The way I remembered けっこんします　was kind of cheating xD.
Since it was the only verb so far that sounded like that.. and had a “っ” part the way it goes in your tongue is different (not sure if its the same for you guys) …  I mainly  just tried to remember the “Kekkon” part and that feeling I got when mentioning the word (specifically that part).

So you can take that into account when you use  Aikibujin’s memonic o.o.

結婚

Simply learn it straight up or else you are lacking = mneumonic of life

Though that is true, if he doesn’t have much experience, and Season 3 is as far as he’s gotten, that may make it even more difficult to remember.  I’m not sure if Koichi points this out or not, as I haven’t got to Season 3 and so don’t know how he presents verbs.

No worries. ^_^

The ones I have problems with the most mnemonically, are ones that begin with つ

Such as つく / つきます- to arrive

If I think of a word that sounds like it starts with つ, it’s easy to confuse it with す.

I agree as well. Mneumonics are a great starting point, more so for kanji, but if all your learning is done that way you will be spending to much time trying to remember the mneumonic rather than the required thing itself.  I personally leave the mneumonics for kanji and try to get it to second nature as soon as possible.

True, but as said, he’s only on Season 3, and you have to start somewhere.

Your mind has to have a hook to hang information on in order to retain it, which is exactly why Koichi stuctured TF the way he has, and why I chose this particular learning tool. It’s the same way I teach English to foreigners.

Mnemonics aren’t the only hooks that can be used, but they are an easy one to consciously create, and thus help solidify the structure that language is built on. Those hooks become the foundation that you start with and makes sure that it is solid and strong.

Once the foundation is in place and sturdy, you can then build from there. Then it’s simply a matter of using the language on a regular basis which fuses the foundation with the whole structure, making it solid. At that point, the hooks are left behind, as they are no longer needed.

If you have to actually think about the mnemonic, then it’s a terrible mnemonic. The entire point of it is to be a trigger that automatically bridges the gap from formless data to something that the brain can recognize and thus recall easily, making it become second nature, as the brain is no longer conscious of the mnemonic. Otherwise you are left with sheer repetition, which as Koichi points out in TF, is not a very efficient means of starting to learn a language.

Once a language has been synthesized to the point of basic usage, repetition becomes a lot more efficient, as it is performed by repeated exposure to the language as a whole in its written or spoken form, as opposed to flashcards and rote responses to static prompts. At which point mnemonics for the most part falls to the wayside. Even then, most of my students would still occasionally use them for words that were uncommonly used, as they lacked the exposure to retain them sufficiently.

People who have minds that process language data more efficiently will naturally need less in the way of mnemonics, while some will have to use it extensively, as their minds simply won’t store the data otherwise. I am among the later as my mind tends to excel more in the creative department, rather than storing static data.

So of course it is better to try to get words to become second nature as soon as possible, as that is the very definition of fluency, mnemonics is simply a way of allowing that to happen, and for some, at a much quicker rate than might otherwise be achieved.

I’m currently at this point too and the thing I’ve been doing is saying the word in my when I do it, granted there are a few that you don’t do on a regular basis if at all but I’m finding that it’s helping me.