A tip from Israeli experts: Children recall information better when they repeat the material aloud.
This is the conclusion of a recent study conducted at Israel’s Ariel University by professors Michal Ichet of the department of communication disorders, in collaboration with Yaniv Mama from the department of psychology and behavioral sciences.
The researchers found that when children hear new information and then repeat it loudly and clearly, this significantly improves their ability to remember the words, compared with their memory of words spoken by someone else. This simple “listen and repeat” method can be used to help even pre-readers learn and memorize information — including facts, vocabulary and foreign languages — more effectively.
The study was conducted in Hebrew but is applicable to any language of instruction, according to the professors.
They theorize that repeating words aloud creates a pathway in the brain. These words then receive “preferential status” and become more familiar. — israel21c