Schoolchildren and students, teachers and graduate students, as well as people who often make various reports, have to face the need to memorize certain pieces of text written in prose. Of course, a poetic syllable is much easier to remember than a regular text, but prose can also be learned quickly enough.
Instructions
Step 1
Memory is conventionally divided into three types. If you have a well-developed visual memory, you should split the text into several subsections and re-read them several times, trying to remember the location of the paragraphs. You can rewrite the text a couple of times, with good visual memory this is the best memorization method. Those with an auditory type of memory are advised to record a piece of prose on a tape recorder and listen to it several times. With a developed motor memory, make sketches, draw diagrams, work with a pencil in your hands, all this will help you learn the text faster.
Step 2
It is useful to repeat a memorized passage of prose twenty minutes after memorizing, then again after 8 hours and the next day. You can repeat the text in the evening before going to bed and in the morning when you wake up. The material repeated several times is assimilated faster.
Step 3
You should not memorize the text mechanically. The brain, defensively, denies cramming, reducing memory. Better to call on ingenuity and imagination to help, making learning a fun game. Let mechanical assimilation become a means of learning an interesting piece of prose, it is important to understand well the meaning of the memorized text, then connections in memory will be established by themselves.
Step 4
In case you find it difficult to remember a passage, mentally create a certain association for a sentence or a keyword. It doesn't matter what the association will be, the main thing is that you quickly remember it and remember it at the right time.
Step 5
If you have a cat or dog in your home, use them as your listeners. Tell them what you have learned. If there are no animals in the house, go to the mirror and repeat the text, referring to your image.
Step 6
If you need to memorize a rather large passage of some text, highlight the main micro-themes and divide the material into several parts. Try to internalize it gradually by making "plans for yourself" or flowcharts that reflect the main points. Structure your text based on headings, underlined or highlighted sentences. This approach will help you quickly cope with the task at hand.
