Mnemonics as the technique of lexico-grammatical skills formation in foreign language lessons

Currently the school is acutely concerned with the use of mnemonic instruction to help remember linguistic phenomena in a foreign language. The article discusses in detail mnemonics and the ways of using them at lessons on English and German at the stage of teaching lexical and grammatical phenomena, ranges mnemonic strategies that assist to remember unfamiliar vocabulary and grammar of the English and German languages more effectively, efficiently and easily, describes algorithms for working with various mnemonic devices, and gives a reference on the possibilities of their modification. The results obtained prove mnemonic techniques are an effective study tool which can be utilized by Russian-speaking students in learning English and German.

Vocabulary Instruction for Secondary Students With Reading Disabilities: An Updated Research Review

This article presents an update and extension of the research on instructional methods for vocabulary learning by secondary-age students with learning disabilities. Seven studies that have been published since the last comprehensive review of the research were located. Four instructional methods were found to be the most effective: mnemonic instruction, learning strategies that utilized morphemic analysis, direct instruction, and multimedia instruction. In addition, peer-mediated instruction was found to be a successful approach for supporting vocabulary learning, although it was not possible to separate the effects of peer mediation from the instructional methods used. Implications for classroom practice and for future research are discussed.