Summary: 1. Read over the lines a few times 2. Write down the first letter of each word 3. Read it using first letters only 4. Try it from memory Good luck! :)
It’s a form of encoding specificity called transport-appropriate processing. Essentially, if the context during retrieval matches the context during memorization, it maximizes your rate of recall. In this case the first letters are cognitive cues that instantly link to your memory storage and pulls the info to your working memory.
This is insanely amazing. This is how I learned my huge monologues for the play I was in. I was the male lead, and had the most lines in a 3 act play, and this technique DOES WORK!
Four shows into my theatre career and this technique is 4/4 ✅ To those who are struggling or could use some advice with this technique, let me know and I’ll post my Instagram and you can dm me! Just want to help some fellow actors.
Shit man I had to memorize four pages of a sales script in less than a day this is literally the only useful video I've found thanks so much. This has literally saved my career. like the one I pay bills with not the one where I wish I was peter pan and go to never ending auditions lmao. Thanks
i hope it works! i have a 5 page script to learn for my new job. can't start till i learn it & can't get paid till i start... nothing else seems to be making it stick so i'm looking for something else!
As a drama student in high school this saved me. Memorised so many scripts with this and helped many of my peers. I’m in college now but saw your video years ago and with it popping up on my recommended recently again, I thought I’d drop back in to share my thanks ❤
This isn’t just great for learning lines initially, it’s also amazing if you haven’t reviewed lines in a while. I’m talking weeks, months, years, even. You’re able to remember it so quickly just by reading over the text and then the letters, even if it’s been forever. Lifesaver!
This makes a lot of sense thru the lens of linguistic psychology. We process language differently when reading/listening/writing/speaking, and the first steps here involve reading, writing, and speaking. (It's important to speak the lines aloud!) The next layer is that we tend to process first letters/sounds more than the middle bits, so isolating the first letters serves as both a shorter mnemonic and as an additional way to process of the words. I'm sure someone working in the field could break it down further, but this jives with all the language learning science I've come across.
My dad taught me this method 27 years ago. I had to memorize Bible passages every week at school and I would use this technique exactly. As I said the passage i would rewrite the first letters as I went over and over. When test time came I had a visual in mind when I had to write out the passage. By high-school we had chapters at a time.
Hey yeah this technique is not the best for memorizing an entire script. It's more for a line here or there that's tripping you up. If you want to memorize an entire script line for line, check out some of my other videos on memorizing text and/or using the memory palace. Good luck!
You can apply this to basically everything and elevate of it. I learned a technique myself which helped me both memorize and spend little to no time on studying. Over a 3 week period of 40 hours lessons i would spend 10 hours of those actually studying; and have 30 hours doing whatever i wanted. - 7 hours went towards through going reading through the chapter and gathering all material i needed - 1 hour at the end of the first week (friday) going over all the material - 1.5 hours over 2 week period were spent reading through all material to keep it fresh - 30 minutes were spent right before the test, quickly reading through everything and seeing how well me and my friend could keep a dialogue and motivate our reasoning on the questions The Process 1. Listen to the teacher during the powerpoint Presentation 2. What the teacher just did, try it practically 3. Read the a chapter, go through what you just read in your mind. 4. Write down Key points of what you read 5. Make up questions on situations where it can be applied 6. Repeat until you are at the end 7. Write down Facts/definitions in simple form 8. Before a test Go through the Fact/definitions. 9. There should be little to none difficulty in answering the questions. Bonus: For every question, make up a situation where the answer could be applied. Example; Question: How often does a car need Maintenance? Answer: Every 8-12 Months is a procedual checkup Example. The recommendations are 8-12 Months, but it varies *depending* on the *age of the car and millage*. Natural events can also be a benefactor, living close to the sea or in a area where sea salt is a common occurence can speed up the process of rust and deoxidation of the metal, prompting for Maintenance far more often than reguarly... yada yada yada. Just simply providing the answer will land you a decent/good grade Providing a nuanced case will make you seem interested in the subject and knowledgable, It's important to split the two, as the teacher first want to see if you know the answer, then if they are interested, read the case and see you are very knowledgable.
I like your method. But I’m not sure how it would apply to certain fields. For example, I’m an electrical engineering graduate and not sure how to adapt your method into circuit analyses and other various mathematical analyses and assessments. I think this would work well in other fields where concepts, facts, information and details define one’s expertise on a given subject (eg biology, history, etc). Would love to hear any suggestions on methods for memorizing /familiarity on evaluation of less-concrete methods of demonstrating knowledge. I do see it could be helpful in accessing steps needed for mathematical evaluation. But even then… 🤓
@@lauren8420 It can be used to a certain extent The method i mentioned is for classes from Kindergarten up to college/Highschool and subjects such as you mentioned "other fields where concepts, facts, information and details define one’s expertise on a given subject (eg biology, history, etc). " It becomes quite the difference when you advance to subjects such as PHD, Engineering, Juridical science. But one example i would provide for a Analysis is to state the numerous of facts based on your results and other factual criterias. Then once that has been provided you start arguing the resulsts and possibilities, this could be if something had a specific impact or benefited to the outcome. One great example is math, there is a infinity ways to approach a problem, Let's say the question wants you to achive the number 2, the most simple way here is to do 1 + 1, but you can do 1-3 or 10/5 however the correct answer there would be that there is a infinite ways to achive the number 2, you provided the most simple form of achiving the answer and then provided additonal equations to reach said same answer, but ultimately you proved the most important answer, there is a infinite ways of achiving the number 2. Which is on the same level of a Analysis, while a question stating "Achive the number 2 using multiplication through through simple form" the answer they seek for here is very specific and limited and is usually how school is designed up to highschool and college. In my opinion to demonstrating knowledge is showing how you are dependable in a unexpected situation that arised and not afraid of questioning yourself and your results and making it clear this is your way of achiving said results but it's not the only one. Wisdom plays a big role here as well as someone who is very knowledgeble should be wise
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I have very severe memory loss, ecspecially when it comes to vocabulary due to brain surgery. I wahad THE best memory and focus in the class before surgery. After surgery, I was on the very bottom, coming to testing and grading. I learned this years ago myself and I never would've survived. I know other people with neurlgocal trauma who do this exact same technique . Like he said, it's not the first people who have discovered this, so I'm so happy that he can share this concept to people to *functional people who can go far in life, unlike me lbs*
i have awful memory, and i have a feeling that i have short term memory loss possibly due to a medication that i take. but honestly im not sure. im so sorry about your neurological trauma, i hope you're doing well
Excellent technique. I'd felt hopeless for years about memorizing anything verbatim, and this totally works with 90% less of the effort I had been expending to have lousy results. Thanks for sharing!
My 8 year old daughter has an audition coming up and she had problems memorizing her script. Now, thanks to this technique, she has memorize an entire page in just minutes. omg, this is insane. Seeing that we worked on her script together, I have memorized the script too! Thank you.
I had a 17 line poem with hard/ old time english from Romeo and Juliet that I had to memorize by the next day. We had a month to memorize it and I slacked off the whole time till the final day. I used this method and Litterly memorized it in 25 minutes perfectly and got a 100! Thank you!
Best memorization technique I've ever tried. I've been struggling to learn some texts for 3 days and with this technique I learnt them in one afternoon
I am sitting here open mouthed!! I’ve been doing 1 minute monologues for the past 3 days (1 per day) to try and speed my memory up. It’s taken me over 24 hrs to nail each one. I’ve just tried this method and it worked instantly!! This is an absolute literary lifesaver!! Thank you so much
YASSS I USED THIS TODAY FOR MY TEST AND WORKS FLUENTLYYY. This man is not only saving my grades, he saving my time, relationship with parents and frustration ❤️ Thanks for sharing
@@hannahscottp4389 I would combine this method with the memory palace method. If it's that many lines, you'll still want some other way to keep track of them all.
I love this technique. I use it when studying anatomy and physiology and it helps out A LOT during tests! I also make relationships with different words and letters for example: Artery starts with A meaning the blood is transported Away from the heart. Or if I really can’t seem to memorize certain material I’ll make up an off the wall story of the terms and definitions so there’s no way I can forget it. I just discovered your channel and I look forward to watching more videos like this!
🤯🤯🤯🤯 Mind freakin BLOWN!! This will revolutionize my life!! I have a very hard time memorizing things, but I was able to repeat back everything right along with you! I had no idea there were actual techniques to memorizing things like this. Happy tears. I am going to look up the other technique you spoke of. God bless you!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I was left in a panic with only 1 day to memorize a 10-minute elaborate speech for my first competition and this technique was a lifesaver!
this is works so so well, i had to memorize a poem for the subject Binhi (Filipino) and i memorized it in abt 30 minutes or so and got a 100%! yall should try this this is very affective !!
Thank you, I have always struggled with memorization. Long story short, I had to recite a page worth of words with conviction with my entire career in the balance. literally reciting it word for word from memory after an hour. I hope this helps people as much as it did for me.
hello, i just finished studying (memorizing) a school exposition for tomorrow, and i got it all memorized in like 20 minutes with this method so thank you!!!
So awesome. I actually started doing this on my own in college one night I had to cram for an exam. It works very well for memorizing large amounts of materials. But it’s true that you need to do more work to keep it in your long term memory.
I have done this for tests in the past! especially when it's a list I need to remember. I thought I was the only one who did it, the only difference is that if there are words with blended consonants I write the first two letters. Great video!
I was thinking something similar as Johnny Doe, but gave it a try with the 'I' chapter of Eunoia, which features more than one level of extreme internal alliteration: www.poetryinvoice.com/poems/chapter-i The compression of 'i' sounds does make it more challenging, but not when I broke it down to smaller chunks. I'm going to play around with it more, but it's obvious already that it will create a fun advantage for, shall we say, "natural language." I'm just starting with 200kg on the bench for fun during the initial test. Next stop Shakespeare. In the meantime, thanks for this ultra-cool tip! :)
You showed the paper on the screen in min 4:22 and I literally said it!! I struggled, but one tip: TRY not to look immediately to the source text. Think about it, give your brain time. If you get stuck, try to match other sequences of the letters from the visual images you created and map those, then from the beginning again. After a few mins, I was able to reconstruct the entire line. Disclaimer: I am English-Spanish interpreter. I literally get paid to memorize what people say in one language to repeat it back into the target language, so I guess I came with practice. But it works! I intuitively used this technique at work writing a few key words or symbols that I know will be the element I need to reconstruct the rest of the message.
I'm in a play and I have to memorize 67 pages of lines thanks so much !! I've memorized 46 pages so far this is the only helpful thing I've found your so awesome!
Thanks dude, I have a photographic memory, and it’s crazy because I could tell you what side of the page in a book a specific quote is on, and I’m learning disabled, but what I realized all watching your video is the best way for people to learn memorization skills is to watch videos of songs they like or read poems they like, and after a while, they’ll be sitting there reciting their favorite song and poem without it being in front of them. I don’t know if that’ll work for anyone, but it surely works for me. There’s always a way, but you have to find the best way for you, and if you pay attention, you will realize what it is.💜
Wowww..I've never seen a comment about someone who actually has photographic memory. I have problems memorizing numbers in my line of work..that skills/talent would be super awesome to have
It worked for me, thank you! Btw, I had to memorize really long Q/Ans for History but I used this technique line by line, then I recited the line to the best of my memory 3-5 times (I did this for each line), and I memorized each question within 15 minutes, before it would take me like 30 minutes, thank you!
Stumbled across this video today and I was intrigued- but very skeptical. I'm starting rehearsals for a new show next week, so I thought, "Why not give it a try? It's early enough that I can still learn in my usual way." In the last hour, I'm already off book on my first two scenes. I'm completely blown away that this works!
Dude, I love quick solutions to major problems! I saw the title of your video and clicked it!! During the initial moments of the video, I began to think this method as same old, boring, long techniques to memorize! But eventually I found it new and interesting. Now, I am ready to give it a try and I am very hopeful that this method will work! Thanks Nelson! 😊🤩
This is good. I managed to memorize the first paragraph of my declamation only in a few minutes. Thanks! :D Edit: I memorized the whole thing. I'm already ready a week ready before I compete for this contest- Wish me luck!
Watched this thought it might be abit of bs in all honesty but can't say that without trying it ey !! I've used it for a job interview questions and answers , after a couple of hours I've memorised loads of A4 pages, haha it really is good . Thanks man
This is one of the best memory techniques. Thank you for teaching me this. Poetry and plays are manageable now, regardless of length. Seems like a missing piece of the memory puzzle.
Thank you so much, i had to remember 6 pages of my script for a performance thats happening tomorrow and i have totally forgotten to memorize my lines. So thanks so much! I really needed this and it helped so much! Literally saved my grades. Edit: did anyone else notice that he has 66.6K subscribers?
This video is the best one I have seen yet. I have two paragraphs to remember, and I remembered one completely in just about an hour. 100% give this a try. It is a life saver. Thank you!
OMG THIS WORKS thank you so so much I used to struggle so much when it came to memorising lines but this method really does work! It's only been 10 minutes but I've already gotten some of my longer lines completely memorised!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! My poetry class all realized today we have to memorize "Crossing the Bar" by Alfred Lord Tennyson by tomorrow and none of us knew it. I immediately sent this to all of them I WAS ABLE TO MEMORIZE THIS IN 15 MINUTES!!!!!
Thank you for sharing your video! I was preparing to jump ship from my first spanish class and stumbled on your video. I decided to try the method you demonstrate. It's been 10 minutes. IT WORKS. I can stay in this class and also electronics. Will thank you more properly and look forward to it!
I tried it with Bible text and now I memorized part of it. I did it several times and the next day I don't need to even look at the letters to remember it. Looks like that really worked. I think it will help on learning languages as well. Got some memorizing problems with swedish words, so I think this will come in handy.
I honestly did not expect this to work, regardless I thought it was worth a try and frankly I was surprised how fast I could memorize an essay of mine word by word. Thank you for sharing this method!
Stunning! Having survived anterograde and retrograde amnesia in my early twenties, after being in numerous school plays and being "the smartest kid in school," I was devastated. I just conducted a fascinating interview for a book I'm writing, and my interviewee suggested this link. BLOWN AWAY! Even thinking of the first letter of each word, without having written it down, I accidentally remembered your hairy friend's white daisy on the river's shore. 💣
Took me good 5-6 minutes but I was able to memorize some vital numbers in 5 line sentences that I always struggled to memorize. I'll try to recite what I memorized just now early in the morning tomorrow to see if I retained it or not. This is neat. Thanks!
@@aaliyahkishore246 Yes, now I use this technique to memorize everything. The amazing thing is with what's shown in this video, you can probably memorize the entire page in an hour or so. It works great! There are some retention techniques that this channel teaches you and after that it's permanent. Just like you never forget your date of birth.
Guess I have to tell... it worked! ☺🙂☺🙂☺🤣 Learnt a 4 line Bible verse in about 2 minutes; first attempt. Super practical. Many thanks. Wish you every success. 😄
Wow this is crazy. I’m in a teen drama radio adaption of Christmas Carol and I got Scrooge! This is my first ever lead and I was a bit overwhelmed with the fact that Scrooge has at least 150 lines more than the second biggest role. This is a super crazy method but holy crap it works so well. Thank you so so much!!
Hi, I like your honesty around where you got the knowledge from in this video. And thanks for sharing....I have tried these tips for a while now and they really helped me to memorise better. Thank you so much for sharing and providing so much value!
This seems to me to be a bit like when you have the letters in words all jumbled up except the first and last letters and you can still fill in the rest. Pretty amazing what the human mind can do as this worked for me on that fantastic Val Kilmer passage right away. Brilliant video, keep them coming!!
It's simple association. You read the lines beforehand putting it in your head. Writing the initials creates an association to those lines. As it is not associated to anything "solid" it won't last very long.
Or alternatively, your subconscious mind absorbs the data and then that is what your accessing as you recount it, your conciousness mind which has a tendency to wander is focused/distracted by concentrating on the letters and punctuation. Distraction of the conciousness mind so your subconscious mind can do it's stuff is extremely powerful technique. It's mind control/hypnotism 😋 still only short term though. This underlying technique is employed quite abit, for a wide variety of purposes. It's quite well known in some circles
watched this video a good while back, but i came back to say that this really worked for me . honestly didn't expect it to work but it did . i have used it to memories a big arabic poem and then csme back later and reviewed it to lock it in and honestly works great
O.m.g., this truly helped! I have memory issues and I booked a commercial but wasn't given a script (10 paragraphs) until 11pm the night before my 10:30am call- time! 😩 While this technique requires more work to solidify it in long term memory (I don't even want to imagine memorizing multiple pages of a film/tv/theatre script with these acronyms!) it's definitely the ticket for me in a crunch. I plan to use it the next time I do a cold read for an audition ☺️
I used it for a big philosophy exam, it worked like magic!! Edit: Did it also today for literature, although it helps to memorize content fast, you need to start early and revise more times hours after learning it, so the information sticks well. I'm going to try it for my history exam in 2 days!
Got a 6.2 on my history exam(knew almost everything but I didn't finish it because of time ) and 7.6 on my literature exam. In both of these I studied just the night before and on the day of the actual test. This method performed with enough time can bring amazing results and easens very much the memorization process
I can vow for this method, I study law and I use this method to memorize articles of different laws (I use it in conjunction with a memory palace) and I have never had any problem remembering them.
@@joncampos5551 Maybe you know it by the name "loci method", you store the information inside locations that you know well, for example the art 1815 of the chilean civil code says that you can sell things that aren't yours, I picture a criminal getting stuck with my stuff in the little window of my bathroom, and that makes me remember "la venta de cosa ajena vale sin perjuicio de los derechos del dueño de la cosa vendida, mientras no se extingan por el lapso del tiempo"
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS TUTORIAL!! My burden for memorization is now lessened. I do wish that I found this video much sooner but at least better late than never :))
I should have been off script last week with my 90 lines, the play is next week and I have a few medium sized ones. I did this and I have no idea how it is working
I'll try this out, I tend to turn things I want to learn into a visual short movie in my head. This works almost instantly for me and I just need to practice is a few times by reading the lines and then visualizing my custom story. The crazier the story the more it helps with memory. Learned this from a book called Moonwalking with Einstein.
Once you can look at the first letters, captilization, & punctuation without errors, THEN, starting at the LAST letter, do the words BACKWARDS! When you can recall all the words backwards, you have memorized the text. You may not TRUST that you have, but you have! You own it, literally forward & backward. Works great, regardless of the length or complexity of the text. (Makes people think you are smarter than you actually are, which is generally a good thing...)
Even using this technique, i still struggled a little bit. What helped me is also writing the full first word of every line, accompanied by the single letters.
One method I use that works pretty well is I use a colored pen to trace the first word of every sentence then all you really gotta do is glance down once you got a jist of the sentence
I've watched this video 20 minutes ago, and already know the first portion of the declaration of independence. This is such an incredible study tactic! Thank you!
As a person who has ADD this literally just changed my fucking life. I love you so much for making this video. I always had a hard time memorizing stuff like this and I have a improv speech tmrw so I am memorizing a couple topics in my head and now I know how to get more efficient at this stuff
I actually used this for a play I was in. (I had to know the parts of a main character within... 2 weeks I think?) Although it wasn't perfect, it did speed up the process for me.
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Summary:
1. Read over the lines a few times
2. Write down the first letter of each word
3. Read it using first letters only
4. Try it from memory
Good luck! :)
thanks
Saved me time I can now use on doing this
3.5. rewrite the letters only from memory.
Lmao wow🤣
Thanks
This works so well. I had to memorize a 5 paragraph poem for english. I forgot until right before class, and memorized it in 10 mins. I got 95%
Nicholas White I have to memorize a 165 word recital in less than 2 hours to recite it to my teacher tomorrow morning
Sorry to be a grammar nerd but I think that you mean stanza not paragraph
Lol
Daaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyym BOI
Congrats
Ayye that's impressive
It’s a form of encoding specificity called transport-appropriate processing. Essentially, if the context during retrieval matches the context during memorization, it maximizes your rate of recall. In this case the first letters are cognitive cues that instantly link to your memory storage and pulls the info to your working memory.
Well duh, a child could figure _that_ out.
(Just kidding. Thank you for the explanation!)
I’d love to know how to evaluate problems with memory at this level of detail. Any resources? Who does this sort of thing?
@@krisk6834 cognitive psychologists primarily study memory. There are text books and lectures on RUclips if your interested
That is wild! Thanks!
so it's zipping stuff to store it in the brain. got it.
This is insanely amazing. This is how I learned my huge monologues for the play I was in. I was the male lead, and had the most lines in a 3 act play, and this technique DOES WORK!
Awesome man. Wishing you the best, let me know how it goes!
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Chris Roberson II good for you! The technique works better and better each time, the more you practice with it the more effective it becomes.
Four shows into my theatre career and this technique is 4/4 ✅
To those who are struggling or could use some advice with this technique, let me know and I’ll post my Instagram and you can dm me! Just want to help some fellow actors.
hey man, what play were you in??
Shit man I had to memorize four pages of a sales script in less than a day this is literally the only useful video I've found thanks so much. This has literally saved my career. like the one I pay bills with not the one where I wish I was peter pan and go to never ending auditions lmao. Thanks
Super
I have a question... Did it work?
Jenifer Arabanzia this saved his career so probably yeah
i hope it works! i have a 5 page script to learn for my new job. can't start till i learn it & can't get paid till i start... nothing else seems to be making it stick so i'm looking for something else!
Rude?
As a drama student in high school this saved me. Memorised so many scripts with this and helped many of my peers. I’m in college now but saw your video years ago and with it popping up on my recommended recently again, I thought I’d drop back in to share my thanks ❤
A a d s i h s t s m. M s m s w t a h m o m p. I i c n b s y v y a a w i p u o m r r a, I t I d b i t s m t 🫀
where u study at
@@laibaaiman7004 an audio engineering institution called SAE :)
"you'll need a pen..." *pulls out sharpie*
😂😂
RIGHTT
Well you probably can’t read the pen writings from videos 🙄. I use sharpies for my scripts too .. more visiblity
Ken Addams AKA joey tribbiani
@@maru8631 YES.
This isn’t just great for learning lines initially, it’s also amazing if you haven’t reviewed lines in a while. I’m talking weeks, months, years, even. You’re able to remember it so quickly just by reading over the text and then the letters, even if it’s been forever. Lifesaver!
This makes a lot of sense thru the lens of linguistic psychology. We process language differently when reading/listening/writing/speaking, and the first steps here involve reading, writing, and speaking. (It's important to speak the lines aloud!) The next layer is that we tend to process first letters/sounds more than the middle bits, so isolating the first letters serves as both a shorter mnemonic and as an additional way to process of the words. I'm sure someone working in the field could break it down further, but this jives with all the language learning science I've come across.
My dad taught me this method 27 years ago. I had to memorize Bible passages every week at school and I would use this technique exactly. As I said the passage i would rewrite the first letters as I went over and over. When test time came I had a visual in mind when I had to write out the passage. By high-school we had chapters at a time.
Great additional tip! Thanks
@James Cooper how did it go?
I hope you became a Soldier for Christ
Ok now the real test, do you still remember most of it?
@@Abdullah_the_slave_of_Allah no. Unfortunately not. Should have kept repeating them over the years.
Hey man I tried this method, but I couldn't memorize the bee movie script. Any other tips?
Hey yeah this technique is not the best for memorizing an entire script. It's more for a line here or there that's tripping you up. If you want to memorize an entire script line for line, check out some of my other videos on memorizing text and/or using the memory palace. Good luck!
@@NelsonDellis Thanks man. I'll check them out.
@@rademanmorgan8177 LMFAO
This comment is gold😂
peebatron damn, I thought I was the only one struggling to memorise the bee movie script.
You can apply this to basically everything and elevate of it.
I learned a technique myself which helped me both memorize and spend little to no time on studying.
Over a 3 week period of 40 hours lessons i would spend 10 hours of those actually studying; and have 30 hours doing whatever i wanted.
- 7 hours went towards through going reading through the chapter and gathering all material i needed
- 1 hour at the end of the first week (friday) going over all the material
- 1.5 hours over 2 week period were spent reading through all material to keep it fresh
- 30 minutes were spent right before the test, quickly reading through everything and seeing how well me and my friend could keep a dialogue and motivate our reasoning on the questions
The Process
1. Listen to the teacher during the powerpoint Presentation
2. What the teacher just did, try it practically
3. Read the a chapter, go through what you just read in your mind.
4. Write down Key points of what you read
5. Make up questions on situations where it can be applied
6. Repeat until you are at the end
7. Write down Facts/definitions in simple form
8. Before a test Go through the Fact/definitions.
9. There should be little to none difficulty in answering the questions.
Bonus: For every question, make up a situation where the answer could be applied.
Example;
Question: How often does a car need Maintenance?
Answer: Every 8-12 Months is a procedual checkup
Example. The recommendations are 8-12 Months, but it varies *depending* on the *age of the car and millage*. Natural events can also be a benefactor, living close to the sea or in a area where sea salt is a common occurence can speed up the process of rust and deoxidation of the metal, prompting for Maintenance far more often than reguarly... yada yada yada.
Just simply providing the answer will land you a decent/good grade
Providing a nuanced case will make you seem interested in the subject and knowledgable, It's important to split the two, as the teacher first want to see if you know the answer, then if they are interested, read the case and see you are very knowledgable.
That is so cool! Thanks for sharing these tips!
I like your method. But I’m not sure how it would apply to certain fields. For example, I’m an electrical engineering graduate and not sure how to adapt your method into circuit analyses and other various mathematical analyses and assessments. I think this would work well in other fields where concepts, facts, information and details define one’s expertise on a given subject (eg biology, history, etc).
Would love to hear any suggestions on methods for memorizing /familiarity on evaluation of less-concrete methods of demonstrating knowledge. I do see it could be helpful in accessing steps needed for mathematical evaluation. But even then…
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@@lauren8420 It can be used to a certain extent
The method i mentioned is for classes from Kindergarten up to college/Highschool and subjects such as you mentioned "other fields where concepts, facts, information and details define one’s expertise on a given subject (eg biology, history, etc). "
It becomes quite the difference when you advance to subjects such as PHD, Engineering, Juridical science.
But one example i would provide for a Analysis is to state the numerous of facts based on your results and other factual criterias. Then once that has been provided you start arguing the resulsts and possibilities, this could be if something had a specific impact or benefited to the outcome.
One great example is math, there is a infinity ways to approach a problem, Let's say the question wants you to achive the number 2, the most simple way here is to do 1 + 1, but you can do 1-3 or 10/5 however the correct answer there would be that there is a infinite ways to achive the number 2, you provided the most simple form of achiving the answer and then provided additonal equations to reach said same answer, but ultimately you proved the most important answer, there is a infinite ways of achiving the number 2.
Which is on the same level of a Analysis, while a question stating "Achive the number 2 using multiplication through through simple form" the answer they seek for here is very specific and limited and is usually how school is designed up to highschool and college.
In my opinion to demonstrating knowledge is showing how you are dependable in a unexpected situation that arised and not afraid of questioning yourself and your results and making it clear this is your way of achiving said results but it's not the only one. Wisdom plays a big role here as well as someone who is very knowledgeble should be wise
Thanks for this. Lifesaver.
This video changed my life omg
Really?!
What the relly ?
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Mine too. This is incredible stuff.
@Alfonso Callan yeah thx, it gave me a virus
I have very severe memory loss, ecspecially when it comes to vocabulary due to brain surgery. I wahad THE best memory and focus in the class before surgery. After surgery, I was on the very bottom, coming to testing and grading. I learned this years ago myself and I never would've survived. I know
other people with neurlgocal trauma who do this exact same technique . Like he said, it's not the first people who have discovered this, so I'm so happy that he can share this concept to people to *functional people who can go far in life, unlike me lbs*
i have awful memory, and i have a feeling that i have short term memory loss possibly due to a medication that i take. but honestly im not sure. im so sorry about your neurological trauma, i hope you're doing well
I know I'm years late, but this says a lot about our educational system
You can't do well unless your good at memorizing
MineralNoodles🍜 It doesn’t say anything, memorization is a key component of learning. Professionals rely on memory to do what they do.
One word. Jim Kwik.
RAY BOOP I'm soooooo happy for you that u found a method that works for you.FIGHTING!💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Excellent technique. I'd felt hopeless for years about memorizing anything verbatim, and this totally works with 90% less of the effort I had been expending to have lousy results. Thanks for sharing!
My 8 year old daughter has an audition coming up and she had problems memorizing her script. Now, thanks to this technique, she has memorize an entire page in just minutes. omg, this is insane. Seeing that we worked on her script together, I have memorized the script too! Thank you.
I had a 17 line poem with hard/ old time english from Romeo and Juliet that I had to memorize by the next day. We had a month to memorize it and I slacked off the whole time till the final day. I used this method and Litterly memorized it in 25 minutes perfectly and got a 100! Thank you!
no way this is literally why im on this video rn lmfao
Please are you serious?
Best memorization technique I've ever tried. I've been struggling to learn some texts for 3 days and with this technique I learnt them in one afternoon
How you do can you explain it ?
I am sitting here open mouthed!! I’ve been doing 1 minute monologues for the past 3 days (1 per day) to try and speed my memory up. It’s taken me over 24 hrs to nail each one. I’ve just tried this method and it worked instantly!! This is an absolute literary lifesaver!! Thank you so much
YASSS I USED THIS TODAY FOR MY TEST AND WORKS FLUENTLYYY. This man is not only saving my grades, he saving my time, relationship with parents and frustration ❤️ Thanks for sharing
hi, i watched this video a few years ago and this has become my routine to sudy my lines.
So i came back to say thank you
No, thank YOU!
Holy snap! This has become one of my best performing videos on this channel! THANK YOU TO ALL WHO WATCHED!
Okay. I have to memorize over a hundred lines of SHAKESPEARE. You think I could use this for ALL of it?
@@hannahscottp4389 I would combine this method with the memory palace method. If it's that many lines, you'll still want some other way to keep track of them all.
Whoa look out, famous guy over here
The BEST
@@NelsonDellis that is great too.. i will do that
I love this technique. I use it when studying anatomy and physiology and it helps out A LOT during tests! I also make relationships with different words and letters for example: Artery starts with A meaning the blood is transported Away from the heart. Or if I really can’t seem to memorize certain material I’ll make up an off the wall story of the terms and definitions so there’s no way I can forget it. I just discovered your channel and I look forward to watching more videos like this!
am medical student also.. help me
Yes I came here for anatomy
I do that to remember people's names ❤️
I am here to memorize anatomy...but can't hold of it . Can you help me with it?
@@kashishjahangeer197 I would look into mind mapping. Basically that's how I remember names, it's a way of connecting things together.
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Mind freakin BLOWN!! This will revolutionize my life!! I have a very hard time memorizing things, but I was able to repeat back everything right along with you! I had no idea there were actual techniques to memorizing things like this. Happy tears. I am going to look up the other technique you spoke of. God bless you!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I was left in a panic with only 1 day to memorize a 10-minute elaborate speech for my first competition and this technique was a lifesaver!
Do You do speech and debate?
Omg same
me too! except im in speech and debate and it has to be between 6-7 mins.
I have to be off book for my lines tomorrow... this seems to work, so let's hope it saves me
Delaney Young I had to be off book a week ago. Good luck to us!
Delaney Young I have to be off book too by tomorrow did this work for you ?
I have to be off book in a few weeks and am struggling. Did it work?
We need you're response! Did it work?!?!
@Harley Jack Hinchliffe It worked really well for my play.
this is works so so well, i had to memorize a poem for the subject Binhi (Filipino) and i memorized it in abt 30 minutes or so and got a 100%! yall should try this this is very affective !!
How you do can you explain it ?
Wow, I came up with this myself years ago to memorize lines! Good to know it's legit.
Same🙌
Liars!!!
Tony Barba How would you know if they’re liars or not?
Same here but basically it was my father who told me to study this way
Same here bra,wow
Thank you, I have always struggled with memorization. Long story short, I had to recite a page worth of words with conviction with my entire career in the balance. literally reciting it word for word from memory after an hour. I hope this helps people as much as it did for me.
hello, i just finished studying (memorizing) a school exposition for tomorrow, and i got it all memorized in like 20 minutes with this method so thank you!!!
Mate you saved my life. My finals are near. I needed this. It makes memorizing the biography and art of 15 writers so much easier.
As a stage actor, i use this method a ton. during rehearsals it helps to drill it into my mind. Thanks for this!
So awesome. I actually started doing this on my own in college one night I had to cram for an exam. It works very well for memorizing large amounts of materials. But it’s true that you need to do more work to keep it in your long term memory.
I have done this for tests in the past! especially when it's a list I need to remember. I thought I was the only one who did it, the only difference is that if there are words with blended consonants I write the first two letters. Great video!
I know this is late: but me too!!
Now do this for the V for Vendetta scene where every word started with the letter V. "In view a humble vaudevillian veteran..."
HAHAHA then this technique does not work well....
I was thinking something similar as Johnny Doe, but gave it a try with the 'I' chapter of Eunoia, which features more than one level of extreme internal alliteration:
www.poetryinvoice.com/poems/chapter-i
The compression of 'i' sounds does make it more challenging, but not when I broke it down to smaller chunks.
I'm going to play around with it more, but it's obvious already that it will create a fun advantage for, shall we say, "natural language." I'm just starting with 200kg on the bench for fun during the initial test.
Next stop Shakespeare. In the meantime, thanks for this ultra-cool tip! :)
Do it with two letter than
@@AMB-Productions *then
*letters
try typing it out on notepad
Years ago but i had a pledge to remember for today and in just 20 minutes i remembered the whole paragraph. Thanks for showing me this method🖤
You showed the paper on the screen in min 4:22 and I literally said it!! I struggled, but one tip: TRY not to look immediately to the source text. Think about it, give your brain time. If you get stuck, try to match other sequences of the letters from the visual images you created and map those, then from the beginning again. After a few mins, I was able to reconstruct the entire line.
Disclaimer: I am English-Spanish interpreter. I literally get paid to memorize what people say in one language to repeat it back into the target language, so I guess I came with practice. But it works! I intuitively used this technique at work writing a few key words or symbols that I know will be the element I need to reconstruct the rest of the message.
I'm in a play and I have to memorize 67 pages of lines thanks so much !! I've memorized 46 pages so far this is the only helpful thing I've found your so awesome!
Nice. How long did that take you with this method? Did you have to review it a lot before hand?
How do you even understand that all
Thanks dude, I have a photographic memory, and it’s crazy because I could tell you what side of the page in a book a specific quote is on, and I’m learning disabled, but what I realized all watching your video is the best way for people to learn memorization skills is to watch videos of songs they like or read poems they like, and after a while, they’ll be sitting there reciting their favorite song and poem without it being in front of them. I don’t know if that’ll work for anyone, but it surely works for me. There’s always a way, but you have to find the best way for you, and if you pay attention, you will realize what it is.💜
Wowww..I've never seen a comment about someone who actually has photographic memory. I have problems memorizing numbers in my line of work..that skills/talent would be super awesome to have
It worked for me, thank you!
Btw, I had to memorize really long Q/Ans for History but I used this technique line by line, then I recited the line to the best of my memory 3-5 times (I did this for each line), and I memorized each question within 15 minutes, before it would take me like 30 minutes, thank you!
Stumbled across this video today and I was intrigued- but very skeptical. I'm starting rehearsals for a new show next week, so I thought, "Why not give it a try? It's early enough that I can still learn in my usual way."
In the last hour, I'm already off book on my first two scenes. I'm completely blown away that this works!
Dude, I love quick solutions to major problems! I saw the title of your video and clicked it!! During the initial moments of the video, I began to think this method as same old, boring, long techniques to memorize! But eventually I found it new and interesting. Now, I am ready to give it a try and I am very hopeful that this method will work! Thanks Nelson! 😊🤩
This is good. I managed to memorize the first paragraph of my declamation only in a few minutes. Thanks! :D
Edit: I memorized the whole thing. I'm already ready a week ready before I compete for this contest- Wish me luck!
Did you win?
How did it go
How many word are in it? How long did it take to completely memorize it and how long on average did you work at it each day?
@@ginay4662nope, still happy tho
@@angusshaw8255good, i lost tho but still happy after that
Watched this thought it might be abit of bs in all honesty but can't say that without trying it ey !! I've used it for a job interview questions and answers , after a couple of hours I've memorised loads of A4 pages, haha it really is good . Thanks man
This is one of the best memory techniques. Thank you for teaching me this. Poetry and plays are manageable now, regardless of length. Seems like a missing piece of the memory puzzle.
Thank you so much, i had to remember 6 pages of my script for a performance thats happening tomorrow and i have totally forgotten to memorize my lines. So thanks so much! I really needed this and it helped so much! Literally saved my grades.
Edit: did anyone else notice that he has 66.6K subscribers?
This video is the best one I have seen yet. I have two paragraphs to remember, and I remembered one completely in just about an hour. 100% give this a try. It is a life saver. Thank you!
You can combine it to memory palace method
OMG THIS WORKS thank you so so much I used to struggle so much when it came to memorising lines but this method really does work! It's only been 10 minutes but I've already gotten some of my longer lines completely memorised!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! My poetry class all realized today we have to memorize "Crossing the Bar" by Alfred Lord Tennyson by tomorrow and none of us knew it. I immediately sent this to all of them I WAS ABLE TO MEMORIZE THIS IN 15 MINUTES!!!!!
Thank you for sharing your video! I was preparing to jump ship from my first spanish class and stumbled on your video. I decided to try the method you demonstrate. It's been 10 minutes. IT WORKS. I can stay in this class and also electronics. Will thank you more properly and look forward to it!
5 minutes into trying this technique, it's already helping. Thank you.
I tried it with Bible text and now I memorized part of it. I did it several times and the next day I don't need to even look at the letters to remember it. Looks like that really worked. I think it will help on learning languages as well. Got some memorizing problems with swedish words, so I think this will come in handy.
That's great! Nice job.
Thank you for including the link to where you learned it. I’m amazed how many videos do not include this information!
How you do can you explain about it ?
Why am I still watching these vidoes I need to practice I also think I know what to do I ready but I'm still watching this stuff
Go for it!
Nelson Dellis ok
Nelson Dellis I did it!!!I'm in the play and I have memorized my lines!!!!
I honestly did not expect this to work, regardless I thought it was worth a try and frankly I was surprised how fast I could memorize an essay of mine word by word. Thank you for sharing this method!
Stunning! Having survived anterograde and retrograde amnesia in my early twenties, after being in numerous school plays and being "the smartest kid in school," I was devastated. I just conducted a fascinating interview for a book I'm writing, and my interviewee suggested this link. BLOWN AWAY! Even thinking of the first letter of each word, without having written it down, I accidentally remembered your hairy friend's white daisy on the river's shore. 💣
It's going from the general to the specific. It's like a rough sketch before a final drawing. That's why it works so well. Very cool.
I almost immediately memorized it when you wrote it down. Wish I had found this sooner!
Bro as a law student who struggles with all the books. You deserve a subscribtion
You just made my life easier
I’m Wendy in Peter Pan and I need to be off book tomorrow...I hope this works!! Thank you!
Good luck!
Katie MB i have to be offbook in an hour and i have a 10 page scene to learn.
Did this work? I just watched watching a Wendy in Peter Pan and she had a lot of lines.
If you only "Hope" it works... it won't... MAKE it work... then it will work!
"Do or Do Not... There is Not Try..."
Yoda
Took me good 5-6 minutes but I was able to memorize some vital numbers in 5 line sentences that I always struggled to memorize. I'll try to recite what I memorized just now early in the morning tomorrow to see if I retained it or not. This is neat. Thanks!
So? Did you get it? Asking because I need this for tests.
@@aaliyahkishore246 Yes, now I use this technique to memorize everything. The amazing thing is with what's shown in this video, you can probably memorize the entire page in an hour or so. It works great! There are some retention techniques that this channel teaches you and after that it's permanent. Just like you never forget your date of birth.
Holy crap this actually works. One the few youtube videos (5-10%) that actually do what the title claims
Thank you so much
I always procrastinate and just realised I need my part memorized in two days and this SAVED me.
Thank u so much!
2019?
I wanted to see this because I've been wanting to try acting. Thank you so much
I've been using this technique with my english students for a few years low with tremendous success, great video!
Guess I have to tell... it worked! ☺🙂☺🙂☺🤣
Learnt a 4 line Bible verse in about 2 minutes; first attempt.
Super practical. Many thanks.
Wish you every success. 😄
way Farer that’s why I’m watching this video...for Bible verses!
Yay!! I'll try this for Roman's 12!!
Glad to know this works
I'm trying to memorize a whole book of the bible (John) for our Bible Quizzing and it's working really well, I've memorized like 35 verses in one day!
I did this with Chinese by using the first letter in the pin ying and it worked! (Cause Chinese has symbols not letters) 谢谢！
Kawaii Kelly thank goodness I’ll be using that
Kawaii Kelly might try it with korean hangul
This is a nice method but I’m here trying to memorize 4 pages full of sentences to complete my comercial truck driving test 😭
😂😂😂 you made my day bro
Wow this is crazy. I’m in a teen drama radio adaption of Christmas Carol and I got Scrooge! This is my first ever lead and I was a bit overwhelmed with the fact that Scrooge has at least 150 lines more than the second biggest role. This is a super crazy method but holy crap it works so well. Thank you so so much!!
Nelson, just want to thank you for everything on this channel. You are one of the few channels that actually has good info like this. :)
omg i have a recitation tomorrow, but i have a feeling that this will work
I love this! I need to memorize some monologues and it freaks me out but now I feel like this is REALLY going to help! Thank you!
Hi, I like your honesty around where you got the knowledge from in this video. And thanks for sharing....I have tried these tips for a while now and they really helped me to memorise better. Thank you so much for sharing and providing so much value!
This seems to me to be a bit like when you have the letters in words all jumbled up except the first and last letters and you can still fill in the rest. Pretty amazing what the human mind can do as this worked for me on that fantastic Val Kilmer passage right away.
Brilliant video, keep them coming!!
Wow this is awesome...I just memorized the entire gettysburg address in like 20 minutes. Thank you!!
It's simple association. You read the lines beforehand putting it in your head. Writing the initials creates an association to those lines. As it is not associated to anything "solid" it won't last very long.
Or alternatively, your subconscious mind absorbs the data and then that is what your accessing as you recount it, your conciousness mind which has a tendency to wander is focused/distracted by concentrating on the letters and punctuation. Distraction of the conciousness mind so your subconscious mind can do it's stuff is extremely powerful technique. It's mind control/hypnotism 😋 still only short term though. This underlying technique is employed quite abit, for a wide variety of purposes. It's quite well known in some circles
I remember seeing this a few years back and have been doing it since, this method works great and doesnt take a lot of time.
It really worked great, thank you! Had to get ready for my exams, this was so useful!
Intro- 0:00
Step 1- 1:11
Step 3- 2:11
Step 4- 2:41
A more difficult example 3:00
The final attempt 4:42
watched this video a good while back, but i came back to say that this really worked for me . honestly didn't expect it to work but it did . i have used it to memories a big arabic poem and then csme back later and reviewed it to lock it in and honestly works great
O.m.g., this truly helped! I have memory issues and I booked a commercial but wasn't given a script (10 paragraphs) until 11pm the night before my 10:30am call- time! 😩 While this technique requires more work to solidify it in long term memory (I don't even want to imagine memorizing multiple pages of a film/tv/theatre script with these acronyms!) it's definitely the ticket for me in a crunch. I plan to use it the next time I do a cold read for an audition ☺️
This was GREAT! Very easy to understand and get the lines down. Thank you for this!
I used it for a big philosophy exam, it worked like magic!!
Edit: Did it also today for literature, although it helps to memorize content fast, you need to start early and revise more times hours after learning it, so the information sticks well. I'm going to try it for my history exam in 2 days!
Got a 6.2 on my history exam(knew almost everything but I didn't finish it because of time ) and 7.6 on my literature exam. In both of these I studied just the night before and on the day of the actual test. This method performed with enough time can bring amazing results and easens very much the memorization process
Will it help in long term memory?
IM MIND BLOWN. THIS REALLY WORKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING!!
I can vow for this method, I study law and I use this method to memorize articles of different laws (I use it in conjunction with a memory palace) and I have never had any problem remembering them.
Nicolas Rios What’s a memory palace?
@@joncampos5551 Maybe you know it by the name "loci method", you store the information inside locations that you know well, for example the art 1815 of the chilean civil code says that you can sell things that aren't yours, I picture a criminal getting stuck with my stuff in the little window of my bathroom, and that makes me remember "la venta de cosa ajena vale sin perjuicio de los derechos del dueño de la cosa vendida, mientras no se extingan por el lapso del tiempo"
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS TUTORIAL!! My burden for memorization is now lessened. I do wish that I found this video much sooner but at least better late than never :))
I should have been off script last week with my 90 lines, the play is next week and I have a few medium sized ones. I did this and I have no idea how it is working
......Dude where were you when I was in Breakfast Radio and doing TVCs??? Damn this works and is EXCELLENT, thanks for sharing
I'll try this out, I tend to turn things I want to learn into a visual short movie in my head. This works almost instantly for me and I just need to practice is a few times by reading the lines and then visualizing my custom story. The crazier the story the more it helps with memory. Learned this from a book called Moonwalking with Einstein.
Great tips and a great llama shirt!
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Once you can look at the first letters, captilization, & punctuation without errors, THEN, starting at the LAST letter, do the words BACKWARDS!
When you can recall all the words backwards, you have memorized the text. You may not TRUST that you have, but you have! You own it, literally forward & backward. Works great, regardless of the length or complexity of the text. (Makes people think you are smarter than you actually are, which is generally a good thing...)
This is SO helpful!!! I memorized 10 pages of text in 1 hour with this, this is legit!!
U kidding right?😂
Even using this technique, i still struggled a little bit. What helped me is also writing the full first word of every line, accompanied by the single letters.
One method I use that works pretty well is I use a colored pen to trace the first word of every sentence then all you really gotta do is glance down once you got a jist of the sentence
I've watched this video 20 minutes ago, and already know the first portion of the declaration of independence. This is such an incredible study tactic! Thank you!
This actually worked. Thanks so much man!
you got it!
I've tried this technique before, when I was trying to learn the reactivity series in chemistry 😅
i need to memorize a two page prose (2-3 min talking) and this literally helped me so much
As a person who has ADD this literally just changed my fucking life. I love you so much for making this video. I always had a hard time memorizing stuff like this and I have a improv speech tmrw so I am memorizing a couple topics in my head and now I know how to get more efficient at this stuff
I have add to and this help so much I can’t believe this worked it’s funny that you were here 3years ago😂
I actually used this for a play I was in. (I had to know the parts of a main character within... 2 weeks I think?) Although it wasn't perfect, it did speed up the process for me.
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