Learning to Learn

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Learning to Learn Learning words/ phrases/ texts
by heart
and having fun along the way!
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meaning

• To learn the of
• single words/ short phrases
• Use scraps of paper/ card/ post-it notes
• to make

chien
1) match-up cards
dog
2) turn learn cards
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spelling

• B) To learn the of
• single words/ short phrases
• Continue to use turn learn cards and

1) Look-Say-Cover-Write-Check
2) anagrams/ unjumbles
niech
chien
hinec
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c) To learn longer phrases/ extended
sentences by heart
Initial Letter Strings
1) Use
Je voudrais un chien
J v u c
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or 2)Cover over sections of the sentence,
starting at the end and increasing in length,
until you can say/ write it from memory, looking
only at the first word.

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D) To learn a whole paragraph
by heart

• Know what you want to say and use a series of
  symbols/ simple pictures to remind you

Je voudrais un chien
mais nous navons quun chat
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2) Turn the paragraph into a series of numbered
sentences, starting each sentence on a new
line. 3) Then turn your sentences into initial
letter strings/ first or key words and practise
building these back up into a paragraph.
1) K w y w t s a u a s o s/ s p t r y. Know 2)
T t p i a s o n s, s e s o a n l. Turn 3) T t
y s I I l s/ I w a p b t b u I a p. Then
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E) To learn a whole text/ presentation
by heart

• Know how many paragraphs are in the text and the
  main idea in each paragraph.
• 2)Transfer the whole text, as a series of
  numbered paragraphs and sentences made only of
  initial letter strings/ first or key words, onto
  a small piece of paper/card.

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3) Carry this cue card around in your pocket/ pin
it up somewhere prominent at home and use it to
practise saying your full text several times a
day.
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• To learn the meaning of single words/ short
  phrases
• match-up cards
• turn learn cards
• B) To learn the spelling of single words/ short
  phrases
• Look-Say-Cover-Write-Check
• anagrams/ unjumbles
• C) To learn longer phrases/ extended sentences by
  heart
• initial letter strings
• cover up sections of the sentence, starting from
  the end
• D) To learn a whole paragraph/ whole text by
  heart
• symbols
• reduce text to series of initial letter strings/
  key words on cue card say aloud regularly