THE FORGETTING CURVE

How to memorise Vocabulary EFFICIENTLY?

Discover & practise!

4. REPETITION IS THE KEY!

1. WHAT IS MEMORY?

5. CONCRETE IDEAS

2. THE FORGETTING CURVE

6. LET'S PRACTISE!

3. WHAT AFFECTS MEMORY?

1. WHAT IS MEMORY?

The basic pattern of remembering consists of attention to an event followed by the representation of that event in the brain. Repeated attention, or practice, results in a cumulative effect on memory (...). Learning could not occur without the function of memory. So-called intelligent behaviour demands memory, remembering being prerequisite to reasoning.

-BRITANNICA.COM

2. THE FORGETTING CURVE

German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus wanted to understand more about why we forget things and how to prevent it. His research produced the Forgetting Curve – a visual representation of the way that learned information fades over time

3. WHAT AFFECTS MEMORY?

3. PRESENTATION : better presentation = better learning

1. TIME : Memories weaken over time

4. FEELINGS : How you feel affects how well you remember.

2. MEANING: understanding the meaning or the context helps.

5. GOOD NEWS!!! What is forgotten is still in your memory

4. REPETITION IS THE KEY!

SLEEPING between each repetition reinforces memorisation

7 = MAGIC NUMBEROn average, 7 repetitions are required

CHOOSING THE RIGHT MOMENTS to repeat makes memorisation easier

INCREASING the time period between each repetition is essential.

STOP MASSED LEARNING! ADOPT SPACED LEARNING!

OVERCOMING THE FORGETTING CURVE

MNEMONIC TECHNIQUES

= “repackaging” the information, a process that helps the brain to store the information and find it again when needed. It is based on creating associations with something that is easy to remember : images, emotions, patterns, or rhymes to help us absorb the information more efficiently.

5. CONCRETE IDEAS

STEP 1: OBVIOUS!

STEP 3

STEP 2

Still struggling ? CREATE CARDS : - one side : a word in French - on the other side : in English) STORE them in a binder

- REORGANISE logically > create meaning - Add colour! - HIDE, SPEAK, WRITE

READ THE VOCABULARY LIST

5. CONCRETE IDEAS

STEP 4

STEP 6

STEP 5

USE THE WORDS IN CONTEXT Make sentences with the words. Do exercises.

TEST YOURSELF make a pack with all the words you know . Make another one with those you do not know yet.

AUTO-TEST USE QUIZLET to test yourself.

x7 but not in a row!

6. NOW, IT'S TIME TO PRACTISE

READ YOUR FIRST VOCABULARY PAPER AND START MEMORISING IT

OF COURSE, YOU CANNOT

BE SURE THESE WORDS WILL STICK FOREVER IN YOUR MEMORY

IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THE ADVICE GIVEN EARLIER