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For many years now studies have been carried out on our memories and the way we can use
them. Memory is an everyday device which our brains use for work, play or even something
as simple as cooking the dinner.
One of the fundamental methods of memorising is to use mental images; mental images are a
process that stems back from as early as childhood. We can be taught to see pictures and
recall the name e.g. Apple, Cat, Ball is used when discovering the alphabet as a young
child. Mental images for recall as you become older could be in the form of picturing
something in your mind and using a mental image as a cue. The Y163 course book uses an
example of using mental images when discovering a new language where the key words of the
language can be turned into a mental picture such as the French term Pooh-bel which
translated means bin. This picture can be imagined as a bell upside down with rubbish in,
giving the image of a bin. Two guys (Michael Raugh and Richard Atkinson) carried out
experiments after developing what we call key word techniques (cues).These experiments were
carried out on to groups of people learning Spanish. One of the variables of the experiment
was changed on half of the participants where words were given to prompt memories of
certain Spanish words and the results found that an increased number of people remembered
more words by using the key words.
When using mental imagery another strategy is the use of mnemonics which is a strategy used
to aid recall by way of using rhymes or acronyms. For example “Every Good Boy Deserves
Football” gives us musical notes when reading a musical piece by using the first letter of each
word E, G, B, D and F. Another I’ve always liked is; Big Elephants Can Always Understand
Small Elephants which can be used when learning or memorising to spell the word BECAUSE.
Many mnemonics are used at an early age and most people use them into adult life not...
them. Memory is an everyday device which our brains use for work, play or even something
as simple as cooking the dinner.
One of the fundamental methods of memorising is to use mental images; mental images are a
process that stems back from as early as childhood. We can be taught to see pictures and
recall the name e.g. Apple, Cat, Ball is used when discovering the alphabet as a young
child. Mental images for recall as you become older could be in the form of picturing
something in your mind and using a mental image as a cue. The Y163 course book uses an
example of using mental images when discovering a new language where the key words of the
language can be turned into a mental picture such as the French term Pooh-bel which
translated means bin. This picture can be imagined as a bell upside down with rubbish in,
giving the image of a bin. Two guys (Michael Raugh and Richard Atkinson) carried out
experiments after developing what we call key word techniques (cues).These experiments were
carried out on to groups of people learning Spanish. One of the variables of the experiment
was changed on half of the participants where words were given to prompt memories of
certain Spanish words and the results found that an increased number of people remembered
more words by using the key words.
When using mental imagery another strategy is the use of mnemonics which is a strategy used
to aid recall by way of using rhymes or acronyms. For example “Every Good Boy Deserves
Football” gives us musical notes when reading a musical piece by using the first letter of each
word E, G, B, D and F. Another I’ve always liked is; Big Elephants Can Always Understand
Small Elephants which can be used when learning or memorising to spell the word BECAUSE.
Many mnemonics are used at an early age and most people use them into adult life not...