Link System

I used the link system this week to help me study with Spanish. I had an exam for chapters 10-11 which included over 50 terms for me to know. Before using the link system, I found it very hard to study for Spanish because I never had an actual connection between the terms and definitions. I tried to study straight terms, but I always forgot many definitions. The link system helped me significantly because I made connections between terms and definitions that stuck in my head. For example, the word autoprista means highway in spanish, and Iremembered this because it made me think of an automobile with a person driving on a highway. "Auto" reminded me of an automobile, and prista rhymes with "mista", so this helpedme remember the term. I used this strategy for all of the terms I had to study and I found it very successful for my spanish exam.

I also used this strategy for my SOC 355 class which I had to remember definitions and statistics. For example, I needed to remember that 30% of the adult U.S. population is obese. To remember this I thought of a kid on my high school football team that was really fat and wore the number 30. I know this is an absurd way to remember the statistic, but it really helped me remember. I will continue to use the link system in both my spanish and sociology class because those are the only two classes I have most my

terms and definitions in. Overall, the link system has allowed me to get a visual image of the term or definition I am study, and helps me retain the information much better.