10 Learn English with My Dogs How's Your Memory?

LINK TO DISCOUNTED COURSE ****** TRANSCRIPT 10 How’s your memory? In the wild, an elephant’s memory is key to its survival and while it may be true that an elephant never forgets, we humans certainly do. So how can we avoid forgetting what we’ve learned when it comes to language learning? Why do we forget things we have already learned? Well, our memories are made up of networks where the information is stored. So why can’t you remember a word, expression or structure you have learned? We forget what we have learned when we haven’t formed enough connections in our memory network and when they are not used enough. So what is the solution? It is really very simple. We have to use what we have learned. So let’s test ourselves to see if we have formed enough connections in our memory network. In other words, what do you remember?

in the wild, an elephant's memory is key to its survival and while it may be true that an elephant never forgets, we humans certainly do. So how can we avoid forgetting what we've learned when it comes to language learning? Why do we forget things we have already learned? Well our memories are made up of networks where the information is stored. So why can't you remember a word expression or structure you have learned? We forget what we have learned when we haven't formed enough connections in our memory network and when they are not used enough. So what is the solution? It is really very simple. We have to use what we have learned. So let's test ourselves to see if we have formed enough connections in our memory network. In other words,what do you remember? Say the answers aloud. Look at the first picture. This is of a dog working with the Army in Afghanistan. Do you remember how to say to be working extremely hard? That's right. It's to be working like a dog. Now the next picture. How do you say that it's raining really heavily? We say it's raining cats and dogs. And the next picture. What could you call a person or a group that is better than others? You could call them a top dog. Let's look at the picture of the cat and dog fighting. What could you say about people who are always fighting viciously? You could say that they fight like cat and dog. And the next picture. What is the expression we use to say that something has deteriorated? We say to go to the dogs. How would you describe someone who shouts orders in an unfriendly way? We would say they bark orders. Click here to receive a discount for my udemy course, Learn English Master the Conditionals. Join us again to improve your English and remember to subscribe.