TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling).
"Suppose you want to remember a list of words... you will more readily remember the words if you make a sentence or sentences connecting the words in the form of a short story. You would remember it even better if the story was easy to visualize and best of all if you could picture a story that was dramatic, or vulgar, or comic, or in some way involved your emotions.
A story is in fact a good mnemonic, and the more elaborate the story the better. A story links words to be remembered and it causes you to build up scenes that have visual, aural, and sensory associations for you." (Collin Rose, 1985)
While Effortless English is simple, it is also, in fact, designed according to research-proven methods. The major emphasis of the Effortless English approach is to help students acquire English thoroughly and effectively.
One way to do this is with mini-stories. At first glance, the mini-stories may seem silly. They are usually kind of foolish and are quite simple. Another thing that may seem strange is that I ask a lot of questions as I retell the story. These questions can seem redundant, ridiculously easy, or pointless. But they have a purpose.
The mini-stories are structured to help you more deeply remember the new vocabulary. I use silly or exaggerated stories because they are easier to visualize; and visualization aids memory. I use short and fairly simple stories because they are also easier to remember and picture. They are also easier for the learner to repeat and retell.
The questions, likewise, have a purpose. First, the questions provide more repetition of the target vocabulary. Repetition is important.

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