In 2019, I enrolled in Spanish Level 1 in Spring and Level 2 in Fall at Clovis Community College. As a non-paid volunteer, for 2 years, I was working about 20 hours a week doing social services interviews at the Salvation Army Corps. Since I received a heavy tuition discount being a senior (over age 65), I enrolled, aced both courses.
We had some visiting us who knew very little English but were fluent in Spanish. In interviewing them, speak about a crash course in learning! But hard-knocks is a thorough teacher!
To further my learning, I was memorising Bible verses in Spanish. Recalling them word perfect is a challenge, but taught me about verbs and their usage.
One can apply this to other areas. In college, I was memorizing Chemistry rules, writing them on business sized cards, had a review deck by book chapter. "Bronsted Base Rule 1 is ...." Worked like a charm. Prior to memorizing, got a "D" on the first quarter exam. Started this method of memorizing. Got a "B+" on 2nd quarter, "A" on 3rd quarter, aced the final with closing grade of "B+".
One could use this method to memorise favourite famous quotes, a favourite chapter of a book, a cooking recipe, etc.
Key is periodic review after memorisation to keep it locked in one's memory.
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