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THE SECRET TO GOOD MEMORY
There is a saying in English, "In one ear and out the other." It
means we hear something, and we forget it quickly. Is it true?
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In 1895, a doctor(named Hermann Ebbinghaus)researched the
question, “How quickly do people forget new information?" He found
that people forget new information very quickly] Within an hour, a person
forgets about 55%. Within 24 hours, a person forgets about 70%.
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人はとれたた
We do not forget all information that quickly. If you(burn, yourself
on a kitchen stove, you will remember to be careful for á long time.
That's because you were in danger. In the classroom, you are not
in danger. In the classroom, it is easy to forget your learning.
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How can you remember more?_You need to fepeat what you
learned many timesARepetition is the secret. Language teachers
say it takes at least 20 different repetitions to learn a word in a
different language! This does not mean 20 repetitions in one hour.
Learning requires repetition over days, weeks, and months..
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Why not 20 repetitions in an hour? When you repeat the same information
again and again, the information stays in your short-term memory?. The
information is easy to find, but it does not stay in short-term memory for long.
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1curve: a line in a graph
2 short-term memory: the type of memory that stores information temporarily, e.g.,
while repeating a phone number
