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LinkwordLinkword is a system developed by Michael Gruneberg for learning languages based on the similarity of the sounds of words. The process involves creating an easily visualized scene that will link the words together. One example is the Russian word for cow (karouva). Think and visualize "I ran my car over a cow." The system is similar a well-known trick of some stage mnemonists employed for memorizing huge lists of words suggested by spectators to repeat them in any given order, forwards, backwards, even ones, etc, known as mnemonic peg system. A mnemonist has his own "counting list" of words. Each counting word is bound to the next spectator's word by means of a sentence, as described above. Some mnemonists claim the sillier the binding sentence, the easier it is to remember. While this method could potentially be used to teach from any language to any language, it is currently used almost exclusively to teach English speaking people other languages. Many different companies offer systems based on this method, but the list of languages offered is almost identical, regardless of company. Learning courses have been developed to teach students Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (both Brazilian and European), Russian, Spanish (both European and South American) and Welsh. Although this method has its advantages, one disadvantage is that it relies on the coincidental similarities in the sounds of words. This method cannot be used to teach all, or even most, words of another language because there are no corresponding phonetically similar words or visualizations that could be used. Thus, each course offers to teach a few hundred words that can be memorized in a few hours.
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