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Heinrich Schliemann’s memorizing method

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JasonChoi
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 Message 18 of 63
28 February 2008 at 7:17pm | IP Logged 
leosmith wrote:
Hmm..so we're memorizing books now? How would one memorize a book? I'm seeing there are several people trying this, but would someone care to give a detailed description of how to memorize a book? The most interesting method I know of for doing this is the memory palace.


It's interesting that you mentioned the memory palace. I was reading the Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci as I was thinking about how to go about memorizing entire books. The 'Roman Room' method seems to be virtually the same idea as the memory palace. One difference though is that the roman room involves using a real room rather than an imagined one.

However as Kewms mentioned, each sentence flows directly into the next sentence. I've found frequent listening/reading (with full comprehension) to be a good way to get a major overview of the story. After a few times, by attempting to memorize short portions at a time, the task is quite simple, though not necessarily instant.
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MarcoDiAngelo wrote:
I think it would be great combined with L-R method.


Uhm... what exactly is the L-R method? I could make a qualified guess, but I'd rather know for sure ;)
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It is this.

Edited by MarcoDiAngelo on 29 February 2008 at 2:06am

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29 February 2008 at 7:52am | IP Logged 
By the way...I suppose this may be obvious, but it may not be for some:

I think it's important that the memorized content be fully comprehensible. Prior to applying this memorizing approach to languages, I've tried memorizing random phrases/expressions, which I was able to recite, yet I did not completely understand what I was reciting. This ultimately made me feel like I was not learning.
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 Message 22 of 63
29 February 2008 at 8:56am | IP Logged 
Interesting method. I once tried to memorize "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, but I gave up after 4 verses. I guess my brain is no use for that.

Still, can someone suggest stuff to memorize in Swedish or Spanish?
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 Message 23 of 63
29 February 2008 at 10:30am | IP Logged 
raeve wrote:
Can someone suggest stuff to memorize in Swedish or Spanish?


In Spanish I like:
El Conde Lucanor by Don Juan Manuel

The stories are short, pithy, and very straightforward. and I love the sayings at the end of each Cuento.
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JasonChoi
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29 February 2008 at 7:24pm | IP Logged 
Hmm.. a similar discussion had been going on at antimoon.com here and here.

One particular person had listened to and read a chinese textbook 20 times which resulted in naturally memorizing the content.

-Jason


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