VMBO4 - Listening (British Council): How to improve your memory

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k, mavo
• Leerjaar 4

What are we going to do?

- Train our ears with an online listening lesson

- Watch a video about improving your memory

Why are we going to do this?

- It is very important to train your listening skills.
- You need to be able to understand spoken English in order to be able to communicate in real-life situations

How to improve your memory

What could you do to
improve your memory?

How to improve your memory

Match the words with their definitions

Write it down on your paper

Words

a) finals

b) to tune in

c) vital

d) to visualise

e) familiar

f) a knock-on effect

g) an adjustment

h) to be looming

Definitions

1) to be coming quickly, to seem very close

2) to listen to a live radio programme

3) necessary, of extreme importance

4) a small change

5) the last exams in a university course

6) well known or easily recognised

7) to form a mental picture of something

8) something that happens as a result of  something else happening

True or False

We all use memory in the same way.

1. true
2. false

We learn to use our memory as soon as we are born.

1. true
2. false

There are two different forms of memorisation

1. true
2. false

We are taught how to improve our memory in history lessons

1. true
2. false

Writing shopping lists can improve your memory

1. true
2. false

Teaching helps us to memorise.

1. true
2. false

We can train our brains to be more effective

1. true
2. false

We can only use one image at a time as an aid to memorisation

1. true
2. false

Word formation

Je kunt van bepaalde woordsoorten andere woordsoorten maken door ze van een andere uitgang te voorzien of ze net even iets anders te formeren. Bijvoorbeeld:

motivate (ww) => motivation (zn) 

effective (bijv nw) => effect (zn) 

Op de volgende dia's zie je steeds een zin met daarbij een stamwoord, waar je dan vervolgens een ander woord van moet maken zodat deze in de zin past 

Word formation

The speaker explains how to make our .......................................

function better. (memorise)

We can make....................................................

in our ability to memorise. (improve)

We use a .........................................

of long-term and short-term memory. (combine)

There are several things we can do to recall ....................

. (inform)

We can use word ........................................

to remember a concept. (associate)

The term .........................................

means imagining a picture. (visualise)

You can use different ...........................................

to remember historical facts. (formulate)

Following these tips will improve your ...................................

to remember. (be able to)

After listening discussion

Would you do things differently after watching the video? 

Write a short essay about this question. Write between 100 and 200 words.