Any tips for remembering things?

I have a french exam tomorrow and I need to learn a paragraph, any of you guys got any tips?

pro tip number 1:

dont learn it the night before

Lol, I really couldn't be bothered ive only got to learn one paragraph. I'm also bringing in 30 words tomorrow. I'm trying to put gaps in the paragraphs then fill it in. Also trying to relax and sit as if i'm in the exam.

Reply 2

tryrevise

Read it over and over, write it out lots of times, and record yourself saying it and listen to it over and over again. It should stick after that :smile:

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Reply 3

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make a story out of it linking all the topics together, the weirder the better

make sure you can visualise all the feelings as well

for example, if i had the list telephone, sausage, monkey, button, book, cabbage, glass, mouse, stomach

i would think pressing a telephone with a sausage, then a monkey serving sausages, that monkey being dressed in a coat with shiny buttons, opening a book fastened with buttons, seeing cabbage splattered on the pages... i think you get the point :tongue:

another useful thing i've found is that if you remember the first and the last parts and link them together like above, your brain should sort of 'fill in the gaps'

hope this helps :smile:

Reply 4

Zeetingman

Original post by Arithmeticae

another useful thing i've found is that if you remember the first and the last parts and link them together like above, your brain should sort of 'fill in the gaps'

hope this helps :smile:

Thanks!

Reply 5

Zeetingman

Original post by tryrevise

Read it over and over, write it out lots of times, and record yourself saying it and listen to it over and over again. It should stick after that :smile:

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I'm writing it over and over then when it sticks I move onto the next sentence. I'm working on the recording, ive recorded two paragraphs :cool:

Thanks!

Reply 6

TheGreatImposter

Really difficult to learn it in a night. I did that and got a D and then retook and got an A* in the cw when I revised over 3/4 days
Get a whiteboard and pen and write every line many times and say it whilst you write.
Once you remember move on and go back over what you learn, one line at a time, try and translate it from English to French in your mind and try and use phrases you remember

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Reply 7

McMicheal

Original post by Zeetingman

I have a french exam tomorrow and I need to learn a paragraph, any of you guys got any tips?

Write down what you're trying to remember. Read it multiple times. Ask yourself questions about what you read and try to answer them without looking up the answers, if you fail reread whole paragraph make new ones include ones you didn't answer, repeat if necessary.

Best tip as someone else said already, don't leave it to the last minute.

Reply 8

karmacrunch

Original post by Zeetingman

I have a french exam tomorrow and I need to learn a paragraph, any of you guys got any tips?

How long is it if it's in for tomorrow? :/

For writing I write out the first sentence a few times and then add more sentences. Start again and then add more until I have learnt a whole paragraph. I then do this with the second paragraph and write out the first and second... Etc. I usually time myself after I've learnt the whole thing. Hope this helps! :tongue:

Reply 9

Zeetingman

Original post by McMicheal

I tried not to be but it's hard theres just so much words.

Reply 10

McMicheal

Original post by Zeetingman

I tried not to be but it's hard theres just so much words.

Keep repeating this and have some breaks in between. Also have a good rest before exam.

You won't ace it, but you should be able to pass it. If all it requires is remembering words and their meanings.

Reply 11

McMicheal

Original post by Zeetingman

I tried not to be but it's hard theres just so much words.

the key here is to study while your mind is fresh/not tired. So have breaks and there's no point pushing it into night if you're really tired, you're not learning much or well then. You'd also need at least 6 hours of sleep and have some coffee/redbull before exam, to not feel tired.

also go through what you learnt in head and then check up on answers, before the exam or before sleep today.

That's all you can really do I think.