高中三年级英语(人教版)全一册 Unit 12 Reading 2

　　Although Ebbinghaus referred to "reciting", many educators today prefer to use the term "to review". The reason for this is that learners frequently misunderstand what effective reciting involves. Take language learning as an example: students often tend to recite lists of single vocabulary items, rather than to review them in a context. If you try doing this, you will find that you do remember a lot of words, but you will not understand how to use them appropriately. A more useful method is to use the new vocabulary by describing or retelling the main ideas of the text, presentation or discussion in your own words. In this way, you "review" or "recite" the vocabulary in a context, so the information becomes "meaningful" and you will remember much more.