[BIYING]

i rememberd one of my english teachers asked us to learned and rememberd new english words in this way:
first, my teacher made a story with the new words we had to learn today(it is one story, i mean if today you want to teach the student ten new words, then you can make one story with these ten new words. of course, if it is possible, you'd better let these words be the key-words in the story). then, on the next class, my teacher called two students in the front of the class. one student(A) backed to the class when another(B) faced the class. the teacher would show B a word that was learned last time, then B would use his own words to describe the word until A got it exactly.
this method is really a little takes time, but , as far as to me, it is really effective.
regards!
BIYING