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Unfogging the Secrets clumsier. The main point is whether we

to Memorising have the heart to do it or not. We also have
to remember to use our brain frequently
As high school students, memorising texts, passages and historical stories are so it will not forget important information
definitely a part of our daily school lives. However, most students may find it difficult after revising.
to remember all those long and boring information. What can we do to improve our
memory, and make things easy and fun to memorise? On 16th April 2022, Mr. Benson

Lim provided the answers and secrets to memorising stuff to all the Junior Middle 2 Information Processing
students.

How can we efficiently process information?

Two unique and creative ways were provided by Mr. Lim, which were the: The ways include repeating / reciting
1) story memory technique, information, connecting the information
2) body parts memorisation technique and; with other stories to produce a deeper

3) numeral pictures technique. impression and separate the information
by groups to study. However, the first way
isn’t recommended.
1) Story memory technique As we have different body parts, from our

hair to our feet, we can attach different Q&A Session
information to each body part (note:
We can memorise different information by mentally!). For example, if we have to 3. Should I study easy or harder subjects
making them into an interesting story. Mr. memorise the words ‘grape’ and ‘rice’, we 1. How can we improve our concentration? first?

Lim used the twelve horoscopes’ mandarin can imagine the grapes to be our eyes and
translation as an example. In a bottle (水瓶 imagine us holding the rice up on our
座 - Aquarius), there are two fish, which shoulders. Therefore, various vocabularies Ans: Play unfamiliar music as you will be Ans: Everybody is different, therefore it is

are Aries (白羊座) and Taurus (金牛座). can be memorised through this method. able to concentrate on your work compared up to you.
Aries and Taurus had twins, called Gemini to familiar music that will make you want
(双子座). He reminded us that our brain's to sing or hum. Everybody’s concentration
maximum capacity for memorising things Tips: times also vary, some during the day, and Junior Middle 2s have learnt a lot from
is seven. If there are more than seven - the brain likes dramatic and unrealistic some during the afternoon or night. You this special talk. We do hope that students

pieces of information to memorise, try stuff, so make your imaginations as crazy should also stop and rest after working for will be able to use the skills learnt in their
and separate them into different groups as possible! about 40 minutes. daily life. Lots of thanks to the Kuen Cheng
to memorise. Therefore, our brain will not - use different senses to memorise Counselling Department and Mr. Benson

“overload” and fail to process the big wave information Lim for organising this enlightening talk!
of information. 2. What is your suggested sleep length?

3) Numeral pictures technique

Tips: Ans: For high school students, at least 7 Reported by:
- the story must have an orderly sequence hours of sleep is suggested. Ng Yi Phin JR2Z(2)
- try and use possessive pronouns and We can also link numbers with items that
verbs they look like. This method is useful to
memorise historical stories and classical
stories. Everybody’s brain structure is
2) Body parts memorisation technique the same, and nobody is born smarter or

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