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1 More for memory

2 " Active learning is the key to rememberi ng. You have to DO something to keep the words in your head.”

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4 3 memory techniques Chunking Roman room Rhyme/ Song/Mneumonics

5 Memory techniques: 1 Chunking  Break your work down into sentence ‘chunks’  Take one paragraph and count the number of sentences and draw that number of boxes onto a page  Look at the first sentence and read it out loud. Then, close your eyes and say the sentence without looking at it  Repeat the step above, this time with the first 2 sentences  Next, try it with 3 sentences. Then 4. Repeat until you have (mostly)memorized the first paragraph

6 « Letztes Jahr bin ich mit meiner Familie in Urlaub gefahren. Wir sind nach Miami in Amerika gefahren. Wir sind mit der Fluglinie « American airlines » geflogen. Der Flug hat acht Stunden gedauert. Es war gut, weil wir drei Filme gesehen haben. Ich habe auch viel Schokolade gegessen!»

7 Letztes Jahr bin ich mit meiner Familie in Urlaub gefahren. Wir sind nach Miami in Amerika gefahren. Wir sind mit der Fluglinie « American airlines » geflogen. Der Flug hat acht Stunden gedauert. Es war gut, weil wir drei Filme gesehen haben. Ich habe auch viel Schokolade gegessen! PUT THE SENTENCES INTO A GRID

8 Letztes Jahr ____ ich mit meiner Familie in Urlaub ____ Wir ____ nach Miami in Amerika _____ Wir ____ mit der Fluglinie « American Airlines » _____. Der Flug ____ acht Stunden ____. Es ___ gut, weil wir drei Filme ____ ____. Ich ____ auch viel Schokolade ____ START TO ELIMINATE KEY WORDS BIT BY BIT Then take a 3 minute break

9 L. J. b. i.m.m.F. i. U. g. W. s. n. M. i. A. g.W. s. m. d. F. « A. A. » g. D. F. h. a. S. g..E. w. g., w. w. d. F. g. h. I. h. a. v. S. g.! THEN USE FIRST LETTER OF EACH WORD Then take a 3 minute break

10 ..  Then put a picture in each box instead of any words  Try to use colourful, humorous images to link to the idea of the sentence

11 .. Then no images or text

12 imemorise.org

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14 Class speed-dating (groups of 8 – 4 Prompters/ 4 Learners) 1.THE PROMPTER has their English and French version 2.The PROMPTER reads each of the 6 statements in English to the LEARNER 3.The LEARNER responds in French 4.The PROMPTER gives it a tick if correct OR reads back the correct version for each statement. 5.Once finished The LEARNER then moves on and does it 3 more times 123 4 1 In summer I went to France with my family 2 We travelled by car and 3 We left at 7am and 4 We arrived at 3 pm in the afternoon in Brittany. 5 The journey lasted 7 hours 6 During the journey I chatted with my brother 1 En é t é je suis all é en France avec ma famille 2 Nous avons voyag é en voiture et 3 nous sommes partis à 7h du matin 4 nous sommes arrives à 3h de l ’ apr è s-midi en Bretagne. 5 Le voyage a dur é sept heures et 6 pendant le voyage j ’ ai bavard é avec mon fr è re

15 Verse 1 (Twinkle Twinkle!!!) En été je suis allé, en France avec ma famille. Nous avons voyagé en voiture (et) nous sommes partis à 7h (du matin) nous sommes arrives à 3h de l’après-midi en Bretagne Memory techniques: Songs/ Rhymes / Mneumonics  Using a simple tune you know well can be a powerful aid to memory.  Children’s songs work best because they are in our long term memory

16 Voy a menudo al cine porque me gusta mucho. Mis películas favoritas son las comedias y las películas de acción. No me gustan las películas románticas porque son aburridas. Pero a mi madre le encantan las películas románticas. Prefier o ir al cine con mis amigos.  Roman Room: items in your room act as prompts for each sentence and the route you take around the room helps you remember the text.  At home you can physically put post-its with your sentences


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