How to improve our memory? We can start with the following points: 15, and improve and perfect it according to our own actual situation. First, calm down-let the brain calm down first. Second, let the brain get enough rest, fatigue will reduce the efficiency of the brain. Third, we must firmly believe that we can "remember"! Fourth, we should train and master a set of suitable memory methods. 5. Be interested in the object you remember, just like your own "object". Sixth, a strong desire can promote memory. Seven, when you are associated with happy things, it is easy to remember. Eight, stimulation can make brain cells sharp and young. Nine, careful observation helps to remember. Ten, fully understand the memory object. Visualizing the memory object is helpful to memory. 12. It is good for memory to compose irrelevant memory objects into songs. Thirteen, find the characteristics of the memory object, and identify its characteristics is helpful for memory. Fourteen, appropriate decentralized memory (breaking it into parts) is sometimes better than centralized memory. Fifthly, mobilize the coordinated memory of various organs of the body. Learning requires memory. How can I improve my memory? I think we can work hard in the following aspects. First, choose the memory object accurately. In today's "knowledge explosion", memory should be selective, and those basic, representative and key things should be chosen to remember. If you don't want to remember anything, you will only waste precious time and energy. Second, remember on the basis of understanding. I pay great attention to understanding when I remember the definitions, theorems and laws of science. For example, Hooke's law and the dynamic definition of simple harmonic vibration are easily confused, but when I deeply understand them, I find that they are qualitatively different: Hooke's law describes the relationship between elastic force and spring elongation (or shortening), while the dynamic definition of simple harmonic vibration describes the relationship between restoring force and displacement. Third, pay attention when you remember. I think in the morning and evening of a day, people are more energetic and easier to concentrate; Reading and studying in a quiet place is also easy to concentrate; Reading aloud is also an effective way to concentrate. In addition, we should pay attention to the intersection of arts and sciences when reviewing, which is of great help to the concentration of attention. Fourth, remember to stop and go. In order to cope with the exam, it is easy to forget by rote. Memory needs a certain consolidation time, so it is necessary to strengthen repeated memory. You must review what you have just remembered in time, and the interval can be longer in the future. Regarding the definition and theorem of memory science, I adopted the method of "memory-doing problems-remembering again-doing problems again …" and achieved good results. Fifth, different content, with different symbols. When I remember knowledge, I sometimes take the method from part to whole, and sometimes I take the whole method. In short, it depends on the specific situation. For some difficult and long materials, the method of recording from local to whole should be adopted; On the contrary, overall memory is appropriate. For systematic and logical content, it is also appropriate to adopt the method of overall record. There are many ways to remember, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. We should pay attention to the use of various methods in order to achieve good results. 1. In the first learning or later memory process, word information (sound, shape, meaning, part of speech, usage) is not accurately highlighted from the background materials such as sentences, dialogues, texts, vocabulary, dictionaries, reading materials, etc. That is to say, the word information input for the first time is inaccurate and does not stimulate the cerebral cortex. 2. In the initial learning or later memory process, I was disturbed to varying degrees and remembered what I didn't need to remember. This kind of interference exists in many aspects, such as: interference from different courses, interference from similar words, interference from too many new words in one class, interference from Chinese environment and so on. These interferences will affect the memory effect invisibly. 3. Mix the words that are similar or close in form, pronunciation, meaning and usage with the words that need to be memorized now, causing confusion. This situation is very common, such as: homophonic: meat ←→ satisfaction; ; Near-sound words: bird → bed; ; Similar words: horse → house; ; Synonym: Ye → Tai → that; Symmetrical words: cool → warm; ; Discrimination words: family → home → house; Similar to ambiguous phrases: lookout←→lookoutof and so on. Besides, there are other reasons for forgetting, such as: lack of confidence, lack of perseverance, bad mood, improper methods, unclear purpose, poor observation, too little repetition, weak stimulation, poor association, too long time (fatigue memory), low interest and so on. According to the forgetting curve theory established by German psychologist Ebbinghaus after many experiments and our investigation among students, we find that word forgetting has its universal law. 1. The outline and skeleton of the word are not easy to forget, and individual letters are easy to forget. Many words are familiar to students, but they can only spell out rough outlines, especially long words, difficult words, words with silent letters, words with two letters and words with low repetition rate. In addition, due to the historical reasons of English itself, many letters or letter combinations have no fixed spelling rules to follow, and they all rely on rote memorization. For example, the vowel letter A, whose syllables and "A+ other letters" have at least 20 pronunciations. This difference in spelling and pronunciation undoubtedly increases the difficulty for beginners. This needs to be summarized at any time when memorizing. 2. The speed of forgetting is closely related to the length of the interval. Generally speaking, the speed of forgetting after memory is the fastest, and then it gradually slows down, such as: remembering 100 new words in one hour; 40 will be forgotten after 30 minutes; After 24 hours, I will forget 30 more; 25 will be forgotten after 30 days; Only five people can really remember after two months. 3. Forgetting is selective. Although the repetition rate of vocabulary in the new textbook is high, most of them are above 5 times, there are still some words (especially those with less than 3 sessions) with repetition rate below 5 times. Some words are rarely involved in listening, speaking, reading and writing training, although the repetition rate of the textbook is more than 5 times. It is precisely this kind of words that are forgotten. In addition, words with irregular pronunciation, long words, difficult words and easily forgotten words (phrases, idioms). 4. Forgetting is related to the clarity of goals, positions and purposes in memory. Memory goal refers to the pronunciation, form, meaning, part of speech and usage of words. Memory position refers to the position when a word is first learned or memorized (in a sentence? In the text? In the glossary? Reading? During listening training? ……)。 The purpose of memory refers to conscious (purposeful) memory or unconscious (unclear) memory. 5. Forgetting is related to the number and method of each memory. The author once did an experiment: let two groups of students with similar level memorize the new word 10 minutes in two classrooms, group A memorizes 20 words, and group B memorizes 10 words. 10 minutes later, conduct a listening, speaking, reading and writing test on the spot. The results show that the performance of group B is significantly higher than that of group A. This shows that middle school students cannot be required to recite a large number of words at a time, otherwise, haste makes waste. It is not advisable to memorize hundreds of words before the exam. Forgetting is more related to the methods used in memory. For example, once I used the self-study class to write 20 new words on the blackboard for the whole class to remember, saying that I would have a dictation in the future, but I didn't say the specific date. Results Two weeks later, I dictated it again, and found that the students with the highest score used the circular memory method (that is, reciting five words every day in turn). Students above the average level use associative memory method, and the worst thing is that they only recited one lesson at that time and then only watched it once. This fully shows that the memory method is very important. After finding out the reasons and laws of forgetting, we can explore and adopt effective memory strategies according to our actual situation, which should be flexible rather than rigid. But no matter which memory strategy is adopted, the following scientific principles should be followed: 1. According to the above-mentioned law that forgetting speed is fast first and then slow, and forgetting amount is large first and then small, you must start reviewing within 24 hours, and you must review all the things you have recited. 2. Dense first and then sparse. The review interval is 1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28 days. I memorized or learned five new words today, so I must review them tomorrow (1 day). Review the day after tomorrow (the next day); Review every other day (the fourth day); Review once every two days (seventh day); Review every six days (14 days); Review every thirteen days (day 28). 3. Review in time. The first day and the second day after memory must be reviewed in time. Remember, you must also review, otherwise it will be too late to review when you find yourself forgetting. 4. Review many times. Every new word can not be memorized by reciting it several times, but by reciting it many times (the best number is 12- 16 times) and reviewing it equally. Review every once in a while. Remember words can't take the tactics of "once and for all". You know, even the words you remember at that time (or at that time) will be forgotten. Only by reviewing occasionally can we save time and effort and turn words into long-term memories. 6. Continue to review. Word memory should avoid "one exposure and ten cold" and adhere to "a long stream of water", even if it is only read a few times a day. 7. "Use" review. Even if a word enters a long-term memory, it will be forgotten if it is not used for a long time. Because memory is used, and vice versa. Therefore, it is necessary to do more skills training in listening, speaking, reading and writing in order to keep a long-term memory of the words used. Have confidence to "remember". Psychologists believe that self-confidence is generally successful. American President Roosevelt was "a sick and stupid child". He was nervous and had no confidence in his ability, but later he became the bravest man through his own efforts. Secondly, we should concentrate our thoughts highly. Physiologists believe that memory is the result of complex activities of brain cells and nervous system. Only by eliminating all distractions and interferences can we get a good memory effect. Students who seem to be memorizing by heart are very common, and some even frown. In fact, their psychology is not calm and their energy is not focused on what they want to remember. In specific methods, including: arresting scientists to make sure to remember an English word usually needs to be recited 50 times. But if a word is recited 50 times in a row, it is difficult to remember it forever, and it is often forgotten soon. What is the reason? Psychologist Ebbinghaus's famous "forgetting curve" tells us that if you remember knowledge every three days, then every seven days and every month, your memory will be the highest and the memory effect will be the best. Associative memory. The famous Professor James believes that "basically, our mind is an associative machine". Association is an indispensable factor in memory. What about Lenovo? Commonly used are the association of old and new knowledge, the association of similar knowledge, positive and negative contrast and so on. For example, the analysis of synonyms, the comparison of similar words, the comparison of words with similar structures in English words and so on. In addition, we should pay attention to the combination of work and rest. If even the minimum sleep and time can't be guaranteed, the brain function can't be restored, and the memory can't be enhanced but can't be remembered! ! 2. Classified memory method. If memory is compared to a knowledge warehouse, then only by classifying knowledge can the warehouse maximize its storage capacity. For example, reading by classification has a good memory effect. For example, a series of words such as Qing, Qing, Qing and Jing are easy to remember by classification. 3. Intentional memory method. Psychologists have done an experiment: they asked the teacher to give the students in two classes homework to write the text silently. They all said that they took the exam the next day, and they were naive the next day. As a result, the results of the two classes are almost the same. After the exam, only one class was told that there would be another exam in two weeks, and the second class didn't know. Two weeks later, test again. The results of Class One students are much better than those of Class Two students (Class One students didn't review before the exam). This shows that the students in Class One are not smarter and have better memories than those in Class Two, but that after the first test, the teacher put forward a longer memory goal for Class One, and as a result, the students in Class One will have a longer memory time. This experiment tells us that in learning, we must form a habit, be strict with ourselves, and clearly set ourselves the goal of memory in order to have a good memory effect. 4. Understand the mnemonic method. It is a method of memorizing materials on the basis of positive thinking and profound understanding. When memorizing materials, we should put forward the requirement of "understanding first, then memorizing", divide the materials into large and small paragraphs and levels, and find out the logical connection between them, instead of memorizing them word by word from the beginning. For example, if you don't understand the meaning of ancient Chinese, it's as difficult as memorizing gobbledygook. If you understand the content words and function words in ancient Chinese and master the central meaning of the whole article, then you will be much more interested, faster and more impressed by memorizing on the basis of understanding. When learning, we should always consciously use understanding memory and develop positive thinking in memory, so as to achieve good results. 5. The selected memory method. Memory should be selective, and remember the most important, meaningful and valuable materials. People who are good at learning and remembering are often good at grasping the key points, grasping the essence and organizing materials. A senior elementary school student said, "There are dozens of figures of speech, but only a dozen are commonly used. After carefully studying each figure of speech, I condensed the commonly used figure of speech 12 into jingles:' metaphor, metonymy, analogy, exaggeration, pun, irony, rhetorical question, repetition, contrast, duality and parallelism', and made a table based on these 24 words. In the arrangement, in addition to being easy to read, rhyme and remember, we also put the confusing ones together, mark them with arrows, and indicate the connections, differences or characteristics in concise language below. You can remember the main figures of speech of 12 by reciting jingles. According to the arrangement position, we can think of the similarities and differences of several groups of figures of speech, and then think of all their characteristics. In this way, when analyzing sentences, it can be clear and not easy to be confused and omitted. " 6, homophonic memory method. It is said that one day, a teacher went up the mountain to drink with the monks in the temple on the top of the mountain. When he left, he sorted out the pi recited by the students, and asked them to recite it to 22 decimal places: 3.6638+04538+04538.10000000606 Most students were distressed because they could not recite it. One student combined the teacher's drinking on the mountain with the homophonic sound of π numbers and made up a jingle: "A pot of wine in a temple on the top of the mountain, you are happy and bitter. If you eat that wine, it will kill you, but it will not kill you, but you will be happy." When the teacher came back from drinking, everyone knew it by heart. The clever student used homophonic method to help him remember. Using homophonic method can also help to remember some historical years. Many people think that remembering the historical year is a very distressing thing, which is not easy to remember and easy to be confused. However, to learn history well, we must remember the historical age, because there is no history without time. Therefore, many smart people use homophones to help them remember the historical era. For example, Marx was born in 18 18 and died in 1883. Then it can be written like this, "climb (climb) the mountain (climb)." For another example, the Sino-Japanese War broke out in 1894, and it is very easy to remember with its homonym "Death". Of course, homophonic memorization is only suitable for helping us remember some abstract and difficult materials, and we can't remember all the materials in the same way. 7. Formula memory method. The method of compiling memory materials into rhyming sentences to improve the memory effect is called formula memory method. This method can reduce the absolute number of memory materials, divide memory materials into blocks, increase information concentration and enhance interest, which can not only reduce the burden on the brain, but also firmly remember and avoid omissions. Most formulas rhyme, catchy and easy to remember. For example, China's twenty-four solar terms have been handed down from generation to generation among the working people, with strong vitality.