Abstract

It is widely acknowledged that the Forgetting Curve was discovered by German psychologist Ebbinghaus, which vividly described the forgetting rules that humans’ brains had to new things.  

According to the vivid description of the curve, humans are able to master the forgetting rules and make full use of them to help consolidate their old knowledge. Therefore their memory ability can be improved. English learning is extremely complex and rich in contents, which requires a good memory. As a consequence, to learn English well, 

Students must develop strong memory ability. It concerns many teachers as to how to make use of the Forgetting Curve to help students, especially primary school students to memorize and master English more efficiently and accurately. This thesis, based on the Forgetting Curve, attempts to analyze the memorizing and forgetting process of primary school students from psychological perspective. It is proved that the application of the forgetting rules in primary English teaching and learning is helpful for students to improve the quality and efficiency of English learning.   

Keywords: Forgetting Curve; primary school students; English learning; 

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction. 1

2. Literature Review 1

2.1. Brief Introduction about Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve2

2.2. Review on Primary School Student’s English Learning.3

3. The Study on the Application of Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve in Primary School English Teaching and Learning.3

3.1.Application of Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve in the representation of the teaching material contents.5

3.2.Application of Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve as meaningful memory methods.9 

4. Conclusion.10

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