THE FORGETTING CURVE

Discover & practise!

How to memorise Vocabulary EFFICIENTLY?

6. LET'S PRACTISE!

5. CONCRETE IDEAS

4. REPETITION IS THE KEY!

3. WHAT AFFECTS MEMORY?

2. THE FORGETTING CURVE

1. WHAT IS MEMORY?

1. WHAT IS MEMORY?

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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.

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

2. THE FORGETTING CURVE

3. WHAT AFFECTS MEMORY?

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

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

3. PRESENTATION : better presentation = better learning

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

1. TIME : Memories weaken over time

STOP MASSED LEARNING! ADOPT SPACED LEARNING!

4. REPETITION IS THE KEY!

INCREASING the time period between each repetition is essential.

SLEEPING between each repetition reinforces memorisation

CHOOSING THE RIGHT MOMENTS to repeat makes memorisation easier

7 = MAGIC NUMBEROn average, 7 repetitions are required

= “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.

OVERCOMING THE FORGETTING CURVE

MNEMONIC TECHNIQUES

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

STEP 3

STEP 2

STEP 1: OBVIOUS!

5. CONCRETE IDEAS

x7 but not in a row!

AUTO-TEST USE QUIZLET to test yourself.

USE THE WORDS IN CONTEXTMake sentences with the words.Do exercises.

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

STEP 6

STEP 5

STEP 4

5. CONCRETE IDEAS

6. NOW, IT'S TIME TO PRACTISE

READ YOUR FIRST VOCABULARY PAPER AND START MEMORISING IT

IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THE ADVICE GIVEN EARLIER

OF COURSE, YOU CANNOT

BE SURE THESE WORDS WILL STICK FOREVER IN YOUR MEMORY