The "dictionary bookmarking" method of study is enjoying a tremendous boom among elementary-school-aged children in Japan. The method—a breakthrough technique developed by Keisuke Fukaya, the author of this book—involves keeping a dictionary at the ready to look up words no matter where you are or what you are doing, and once you have looked something up, writing the word on a sticky label and bookmarking it. Children take to this simple act as if it's a game, and not only do they begin building their vocabulary like never before, they acquire a genuine fondness for learning.
Some children abandon the effort when they don't see the bookmarks attached to their dictionary pages piling up as quickly as they would like. But those who have been instructed directly by Fukaya invariably become so hooked that parents marvel at the powers of focus they didn't know their children had. Fukaya explains that the trick is to have children start by looking up words they already know, and goes on to discuss typical stages of the process as the number of bookmarks grows, touching on what parents and teachers need to watch out for along the way. The ultimate guide to dictionary bookmarking, the book includes a Q&A section in which Fukaya responds to a wide range of questions he has been asked about his infectious study method.