Unit7MemoryUnit7MemoryListeningaListeningandspeakingndspeaking•Listening•Testingyourmemory•Toptip:Youcanusedifferentmethodstohelpyourememberinformation.Forexample,youcanputthenumber2465716848intogroupslikethis:246-571-6848•AYouaregoingtotaketwomemorytests.Listentothefirsttestandfollowtheinstructions.Number1:____________Number2:_____________9754743186262•B.Listentothesecondtestandfollowtheinstructions.•1ListA:•___________________________•2.ListB:•__________________________•sit,day,pen,cow,sitman,cat,fat,hat,man•CListentotherecordingagainandcirclethecorrectanswers.•1Inthefirsttest,howmanynumberscanmostpeoplerememberforashorttime?•aSixorsevennumbers•bEightorninenumbers•2Inthesecondtest,whichlistwaseasiertoremember?•aListAbListB•3Whatdoscientistthinkaboutwordsthatsoundsimilar?•aTheyareeasiertoremember.•bTheyarehardertoremember.•Speaking•ATalktimeLossofplosion•Whentwoplosiveconsonants•(e.g/t/,/d/,/p/,/b/,/k/,or/g/)arenexttoeachother,wedonotpronouncethefirstone,andthereisusuallyashortpausebetweenthem.Wecallthisthelossofplosion.•Thefollowingaresomeexamples:•football/`fu:tb:l/ɔ•usedto/`ju:sttu/•sitdown/`sitdaun/•A1Practisesayingthesewords:•bi(g)carre(d)penbe(d)time•bla(ck)boardBo(b)Brown•stam(p)bookba(d)day•cu(t)downge(t)backgoo(d)byepos(t)card•shor(t)-term•A2Readthesesentences•1Gla(d)tomeetyou.•2Thisisagoo(d)boy.•3Thatwasthebes(t)dayofmylife.•4Ifel(t)badaboutwhathappened.•5Mos(t)peoplelikeflowers.•Bspeakup•DoyouhaveanyspecialmethodsforrememberingEnglishwords?Dotheywork?•Inpairs,talkaboutyourexperience.Followtheexample.•S1:DoyouhaveanyspecialmethodsforrememberingEnglishwords?•S2:Yes.Youcanmakeashortsentencewitheachletteroftheword.•S1:Canyougivemeanexample?•S2:Ifyouwanttoremembertheword“family”,youcanmakethesentence“Fatherandmother,lloveyou.”•S1:That’sagoodidea.Thankyou!
