Working as a pair, each had a listening ear to practice on daily. Other students are quite happy talking to family members, the family pet, themselves, the pot plants, even the hoover. Now we have seen and thought about two words out of the 500 already. Bom means good and dia literally means day. I imagine either a figure in a feather nightgown or a snake snoozing under a starlit sky.
Mental pictures are an effective way of triggering memory.
Another learning technique is to write the words aloud. In other words, speak what you are writing as a child might. Then pin or blue tack your small lists in handy places. Put them beside the kettle and recite them while you are waiting for the water to boil. Put them in the bathroom beside the sink .