blog no.6単語、語彙表現の効果的な覚え方How to learn words or expressions effectively
単語や表現は、例外的な記憶力を持つ人以外は、使い方を覚えるのに時間がかかるものと割り切っていた方がいいと思います。初めは、その表現を見ると何となく分かるでもいい。単語帳のようなもので単体で機械的に覚えるプロセスと文の中で覚えるのと両方やるのが効果的です。なので、単語表現を覚えるときは例文ごと覚える方が結局早く覚えます。機械的に繰り返すときは時間をかけず、例文を覚える時は、時間をかけるつもりで、というのを繰り返した方が記憶の定着はいいようです。例文は、単純な、あまり他の表現が難しくないものを選ぶか、自分で作ってもいいです。重要な単語は、一見易しそうでも多義語が多いので注意します。例えば、誰でも知っているhelpなどは、「助ける、役に立つ」の意味の他に「避ける、妨げる」の意味もあり、しかもその時には動作を示す意味を目的語とする場合は動名詞を用いるようになります。can’t help Ving「Vせずにはいられない」はこの応用です。
どういった多義語に注意すべきかについては、また次回お話ししましょう！
本文英訳（参考）
I believe you should be aware that it takes time to learn how to use words or expressions apart from those with specific memories. At first it is ok to realize what a specific word or expression vaguely means when you first initially see it. It is more effective to engage in learning each word or expression individually with a word book and learning its meaning in context. So, after all, it seems that you can learn how to use words and expressions more quickly when you memorize the entire sentence which contains the words or expressions. You can learn them more effectively by spending less time memorizing individual words or expressions by heart and instead taking your time to check their meanings in the context. You should choose the simple examples with easy expressions or structures except for the specific expressions you want to learn or you can make those examples with the specific expressions in them yourself.
You should be careful dealing with important words even when they look easy because they tend to have multiple meanings. For example, “help” does not only mean giving assistance but also avoiding or preventing. In addition, when it means preventing or avoiding it takes only gerunds as its objective when you are referring to activities. “Can’t help Ving” is a derivative example of this usage.
I will talk about what important word with multiple meanings you should pay attention to, next time!
(By M.Ichiro)
