Learning to Learn… Learning words/ phrases/ texts by heart

1. Learning to Learn… Learning words/ phrases/ texts by heart …and having fun along the way!

2. meaning • To learn the of • single words/ short phrases: • Use scraps of paper/ card/ post-it notes • to make: 1) match-up cards chien dog 2) turn & learn cards

3. spelling • B) To learn the of • single words/ short phrases: • Continue to use turn & learn cards and: 1) Look-Say-Cover-Write-Check 2) anagrams/ unjumbles niech hinec chien

4. c) To learn longer phrases/ extended sentences by heart: Initial Letter Strings 1) Use Je voudrais un chien J v u c

5. or… 2)Cover over sections of the sentence, starting at the end and increasing in length, until you can say/ write it from memory, looking only at the first word.

6. D) To learn a whole paragraph by heart: • Know what you want to say and use a series of symbols/ simple pictures to remind you: Je voudrais un chien …mais nous n’avons qu’un chat

7. 2) Turn the paragraph into a series of numbered sentences, starting each sentence on a new line. 3) Then turn your sentences into initial letter strings/ first or key words and practise building these back up into a paragraph. 1) K w y w t s a u a s o s/ s p t r y. Know… 2) T t p i a s o n s, s e s o a n l. Turn… 3) T t y s I I l s/ I w a p b t b u I a p. Then…

8. E) To learn a whole text/ presentation by heart: • Know how many paragraphs are in the text and the main idea in each paragraph. • 2)Transfer the whole text, as a series of numbered paragraphs and ‘sentences’ made only of initial letter strings/ first or key words, onto a small piece of paper/card.

9. 3)Carry this cue card around in your pocket/ pin it up somewhere prominent at home and use it to practise saying your full text several times a day.

10. To learn the meaning of single words/ short phrases: • match-up cards • turn & learn cards • B) To learn the spelling of single words/ short phrases: • Look-Say-Cover-Write-Check • anagrams/ unjumbles • C) To learn longer phrases/ extended sentences by heart: • initial letter strings • cover up sections of the sentence, starting from the end • D) To learn a whole paragraph/ whole text by heart: • symbols • reduce text to series of initial letter strings/ key words on cue card & say aloud regularly