Memorizing words and memorizing a complete phrase or sentences...the efforts are the same. So, as a language teacher, I'm discouraging my students to memorize individual word but rather phrases.
Getting comprehinsible input through meaningfull phrases or sentences will bring you to places.
Several Koreans that I encountered saying, " English vocabulary are just floating in my head but I can't speak it out".
I agree that memorization is vital but studying under stress due to memorizing thousands of individual words (which easily forgotten) will harm the learning process. So, why torture yourself memorizing invidivual words in flash cards... filed in your wall. Exposure in English is just the key and there are lot of ways to do that. Listening, watching, reading aloud correct English and good articles; speaking beginning from simple to complex. As how you learn your first language.
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