A selection of texts for memorization for the competition "living classics". How to quickly learn the text: techniques, techniques How to quickly learn great prose

In a critical situation, when you want to tell a rhyme and go out for a walk, you should know how to quickly memorize rhyme works.

Can you master a long verse in 5 minutes? There are simple memorization techniques that will help both adults and children. Read how to learn a verse quickly.

Homework is not learned, but you need to tell the poem in the next lesson? There is a way to avoid shame - to skip class.

In fact, it is difficult to learn a poem in 5 minutes, but there are ways that will help you remember part of the stanzas in this period of time.

Important! For a good memorization of a large passage of the poem, you need to spend at least an hour.

To quickly memorize rhymed lines, you need to use the maximum brain capacity. This can be achieved by enhancing concentration and attention.

Try following the instructions below:

Read aloud. Speak each stanza. It is better to do this in silence, when no one interferes and no extraneous sounds are heard from all sides.
It is for this reason that memorization at school during recess does not bring the long-awaited results. Read a long piece at least 5 times.
Imagine. Visualization will help you understand the meaning of the poem and grasp the essence that the author wanted to convey.
Match yourself with the main character, imagine his journey, character or actions. Build figurative logical chains in your head, create associations.
Rewrite the text on a piece of paper. This also activates motor memory. You can slowly say the words out loud while you are rewriting.
Divide the poem into several logical parts, give each column its own small name.
Peer into the lines. Notice ... the commas.
A strange way, but visual memory can remember not letters, but details at the right moment. Try to visualize the location of the text in the book.
Repetition is the mother of learning. Just get hung up on the task at hand.
Repeat steps one through four until a part of the poem you read is deposited in your memory.

Advice! Make a cheat sheet and write only the first words of each line on a separate sheet. Try to recall the entire work from what you have written.

Secrets of learning difficult poetry and in English

The English language can cause a number of problems for schoolchildren and even for adults who first encounter a foreign grammar.

There are several methods to help you memorize a difficult verse better:

Translate the text into Russian in order to have an idea of what the text says.
Pronounce endings and declare each word out loud.
The first readings should be from beginning to end, but then divide the poem into several parts of 1-2 columns.
Take brain breaks. It is not worth teaching without a break for an hour. It is enough to devote 30 minutes to memorizing, rest and get back to work.

Before you sit down to study and learn a poem, you need to rest and gain strength. Not only does the brain need exercise, but also the stomach.

Chocolate stimulates brain activity. A little recharging will help children and adults to cope with the task faster.

Important! The more complex and voluminous the poem, the more time it will take to memorize.

How to learn a verse with a child under 3 years old

For children, teaching a poem can be an interesting game. Babies are especially active at 3 years old.

To make the process of memorization enjoyable for both children and parents, try to learn the quatrains according to the following rules:

Choose text dedicated to the holiday. For an autumn ball, you can learn a verse about leaf fall, for the New Year - about winter.
Tell the back story. Explain to the kid that solemnly at a certain hour the kid will devote a quatrain to his grandmother or Santa Claus.
Draw a poem. According to the lines the quatrain talks about, show the beauty of nature on a piece of paper.
Present learning in a playful way. A child under 3 years old will not sit straight at a desk and cram. Get ready for the fact that the memorization process can be delayed.

Advice! Praise your child for every word he memorized and reproduced. Promise delicious candy if your toddler recites the entire poem.

A quick way to learn a verse in 5 minutes

There is another very simple way to learn a poem. Re-read the work several times, repeat the lines aloud, create images and visualize the situation that occurs in the text.

After that try:

Open the book and cover the line endings with your hand. Read aloud, remembering the words that are covered.
Use a ruler. Now cover the text perpendicular to the above method. With each line that has already been told, open a new one.

Try to study the poetry in advance, not 5 minutes in advance. In addition to memorizing the text, written works of art require intonation transfer of meaning.

One should take pleasure in the work of great poets, and not sit in a corner with an unhappy textbook on literature.

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To get started, read the passage slowly and try to fully understand it. Then start reading the text by sentence, after reading each phrase, close your eyes and try to imagine a "picture" of the events described. This is the so-called "association technique", it has been proven that a person remembers information easier if he draws in his imagination the whole picture of what is happening. Using this method, you can quickly learn a poem in prose, as well as any other text, even technical.

Now break the text into paragraphs and start reading them while simultaneously presenting the events being described. Before moving on to a new passage, try to reproduce previously read sentences from memory. At the end of the process, be sure to take a break for a minute. By the way, if a paragraph exceeds 4-5 phrases, then it would be better to divide it into 2 parts.

After the break, read the whole text again, and try to reproduce it from memory. If the result does not suit you, you need to repeat the exercise described above.

Another way that you can use, both in order to quickly learn a verse in prose, and for memorizing various other texts, is drawing pictures. Try sketching on a sheet of what the sentence is about. Next, use these pictures as hints when trying to reproduce the text from memory. Those sentences that are the least memorable can be rewritten by hand several times.

Technique for effective and lasting memorization of poetry and prose

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How does the speaking process take place? It's very simple - I open my mouth and words fly out of there. I don't construct my speech as I go. I reproduce phrases from my memory, only slightly editing them, adjusting them to a specific situation. And if my memory does not contain a suitable phrase, then I am lost and do not find what to say. However, a person is a resourceful creature, he usually tries with all his might to avoid situations for which he does not have the right words in his stock. Many of those who think that they know Russian perfectly, in fact, simply lead a very limited lifestyle, for which a very poor command of the language is quite enough.

In order for a suitable phrase to be in memory, it must be placed there in advance, that is, simply speaking, it must be learned. It is known how small children learn the language. Every child always has some favorite fairy tale, which he forces his parents to tell him many, many times, until he himself knows it by heart. Then interest in this tale suddenly disappears, and the status of "beloved" is occupied by another. The same is with poetry, with books, with films.

When a child grows up, from somewhere he has an attitude that if he has read a book once, then there is no need to read it the second time. After that, his progress slows down significantly, and he can only marvel at the "extraordinary" ability of young children to speak.

Language, by and large, is everything that is said, written, sung in it. Among the things said, written and sung, there are especially successful things that it makes sense to know by heart.

Unfortunately, this idea was not alien to school methodologists, and they tried to distort and discredit it as soon as possible. The picture looks like this. The teacher asks to learn, say, by Friday a poem in ten lines that way. On Thursday night, the child, as usual, sits down for tomorrow's homework. Of course, no one explained the technique of memorizing to him. (I'm not even talking about the fact that it never occurred to anyone to ask whether he liked this poem or not). No matter how hard he tries, he cannot memorize ten lines in one evening so that he can then recite them at the chalkboard without hesitation. The next day he gets his legal "four", and on this the incident, as they say, is settled. You can forget the poem with a clear conscience.

The question is: is there a difference between how a four-year-old child learns by heart his favorite fairy tales, and how an eight-year-old student learns by heart the poems prescribed by the school curriculum? As natural and productive as the former, the latter is just as painful and meaningless.

If we want to learn poetry easily, in abundance and for life, then we should resolutely give up bad school habits! The main principle is not to rush. Even a short ten-line poem cannot be learned well in one evening. But if I just read it aloud once a day for a week or two, then it will be remembered as if by itself. Moreover, the result practically does not depend on the length of the poem. It could just as well be a whole poem. Therefore, it is better to learn a large amount of text at once, but not line by line, but the whole whole. For a first grader, this can be, for example, "Mukha-Tsokotukha", and for an adult - a chapter from "Eugene Onegin".

In general, an approximate memorization technique is presented below. With its help, you can teach both poetry and prose with equal success. The emphasis is not on the speed of obtaining the result, but on the meaningfulness of actions. I present this technique in my favorite first-person manner, assuming everyone can easily adapt it to their own purposes.

Stage one: creating an enabling environment

First of all, I should get a sound file with a recording of the poem I like (let's call it the memorized work for definiteness). It can be a professional studio recording from a store, or, alternatively, I can read the text myself. For ease of use, it is better to split the file into short fragments of 3-5 minutes using an audio editor. Now my task is to simply listen to this recording whenever possible. For example, in the evening before going to bed, to escape from daytime worries, or in the morning, immediately after waking up, to finally wake up.

Further, since I still study the Russian language one way or another, I can use the selected poem as a teaching material. If I develop beautiful handwriting, then this is the perfect text to rewrite. If I go through grammar, then on this text I can practice finding subjects and predicates, or cases of nouns, etc. Finally, if I master a computer typing, then God himself ordered me to type a poem on a computer.

However, in any case, I need a file with the text of the poem, for example, in Microsoft Word format. I print this text on separate sheets of paper, and now I do not mind doing whatever I want with them - drawing devils on them, folding and stuffing them in my pocket, taking them to the toilet with me, and sometimes looking in there and reading. Let these leaves be scattered throughout the room. If one of them disappears, it doesn't matter, you can always print a new one.

It would also be nice to discuss the poem with your family, or even read it aloud to them (for now, on a piece of paper). You can look at Wikipedia and see what is written about the author, or even better - take a book with his biography from the library. Perhaps a film or cartoon based on the poem has been staged, or even an opera has been written? Also worth checking out. In general, learning something without creating a suitable environment is like learning to swim without getting into the water. (This is one of the roots of the fundamental failure of the school education system.)

Stage two: working out the text (exercise "echo")

Two weeks later, after the poem has been mastered in a passive mode, it is time for the transition to active actions. The next technique (let's call it "echo") is borrowed by me from the technology of pair education (this technology assumes that I have a partner who plays the role of either my coach or my student). The partner reads me one or several lines of the poem, and my task is to repeat them after him word for word, without peeping into the text. At the same time, the partner must be able to adjust to my current "level" and dictate to me exactly such a piece that my task is neither too simple nor too difficult. If, nevertheless, I could not accurately repeat the whole piece after my partner, then he dictates it to me again. We both try to recite the text as expressively as possible - the more grimaces, "replays" and imitations, the better. Using this technique, we work through the entire poem piece by piece from beginning to end.

A small child, of course, needs a partner - in the form of a mom or dad, or even better - in the form of an older sister or brother. But if I have already left my elementary school age, then I can easily do without a partner, provided that I have a computer with an audio editor. I select a piece of the audio track, play it, play it with my voice, select the next piece, and so on. Particularly difficult parts can be repeated several times. By the way, this is a great opportunity to practice diction and artistry.

Stage three: recitation with prompts

At this stage, I may also need help from a partner. I go out into the middle of the room, take a theatrical pose and begin to recite a poem loudly from memory. As soon as I have a hitch, my partner prompts me for a forgotten word and at the same time marks it in the text with a marker. After I have read the poem to the end, we “go through” the difficult passages again. My partner dictates to me the line preceding the one where I had a hitch, and I must continue further.

However, you can easily do without a partner. I am preparing myself a cheat sheet in which the first words of each line of the poem are written out. Now, looking at them, I begin to loudly reproduce the full text. If some line is not preserved in my memory, then I make a corresponding note in the cheat sheet and, leaving the line unsaid, "go" on. Then I work through the missing lines separately - for example, using the "echo" exercise (you can also use some mnemonic techniques). A tool for quickly making such a cheat sheet is attached to this page.

Now is the time to remember why I am doing all this. I do this in order to enrich my memory with phrases for different occasions. At the same time, it is not so important whether I have learned 100% of all the lines of the poem or only 90%. And it doesn't matter at all whether I remember the order in which they follow. Therefore, if I can reproduce the poem on a cheat sheet with a moderate amount of hesitation, it means that I have already achieved my goal (although at school I would not have been given an A for it). This is not the case when "less is more." It is known that in any business most of the time is spent on revision and "polishing". Therefore, it is more rational to learn another poem by 90% than to bring this one to 100%. An important point in this is that the poem is so long that it is several times larger than the volume of my short-term memory.

However, there is, of course, a special charm in doing the job 100%. Here another cheat sheet may come in handy - in which only the first letters are written out of each line. The technique of working with this cheat sheet remains the same.

Here I should note two more fundamental differences from the school system. (1) At school we are taught that mistakes are very bad. For mistakes, they scold and lower the marks. (2) At the same time, the study assignments that students receive do not depend in any way on their previous grades. The excellent students practice what they already know well, and the failing students toil over the exercises that they cannot do. The first is destined for boredom, the second - an inferiority complex.

In fact, mistakes in learning are inevitable and they play a very important and positive role. My mistakes serve as a sure guide to me: they tell me what I should practice on next. In this case, thanks to the notes that I make in the cheat sheet, I have the opportunity to focus on those lines that are not yet remembered at the moment. I only teach what I do not know, and therefore my study is extremely meaningful and effective. It would be utterly absurd to scold me for mistakes and give me any marks for them.

Stage four: repetition

Although school teachers like to say that "repetition is the mother of learning", in reality, the school process takes place under the motto "pass and forget." Repetition does not take much time, but if you neglect it, then you can nullify all previous efforts.

There are two types of repetition - passive and active. Passive repetition means that the poem remains present in the environment and I continue to listen to it from time to time, even if only half-heartedly and between times. Active repetition is the recitation of a poem from memory (aloud or silently). All sorts of waste time is ideal for this, such as waiting in line, traveling in transport, sitting in a lesson at school. In this case, it is not necessary to have a cheat sheet, but you need a notebook and a pen to make notes about forgotten places. When I come home, I will have to refresh these places in my memory with the full text of the poem.

Repetitions should be done regardless of whether I raised the bar to ninety percent or one hundred percent. It's just that in the second case, an especially great emphasis should be placed on active repetition. Well, of course, you must use the learned phrases in full in everyday life.

In addition to poetry, it also makes sense to study prose (especially plays). This is done in exactly the same way, only the text should first be broken into short lines, like poetic ones. Examples can be found on the pages with materials on foreign languages:

K. Chukovsky. Cockroach.

P. Ershov. The Little Humpbacked Horse.

05/25/2008, edited 06/22/2012

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Questions and comments

Thanks, helped a lot.

The proposed technology, as a small revelation in fact, as it always only infuriated, why are they forced to learn IT by heart, never at school did they talk about the technology of "learning" and why it was needed.

I do not quite agree that in order to speak well it is necessary to memorize the texts, it seems to me that it is enough to just read. Good phrases and clever thoughts, in general, something useful is memorized automatically (i.e. without much conscious effort on the part of the reader).

hello i'm 10 years old i want to learn prose and i need help please

And what is this help?

Learning poetry by heart is considered an excellent practice for the early development of children, experts advise to start classes as early as possible, without waiting for the child to enter school. Choose simple verses for children and teach them in small portions with the little ones, often going back and repeating what has already been learned.

Thank you very much for the article. I got an aesthetic pleasure from reading.

Thank you, took it into service.

Thank you very much for the article. I will learn poetry with my daughter according to your method.

teach quietly with your daughter if you don't want to give and breathe for 1 hour and for lessons

I asked a question about the English language and they gave me some garbage!

The quality of the answer is largely determined by the quality of the question.

And to memorize, learn poems, plays, poetry for what purpose? Maybe so: ". and to excite smiles by the fire of unexpected epigrams. "? Or there are more mundane learning needs. In my opinion, it is much more important to understand, for example, why one person takes away his labor from another (the essence of capitalism), or it is much more important to know why most of humanity suffers from diseases of all kinds, why one person commands millions, why they build houses "close to each other" , why is it necessary to spend money on the "Far Eastern Tiger" program, why humanity cannot provide itself with food? And there are a lot of such "essential" problems. And it’s just harmful to study “opium for the people”, or to memorize the theory and practice of women's boxing, and I don’t see any use in learning the biography of Nemirov-Danchenko.

People speak (and many write) by memorized phrases. So it's better to memorize phrases of recognized masters of the word, and not God knows who. When the child grows up and finds answers to the most interesting questions (such as those that you ask), he will be able to tell about it in such a way that they will listen to him.

When a child is asked a verse at school, he is not interested in learning it, for the sake of grade he memorizes it at the beginning of the lesson and, having read it at 5, immediately forgets. ...

Learning Tips - How to Learn Text Fast

In order to learn the text, someone needs to look through the text once, someone needs to read it thoughtfully several times, and someone unsuccessfully struggles to memorize a couple of sentences. We offer you a few tips that, even for an untrained person, understand how to quickly learn a text by heart. I think it's worth remembering that you should first eliminate all distractions and ensure yourself complete silence while memorizing.

If you want to learn the text and at the same time sit in the social. networks, you are unlikely to be able to do it quickly.

1. Familiarize yourself with the assigned material! Get the main point. Meaning is a kind of core. With a single reading, almost everyone can tell in general terms what the text is about.

If we take a comparison with a tree, then the general meaning of the text is the trunk.

2. Further, after the meaning is understood, it is necessary to re-read the text, paying attention to the details of what is happening, building images and associations in the head. For example, if the text says in between times that it happened in sunny weather, remember how the sun shines, draw a kind of picture in your head. It is the associations and images that make the process of memorizing the text alive.

Meanwhile, our tree is already overgrown with twigs. Besides the fact that you already remember the meaning, you have noticed and memorized significant details.

3. Then read the text slowly, paying attention to the words. Try to memorize speech patterns, phrases. This should be done calmly and with concentration. Due to the fact that you have already formed the frame of the text, you just have to insert certain words in the right places.

Our tree has leaves.

4. Rewrite the text by hand while speaking it aloud. Do not be lazy and do not exclude this step, it connects another kind of memory. The so-called mechanical.

So our tree will get stronger and become more alive and healthy.

5. It's time to play the memorized text out loud.

Learn from your handwritten text (from step 4). Read the first sentence / first line, repeat aloud without peeping. Try to achieve accurate repetition. Then read and repeat the first and second sentences / lines. Add by sentence / line each time.

It happens that some part of the text does not want to be memorized. This usually happens at the junction of paragraphs. It's okay - reservations are acceptable. The main task is to convey the meaning, then the details and only then the words!

Here is our tree and bore fruit in the form of a text quickly memorized by heart.

We examine our tree from root to crown. We examine the trunk, branches and leaves and confidently go to collect fruits 🙂.

But do not forget that it is best to start learning the text two days before the date. Set aside some time after waking up and twenty minutes before bed on each memorization day. Better perception of the text occurs in the morning, and the rethinking of what has been learned occurs at night, thus, the text will be perfectly assimilated.

This concludes the article on how to quickly learn the text by heart. I hope you find our tips helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to write them in the comments.

I strongly disagree with such a lengthy algorithm for memorizing text. Too much time will have to be spent, read many times, then rewrite, read again. It is best to break up and retell into paragraphs of five sentences each, read it - retell it and so on three or four times. It turns out much faster.

Well, it seems to me that learning the text and sitting in social networks at the same time is already too much, So even no matter how hard you try, you can't learn the text perfectly. Full concentration of attention is required to study.

It seems to me that everything depends on the desire, if it is not there, then the algorithm will not help. Of course, some points must be used, but in general, only your own internal stimulus can help!

I myself can learn faster. I read the sentence several times, repeated it and that's it.

Then for figs came here to show off ah? Yes?

In my opinion .. the algorithm is too big! I can do this: I read the text, then I start to say what I remember, and at the same time I allow myself to peep. Then, when I have already memorized everything, I recite it several times and that's it! 15 minutes and it's easier and faster than your way.

I usually memorize one sentence, then the next, repeating the first and so on until the end of the paragraph.

How to learn prose fast?

Memory is conventionally divided into three types. If you have a well-developed visual memory, you should divide 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. The owners of the auditory type of memory are recommended 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.

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.

You should not memorize the text mechanically. The brain, defensively, denies cramming, reducing memory. Better to invoke ingenuity and imagination to help make learning fun. 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.

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.

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.

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.

On my own I will add: a favorable environment (so that nothing distracts, no music, no extraneous sounds). Desire to learn and good mood. You can't learn anything by being psychotic and nervous, so ... we relax. As a child, it helped me sing a verse.

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.

How to quickly memorize a text: memorization technique based on your type of memory

As you know, the possibilities of our brain are endless, the main thing is to direct your thoughts in the right direction. Thinking, memory and other processes are not only possible, but also need to be developed throughout life. Being engaged in their development, you can form an excellent memory, and in general, rise to a new level of development.

So, we will consider several techniques and find out how to quickly learn a text, as well as find out what types of memory there are and how to strengthen it.

Every person from childhood already knows how it is easier for him to remember information. As has long been known to both specialists and laymen, there are five types of memory that are associated with our feelings, and each has its own characteristics. Let's consider them.

1. If it is easier for you to memorize information in the form of some image or some picture or page from a textbook, then most likely you have developed visual memory.

For most people, it is this type of memorization that predominates over others. If you belong to this category, then the advice would be to open the desired page and try to remember it completely, count the number of paragraphs, type of font, and then close your eyes and try to visualize it.

It is necessary to achieve with the inner eye to see a mental copy of the page. Then we begin to memorize small passages, periodically peeping into the text and remembering an imaginary page.

The text can be taught both in sentences and in whole paragraphs, or you can divide it into semantic passages with keywords.

2. If it is easier for you to memorize information by ear, then you are a happy owner of auditory memory. Then try reading a large passage or the entire text on a dictaphone and periodically listening to it throughout the day, or read out fragments of the material to yourself or a volunteer aloud and try to retell it from memory.

3. Holders of such types of memory as olfactory, gustatory, tactile, can be advised to use the so-called technique of "anchoring", that is, when studying passages, sniff any essential oil, chew fruit gum or touch, for example, a wooden rosary or a pebble ... Then, if you need to remember what you memorized, just use the subject that you had at that moment.

After memorizing, it is worth distracting and doing other things: washing the dishes or taking a walk. This is necessary in order not to overwork the brain with monotonous actions and give it time to process the data. Before going to bed, repeat the material again, because the brain does not sleep at night, but systematizes knowledge.

There are also standard techniques that will make it easier to memorize the material in the future. For example, in the morning, while still in bed, you can count from 1 to 100. Simple, you say, but if you count in reverse order?

It is also worth using a calculator as little as possible and performing simple math operations in your head. At first this will cause some difficulty, but over time it becomes a habit.

Let a list of words be written to you, and after a minute of memorization, you need to reproduce it in the same order. Well, writing letters or diaries also contributes to memory training. After all, you will need to remember what you did today during the day, where you were and what you saw.

The general recommendation for everyone is to try to start studying the materials rested, well-fed and vigorous, then it will be much easier to assimilate the information. If you need to learn a lot of text, do not start studying, if you have unfinished distractions, it will be much more difficult to cope.

It is also important to understand the essence of the text. After spending some time thinking about the material, it will be easier to learn it.

You may find the following collection of videos useful.

Keeping in mind the key details of a future speech is a useful skill for any person. To memorize material quickly, you need to eliminate all external stimuli and create a work environment. For effective memorization, it is better to use several channels of perception and adhere to the following algorithm:

Read the entire text several times, delve into its meaning.
Use associations (memorize a picture drawn in your imagination while reading or listening).
Divide the material into logical parts and make a plan.
Write down key words or quotes to the points.
Retell each part separately, then put the story back together.

If you need to learn the text verbatim:

If possible, listen to the audio version based on the printed version.
Rewrite each paragraph of the text several times.
Fill in the endings of sentences with the proofreader and write in the missing words from memory. Reproduce the material orally or in writing.

If a child remembers the text, you need to make the process as fun as possible using game techniques:

Replace some of the words with pictures and recreate the story. Gradually paint over all the new words and draw pictures in their place, retelling the material each time.
Make a copy of the text and cut into small pieces. Now you can assemble it like a puzzle, while reading the resulting sentences. The brighter and funnier the font, the better.
Complicate the task: skip the essential point or add unnecessary facts.

To quickly learn a large text, it is advisable:

Divide it into parts and work with each of them separately.
Make a story plan or enter basic data in a table.
Repeat the material regularly with short breaks.
Use multiple channels of perception (for example, visual and auditory).

Information of interest to the reader is stored in memory automatically. Text written in understandable language lends itself better to memorization. Complicated material needs to be simplified as much as possible and all incomprehensible points should be clarified.

The pictogram method

Pictograms are a way of replacing words and sentences with pictures. You don't have to be an artist to do this. The simpler and funnier the pictures, the better. Visualization and interest, involvement in the process are important for children. In this case, these aspects are best combined.

Methodology:

Divide large text into sections. Work the whole story with the short story.
Divide your board or piece of paper into two pieces. On the left, write down the numbered sentences, each on a new line.
Read the sentences, sort out new words.
Read each sentence separately, depicting it with the picture on the right. You can start by replacing individual words, gradually making the job more difficult.
Close the left side. Retell the text by pictures an unlimited number of times.
Try retelling without relying on pictures.

While getting to know the game - draw pictures yourself. Then, gradually, children can be involved. For adults, this method is also suitable if the material is presented in more or less simple language.

Using notes and exercises

This method is especially suitable for visuals (those who better perceive information through sight), but anyone can use it. The result will be in any case, just someone will need more time to achieve it.

Methodology:

Divide the text into several parts. Work with each part separately.
Read the first part, sort out unfamiliar words and expressions.
Rewrite part of the text 1-2 times.
Use a proofreader to paint over individual phrases. Complete them from memory. Check yourself.
Rewrite the text again. Paint over twice as many pieces. Fill in the blanks.
Repeat until you can fully reproduce the paragraph.
Put all the parts together, retell the text orally.

This work can be combined with listening (the method described above), then the result will be of high quality and long.

Repetition method

If you have very little time to study, but you need to quickly learn the text in English, you can use the technique of constant repetition.

Methodology:

Write small passages of the story on the sheets. Better to use bright, flashy markers.
Hang them around the house: above the kitchen table, in the bathroom, on the mirror in the hallway, on the balcony.
Visiting these places or just passing by, you will see: your eyes will "catch" on sentences, and what you read will be stored in your memory.

Of course, the technique itself will not work, but as an addition to other methods, it will give a good result and speed up memorization.

Planning

If there is no task to learn the English text by heart, but you can convey everything in your own words, a detailed plan for the future story will help well. It is important to understand the meaning of the text and understand what you are going to talk about, and the task must necessarily correspond to the level of language proficiency.

Methodology:

Read the text thoughtfully, write out unfamiliar words.
Break the material down into logical parts (introduction, key points and facts, end).
Highlight pivot points. Make a detailed plan for each part. Present it in the form of short theses, quotes, or questions.
Retell the text according to the plan several times, looking into the original if necessary.
Retell the text without looking at the original and then without using the outline.

Pivot points in the form of quotations can be highlighted directly in the original text, underlining them with a pencil. And in the margins, take your notes.

Mind map

This is a mind map that allows you to structure even material that is very difficult to perceive. In an arbitrary style, a map of what has been read is depicted, on the basis of which the material is retelling. This technique will be useful for those who need to quickly learn the text, but do not have to reproduce it verbatim. A bright plan, where everything is laid out on the shelves, will be well imprinted in the memory.

Methodology:

Highlight the key issue. Write or draw it, circle it.
Depict secondary thoughts in the form of branches in any direction. Someone draws to the right and left, someone from top to bottom. There are no restrictions.

You will get a detailed plan in a convenient format, based on which it is easy to retell the material in your own words. For those who like to draw, you can replace sentences with pictures. This will make the process more interesting and even help you memorize the information better.

How to learn a text in English and remember it for a long time

Learning your native language happens in a natural way. We remember what we hear in childhood, gradually accumulating knowledge and expanding our vocabulary. When learning a foreign language, the approach changes and you have to consciously memorize words, phrases and texts. Let's consider several methods that can be modified and combined with each other.

Listening to audio recording of text

The technique consists in listening and reading the text at the same time and is very effective. The fact is that two channels of perception are involved at once: visual and auditory, which means that information is absorbed better. In modern English textbooks, almost every text can be heard. If an excerpt from a work is given, an audiobook will help.

Methodology:

Read the text and write down any unfamiliar words and phrases.
Listen to the story in parts and at the same time follow the eyes along the text.
Pause after each sentence and repeat after the announcer. This will help not only to remember each of them well, but also to practice pronunciation.
Listen to the audio version at any free time: in transport, while walking, before going to bed. You will not even notice how everything will be memorized.
Repeat listening as many times as you need to memorize.

The more often you listen to audio, the better. It all depends on the length of the text, its complexity and the available time. The method is also useful for correcting pronunciation. If you are not sure how to pronounce a particular word, listening to well-read sentences will be very useful.

Do you urgently need to memorize the text? How easy is it to learn? Similar questions arise in the minds of people before the test, exam and other important events. Our brain has endless possibilities, only it should be helped in their development. At the moment, there are a sufficient number of techniques in the world aimed at developing thinking and memory. It is worth noting that absolutely all mental processes can be improved throughout life. Being engaged in self-development, a person can achieve a lot. We are used to seeing such successful people on the TV screen, reading about them in magazines and on popular sites on the Internet.

The process that allows us to remember and forget information is called memory. It has its own volume, i.e. a person can remember only a limited amount of information. But by developing memory, over time, its storage can be significantly increased.

In order to understand exactly what amount of information a person can remember, special techniques are used to determine the resource of not only short-term, but also long-term memorization. It is possible to quickly memorize a large text by following the recommendations verified by many people.

Types of memory:

tactile;
gustatory;
figurative;
visual;
auditory;
olfactory.

Starting from childhood, a person develops a certain type of memory. For example, if he liked to read books on his own, then in the future it will be quite easy for him to remember information from paper and other media, that is, which can be read on his own. Thus, visual memory will be well developed. Let's consider another variant of memory development. If in childhood parents read books to a child at home, then his auditory memory will be well trained.

How to learn text quickly and easily? In order for a person to quickly memorize the flow of information from any source, he should regularly develop his memory, and cover absolutely all of its types. In this matter, classes will help in various methods that suggest regularly performing special exercises.

First of all, in order to remember the text, you need to read it and understand what the author wanted to convey to the reader. By understanding what each paragraph is talking about, it will be much easier to remember it than just a set of words. A sure way to memorize is also visualization of what you read, that is, creating a small movie in your head using the images of this text. Correctly fulfilling all the conditions of the methods, you can quickly memorize the work.

It has long been proven that it is easier for any person to solve a problem in parts, this also applies to memorizing the text. To make it easier to store information in memory, you should divide it into parts.

When studying the text, it is worth organizing a calm environment around you. It is advisable to turn off the radio, TV and retire, since if someone nearby is talking on the phone, it is unlikely that you will be able to remember a theorem or a poem.

In some cases, from a work that needs to be learned, it is worth writing out some words, you get something like a cheat sheet, and they, as has long been proven, are useful for learning. Records allow you to highlight the main information from the essay; visual memory works when writing. Also, while reading a book, memorize the font of the text, pictures on the pages.

If suddenly it seems that you are tired and the brain does not perceive information, get distracted, drink coffee, rest, and then start studying with renewed vigor, having previously remembered the already learned text. It is much easier to memorize prose at home than in other settings, and it takes less time.

There are many methods and exercises for training memory in the world, almost all of them are effective. Consider the most popular of them with many positive reviews.

Put the calculator aside during any math calculation. By counting in the mind or on paper and doing it regularly, a person significantly increases the amount of memory.
Start your day with a score of 100 to 1. You need to count in that order and try to increase your speed every day.
A fairly effective exercise is called Cities in a Minute. It is simple to do it: in just one minute you need to name 60 cities, one city per second. You won't be able to do this the first time, but performing such a task every day, after a week you can notice positive results.
You can try learning new words. This technique will allow a person not only to train memory, but also to learn a foreign language. Such exercises should be performed regularly, since the picture will not change from one time, as with muscle training. It is recommended to learn fifteen words a day and to increase this barrier with each subsequent week.
The simplest and most well-known exercise is the usual memorization of a poem. Important in this technique is its constancy, that is, you need to learn new verses systematically.

Techniques for quickly studying a poem

Don't know how to quickly learn texts by heart? Using some techniques and guidelines, it will become much easier and faster.

After that, be sure to visualize the poem, doing this is a little more difficult than in the case of prose, but the result will be effective. For example, if the verse speaks of a prisoner sitting behind bars (A.S. Pushkin), then you can even draw this picture on paper.

When memorizing a poem, pay attention to the rhymes. You can also try to read the work in roles, create a dialogue, for example, with a close relative or friend.

Have you learned a verse, but are you afraid to make a mistake in the story? Write down the first words of each line on paper, this will greatly facilitate the task.

Reading quickly improves memory

Very few people know how to quickly memorize a text. First of all, you need to master the technique of fast reading, it is she who will help to select the most important information from a large text or from an entire book in a short time.

Reading can be different:

unhurried - it is referred to as reading works of fiction (novels, detective stories, etc.);
focused - required to study very important information;
fast reading - with its help it is easy to highlight the main thing from a large text;
fluent - the essence of the information is remembered without details.

Using the fast reading technique, a person can easily highlight the main information in the text and not waste his time on excess water in it.

To master the technique of fast reading, it is recommended to initially read the table of contents of the book, this will help to form an overall impression of it. Then read the introduction, chapters, pay attention to the highlighted information in the text, which the author emphasizes.

Train your reading speed of words per minute, each time take a new page for the exercise from the book.

We remember the information we read

Some people do not have a very good memory, and always wonder how to quickly learn texts by heart. To do this, you do not need to do anything complicated, just follow the recommendations that will help to reduce the study time significantly.

The surest way to easily memorize something is to remember. This is the name of the memory function, which helps a person remember information learned in the past.

Reading the text again, a few hours after the first time, will strengthen it more in memory.

Having understood the information contained in the work, a person can memorize the entire text in a fairly short time. Also memorize the work in parts, it is easier than to learn all at once. Read thoughtfully, understand the words, understand what you are reading. A proven fact: what you read before bedtime is remembered better.

What helps your memory to be in good condition?

In the human body, everything is interconnected, this also applies to memory. In order for her to be in order, you need not only to train the thought processes, but also to monitor the state of your brain.

both an adult and a child should get enough sleep every day. Experts say that people who sleep less than seven hours a day are prone to forgetfulness and inattention. Therefore, be sure to follow the daily routine;
our brain, like the whole body, needs energy to work, we take it from food. Therefore, monitor your diet, exclude semi-finished products and other unhealthy foods from it. Eat more cereals, vegetables and fruits;
do not forget about physical activity and walking in the fresh air, this will help to saturate the blood with oxygen more, which has a good effect on the entire body and memory.

The mysterious possibilities of memory

Our memory, as mentioned earlier, has unlimited volumes. You can memorize the necessary and unnecessary information in different ways. By training your memory every day, you can discover a lot of new and unknown things.

Literature lessons are familiar to everyone from school, but everyone faced the need to learn a verse. Of course, when you start memorizing a verse in time, there will be no problems. However, there are situations when you need to memorize a poem in a short time, for example, how to learn a verse in 5 minutes? It seems that this is not possible, but in this article we will show techniques that will refute this myth. To learn a verse quickly, read the following sections.

If you need to memorize a poem in a short time, the following instructions will come in handy:

Regardless of the volume of the poetic form, it should be read aloud - this is a prerequisite. In this case, it is necessary to place accents that are convenient for you in meaning while reading the text. It is necessary to read the poem at a slow pace, clearly and loudly and, of course, with expression. This will help the brain to concentrate correctly and tune in the necessary mood. We recommend that you read it at least three times.
For the reason that the brain mainly remembers only images, you need to create a picture in your head. This method allows you to quickly learn not only a small, but a large poem. Such visual associations are the basis on previously placed semantic accents. In view of this, it is necessary to do all this at the same time. Clearly visualize the situation, about what is happening in the plot of the poem. It is recommended to build logical chains to help convey information. Forming images, you can put the learned plot in your head for a long time. Thanks to the technique, you can learn poems very quickly, as well as memorize them for a long time.
After drawing up the plot, the poem should be recited again. The second repetition should take place at a slow pace, without having to read with expression or delve into the text. At this stage, you need to focus on the syntax rules, i.e. the form of words, their time and declension. In this case, not only visual memory is turned on, but also auditory.
We connect the motor memory. Of course, it will take more than 15 minutes, but in 50-60 minutes it is quite possible to do it. A prerequisite is to rewrite each stanza of the work on paper, while pronouncing it.
If you have a spare hour in time, you can start to break the columns of the poem as you like, i.e. not like in a book. Create groups of stanzas in meaning and content. In addition, you can supplement the poem with small drawings and notes that will indicate a specific fragment. This will make it pretty easy to learn the poem by heart.
Well, and in the end, cramming remains, but you need to do this only from the sheet that you wrote for yourself. After all, there are hints in the form of pictures, text written by your hand, as well as images created in your head. The lines should be repeated silently and aloud, by heart, but do not peep into the text. If the verse is voluminous, then break it into blocks.
In conclusion, we will give advice: if, when memorizing a poem, some line or word causes difficulty, rewrite it separately, like a cheat sheet. Just one phrase!

This instruction is an effective method for teaching a poem not only in Russian, but also in other languages. Thanks to this technique, you can learn a page of information in one hour and remember it for a long time. And if it comes to a small verse, then in 15 minutes you can easily learn it.

If you have more than 60 minutes, the following tips on how to quickly learn a verse will be helpful.

A dictaphone is a recording of your own voice reciting a piece. While doing your daily activities, turn on the recording and listen, constantly scrolling in your head. Then repeat the lines in sync with the recording. So, doing household chores, you can simultaneously memorize a verse quickly.
Involve all the senses in this process, because this way it is much easier and faster to cope with the task. For example, take a small ball in your hand, and, at the same time as pronouncing the text, throw it from hand to hand. Such an exercise will allow you to very effectively learn poetry by heart, not only for children, but also for adults.

What is the most effective and correct time to learn poetry? Psychologists recommend doing this shortly before bedtime. In fact, these are the only techniques that allow you to learn poetry quickly and easily. If you have other techniques, then you can actively use them, and also share with others.

It is quite difficult for children to memorize some text on their own. The following guidelines will help both children and adults learn large and small literature quickly.

An important rule is that kids remember only the information that they can understand, so before you force a child to learn a verse by heart, you should explain the plot to him or even tell the whole story.

Thus, the picture in the child's head will be clearly drawn, and he will be able to very easily remember the poem. To do this, it is recommended that you read the verse aloud several times and discuss it with your child.

Then, have your child read it for themselves several times. Advise you to read slower or faster so that the child can understand how it is more convenient for him to recite the verse. It may take hours, but it's worth it. On the part of the parent, it will be important to help the child with gestures, facial expressions and, if possible, depict the plot. Further, it is necessary to memorize a verse, but the child will do this with an image in his head, so memorization will be more effective.

Praise and admire the child for each verse. This motivates further study.

The question arose about when is the best time to teach? Better before bed, of course. However, this is not easy for all children, so pay attention to the time when he is full of energy and offer to learn the work.

Above we have listed very effective ways to quickly memorize poetry, i.e. in five minutes. Although at first the memorization time can reach 10-15 minutes. However, these techniques are suitable for small, classic shapes. But in the literature there are also complex works that are difficult to memorize in 10-15 minutes. How to learn poetry of this volume? Do not be upset, because Below are some techniques that make it very easy to learn a long verse in an hour.

Study the material several times. Mentally sort the text into images, plot and pictures. If necessary, find out the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Write the verse in your notebook while speaking out loud.
Learn a poem from a notebook. Remember the first sentence as you read. If it doesn’t work for 10 minutes, then read until the fragment is remembered.
Smoothly add subsequent ones to the first fragment, repeating what you have already learned.
Having learned 2-3 quatrains, take a break for 10-15 minutes.
After you have learned the entire verse, you should return to it during the day. Recite the entire verse or difficult passages several times.
Before going to bed, repeat the text.
In the morning, reproduce what you learned without reading it. Then recite the verse two times out loud. After repeating, make sure not to make mistakes.

With systematic practice, you can reduce memorization of a poem from one hour to 15 minutes.

It is worth noting that, in general, poems have quatrains, if this is not a prose poem. Therefore, it is better to memorize, first by 1-2 lines, and then increase the volume. That is, you memorize the first two lines by heart, then the next game. The third step is connecting the two fragments. Thus, you will be able to learn the entire text. Someone can do it in 15 minutes, but someone needs an hour.

As for unfamiliar or difficult words that you cannot learn by heart in any way, you should do so. Write out these words on a blank sheet of paper and use it like a cheat sheet. Note that after several times, there is no need for the sheet. And in the future you will be surprised when, after seeing these very words, you will remember the whole text.