Exercise 1

Work in groups of three. Which things on this list are easy to remember? Which
do you often forget?

 People's names and faces

 Directions and addresses
 Telephone numbers
 Dates and facts in history
 Food on shopping lists
 The words of a song

Easy

The easy things to remember are people's names and faces. As well as the directions and
finally the words of a song.

You forget

The things I often forget are phone numbers. As well as the dates and events of the story
and finally the foods on the shopping lists.
Exercise 2

Student A Student B Student C

The topic was The topic was about The topic was about the
about the strategies the strategies that strategies we can use to
we can use to we can use to remember different
What was remember the remember different directions and names of
the topic of names of people we numbers that are the roads we can take to
the text? know. important to us in get to a certain place
our daily lives.

When you meet You can also repeat
someone for the the number a few
first time, listen to times or learn the
them. Look at their numbers in groups.
face and the clothes So you remember
they wear. the first two
Introduce them numbers because it
another person and ´s your age. And the
What
make conversation. next three numbers
memory
is the house of a
techniques
friend. We
did it
remember better we
describe?
make it personal.
Being able to memorize
and remember directions
and roads to follow helps
taxi drivers and everyone
who drives a car. if you
want to remember the
directions, you must see
them in your head, then
repeat the names of the
roads or addresses.
remember whether to
turn right, left, turn at the
end of the street, etc. You
can also draw the
directions on paper. when
you draw, use different
colours the brain
remembers more when it
sees colour.
Exercise 3

Tell the students in your group about the information in your text. Listen to the
other students and write notes in the table

In my text, for example, it was about the strategies that we can use to remember
the names of the people we know.

That is why I can give as a suggestion that when you meet someone for the first
time, listen to them. Look at their face and the clothes they wear. As well as
introduce you to another person and start a conversation.

In my other text for example I was about the strategies we can use to remember
different numbers that are important to us in our daily lives.

Thus, a recommendation may be to repeat the number several times or learn the
numbers in groups. Then you will remember the first two numbers because it is
your age. And the next three numbers can be a friend's house. In the end we
remember better than we make it personal.

Finally, my text to discuss was about the strategies that we can use to remember
different addresses and names of the roads that we can take to get to a certain
place.

To do this, you could memorize and remember directions and paths to follow,
which helps taxi drivers and everyone who drives a car a lot. If you want to
remember the addresses, you should see them in your head and then repeat the
names of the roads or addresses. Always remembering whether to turn right, left,
at the end of the street, etc. You can also draw the instructions on paper. when
drawing, use different colors, the brain remembers more when it sees colors.

Exercise 4

Now read all three texts and compare your notes.

1. How much information have you remembered?

I have remembered the vast majority of the information shared.

2. How much information have the other students remembered?

The other students have remembered a good part of the information that each of
the students in the assigned groups has shared.

3. Which memory techniques have you used before?

I have used the famous memory techniques, the use of acronyms to words or
take the first letters of each word and put them together so that a word known to
us is formed. Also, I have used some ways to remember by colors or images that
help me a lot to remember some important information.