Pedagogy · Memorization · A2 → B2

How do we learn? Memorization

A TV detective who never forgets, then a recording that explains how memory works.

Warm-up: the man who never forgets.Pour commencer : l'homme qui n'oublie jamais.

Patrick Jane never forgets anything. A card, a face, a page he saw for two seconds… The hero of the TV series The Mentalist seems to have a superpower. Or does he simply have a method? Watch three short scenes, just for fun, and ask yourself: could you do the same?

Next: before you listen →

Read the title. Which words do you expect to hear? Tick them.Lis le titre. Quels mots t'attends-tu à entendre ? Coche-les.

The title of the recording is “Memorization Methods and Why They Work”.

No right or wrong answer yet: you will check in the next step.Pas encore de bonne ou de mauvaise réponse : tu vérifieras à l'étape suivante.

Next: listen once →

Listen to the whole recording once, without stopping. Tick the words you really hear. ★ = your predictions.Écoute tout l'enregistrement une fois, sans t'arrêter. Coche les mots que tu entends vraiment. ★ = tes prédictions.

Next: audio or video? →

Now, choose: audio or video?Maintenant, choisis : audio ou vidéo ?

Warm-up · Before you listen · General comprehension · The details · Watch and complete · The -ing form · The words · Your turn · Back to Memorization

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