赫英川 授課PPT

1、1. Understand short-term memory and the importance of memory training.2. Improve short-term memory by using step-by-step visualization strategy in narrative discourse. ObjectivesShort - term memory(STM), is the part of memory which stores a limited amount of information for a limited amount of time

2、. (Zhong, 2001)“We can remember 7 2 items only as long as we give all our attention to them” (Atkinson & Shiffrin, Miller)visualization (視覺化)categorization （分類）generalization （歸納）association （聯(lián)想）comparison （對(duì)比）Pollution in modern citiesPictures vs. Words 1. Pictures are concrete while words are

3、often abstract. 2. visualization process forces you to focus. Activity 1I was beginning to expect that the passengers would draw lots as to who should be eaten. “would have done sth. is used to talk about something that didnt really happen, but youre imagining how things would be different if someth

4、ing different had happened in the past.People who normally would have hated each other found each other quite agreeable.Video watchingOrientationWhenWhereWhoComplicationConflictEvaluationReactions ofcharactersResolutionSolutionOrientationWhenWhereWhoComplicationConflictEvaluationReactions ofcharacte

5、rsResolutionSolution1. Listen to the story again and reconstruct the entire story by using step-by-step visualization. 2. Retell the story in English. Activity 2OrientationWhenWhereWhoComplicationConflictEvaluationReponses ofcharactersResolutionSolutionSummary1. The importance of short-term memory and the application of visualization in memory training.2. The use of visualization strategy to retrieve information in narrative discourse.Assignments1. Watch the second story and draw pictures based on step-by-step visualization.2. Repeat the story according to pictures.3. tell