Memory

Learning Objectives

Apply listening behaviors to improve comprehension of spoken English

Summarize content of spoken English conversations and speeches

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Memory is where we store what we learn from our life experiences. It allows us to retain information that informs our actions and decisions. Memory, though, is not fact.  Individuals have different ways of remembering information, and memories can change over time.  Use the audio and video content in this unit to have conversations about memory, and present thoughts, ideas and opinions about the concept of memory.

 

key vocabulary

Acquire           Conscious           Dementia           Encode           Preserve

            Recover          Recall                 Recount              Retrieve          Store

⇢Vocabulary Activities

Video and Audio Content

Watch “How Memories Form and How We Lose Them.”

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Listen to Cole Kazdin tell her own story of memory loss from an accident.

Accident Memory Loss

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Listen to neuroscientist Dr. Wendy Suzuki discuss her personal experience with emotion and memories

Saying “I Love You”

Watch Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus explain the reliability of memory,