Pupils and students, teachers and graduate students, as well as people who often give various presentations, have to deal with the need to memorize certain pieces of text written in prose. Of course, a poetic syllable is much easier to remember than a regular text, but prose can also be learned quickly enough.
Instruction manual
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Memory is conventionally divided into three types. If you have well-developed visual memory, you should break the text into several subsections and re-read them several times, trying to remember the location of the paragraphs. You can rewrite text a couple of times, with good visual memory, this is the best method of remembering. Holders of auditory memory are advised to record a piece of prose on a tape recorder and listen to it several times. With developed motor memory, make sketches, draw diagrams, work with a pencil in your hands, all this will help you learn the text faster.
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It is useful to repeat the memorized passage of prose twenty minutes after memorization, then again after 8 hours and the next day. You can repeat the text in the evening before going to bed and in the morning when you wake up. Repeated material is absorbed several times faster.
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It is not necessary to memorize the text mechanically. The brain, defending itself, denies cramming, reducing memory. It is better to call for help ingenuity and imagination, turning the teaching into an exciting game. Let mechanical assimilation become a means to learn an interesting piece of prose, it is important to understand the meaning of the memorized text, then the links in the memory will establish themselves.
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In case you find it difficult to remember a passage, mentally create a specific association for a sentence or keyword. No matter what the association will be, the main thing is that you quickly remember it and remember it at the right time.
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If you have a cat or dog in your house, use them as your listeners. Tell them the material you learned. If there are no animals in the house, go to the mirror and repeat the text, referring to your image.
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If you need to remember a rather large passage of some text, highlight the main microthemes and divide the material into several parts. Try to gradually master it, making "plans for yourself" or flowcharts that reflect basic thoughts. Make text structuring based on headings, underlined or highlighted sentences. This approach will help you quickly cope with the task.
