Associations
• Associating a phrase or word with a picture
• Example – the external ear the pinna, is the part of the ear which funnels the sound towards the inner ear. Pinna could remind you of a pin. Imagine someone wearing a safety pin as an earring. By creating this type of association between a pin and your ear. You increase your chances of remembering parts of the external part of the ear.
Image word technique for foreign language
• If you see or hear a word which does not create an image in your mind, invent a visual substitute for the word.
Acronyms/Acrostics
• Making a word or sentence from the first letters of the items to be learned.
Story telling
• Storytelling consists of creating a small story involving all the elements to be memorized.
Loci
• Ancient technique which was used by Greeks to deliver lengthy speeches by associating items to be memorized in a sequence with another sequential list.
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