic dimensions including vocabulary size, productive knowledge, receptive knowledge, and vocabulary-related retention techniques

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Published

2025-03-16

How to Cite

Retention Techniques in Vocabulary Acquisition: Strategies for Enhancing Long-Term Memory. (2025). Al-Farooq Journal of Sciences, 1(1), 501-508. https://www.afjs.histr.edu.ly/index.php/afjs/article/view/62