How quickly will I forget new words?

How quickly will I forget new words?

Arthur Bornstein (Founder, The Bornstein School for Memory Training) gives expert video advice on: What is the best way to learn vocabulary words and definitions?; Can notes around the house help me remember vocabulary?; How can I remember words in other languages? and more...

You could be instantly forgetting new words. You can get a new word and all of a sudden think back and it's gone. I work with law students, helping to prepare for the Bar Association test, and they have repeated this information over twenty or fifty times and it still doesn't go in. So applying the techniques of visualization and association, means these new words are going to be instantly falling into the long term memory part of the brain, because you have done something visually, actively and also the auditory sensor is being evolved because you are soundtracking an unfamiliar word to a familiar word. So keep the rate of forgetting in mind, it could be from one minute to twenty minutes or it might just never happen because you had the word a minute ago or thirty seconds ago and you say, “What was that?” and it's gone. So keep in mind, using active, positive, fun, creative connections in your mind and using a lot of imagination.