{"id":20631,"date":"2021-11-20T18:12:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T17:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=20631"},"modified":"2021-12-02T02:23:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T01:23:07","slug":"why-we-forget-the-things-we-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2021\/11\/why-we-forget-the-things-we-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Forget the Things We Learn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B2 – Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Memories make us who we are. They hold very important knowledge about our lives. They provide us with a sense of self and make up our continual experience of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They have a fundamental role in all learning because they let you store and retrieve the information that you learn. However, for some people, it is difficult to retain things they\u2019ve read or learned but they easily remember some of the most trivial information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s listen to the audio below to find out why we tend to forget the things we learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/learningenglish\/english\/features\/6-minute-english\/ep-211118<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Do you have a poor or a good memory? Explain.<\/li>
  2. When was the last time you forgot something? What did you forget? Why do you think you forgot it?<\/li>
  3. Is it good to have a perfect memory? Why or why not?<\/li>
  4. Are you good at remembering names\/numbers\/faces\/dates? Share some experiences.<\/li>
  5. What techniques do you use to remember things?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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