Recitation

Recitation works for several reasons:

• First, when you know you are going to recite something in your own words, you pay more attention. It forces you to employ the principle of intent to remember.
• Second, you get immediate feedback. You know if you are able to explain something in your own words out loud. You understand it.
• Third, when you hear something, you have used an entirely different part of the brain.

• Make use of flashcard of anything you need to learn.
• When you finish reading a paragraph in your reading assignment, stop and recite. You will soon see that understanding what you read and explaining it out loud are very different. If you can explain something out loud, you are well on your way to learning it.
• Find a partner and ask each other questions and answer out loud.