I have to write and memorise an oral report. What's the easiest way to memorise a five minute speech??

Question

It's a biography, and I am lost! I have a week. HELP!!

I have a biography. I didn't even get to choose my person.

James Monroe.

Answer 1

The best way to memorise anything is to imagine it in terms of a journey. For example...if I had to remember pigs trees, apple cake and seaside...I would imagine pigs wandering amongst the trees picking apples to make apple cake for their trip to the seaside!

You're more likely to remember a 'story' then just facts.

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

I always did the following - and then advise the same as a teacher:

Break the speech down into chunks and then give each chunk a picture. You can then create a story using the pictures, so that you remember the picture order.
It is usually the task of trying to learn a long passage that people find hard, rather than trying to learn lots of little passages.

If you haven't already chosen the person you have to write the biography on, try and choose someone you are truly interested in - it will make so much difference to your memory.

Good luck! A week is quite a long time to do something like this if you dedicate time to it every day. The best time to read your work through id just before bed, as your brain will carry on working on it whilst you are asleep.

Answer 3

First of all write about something that you are familiar with and have a vested interest in. For example, if you want to become a maring biologist and you love whales do your speech on something related to that field. You are more likely to remember if you enjoy your topic. This works for any type of paper of speech that you will have to do.

Make sure you understand what you are writing about. If there is something you don't understand do a little more research to help clarify the point. Also, since it is five minutes try to capture the major points and their highlights. Always try to leave some things to question. Your classmates will want to ask questions and you will be able to have some great answers for them.

Good luck and remember to breath if you love your topic the rest will come easily.

Answer 4

after you write your bibliography and you know your topic really well, recite a speech without looking at your paper. after you've said all that you know out loud, look at your paper to see if you want/need to add some things.
try not to memorize the paper word for word because then you will get too nervous b/c you will be too concentrated on a minor detail. get really passionate about what your talking about and just know your stuff and everything will go fine. good luck!

Answer 5

I used to teach my students to use a visual, a poster on which they somehow included the major parts they needed to highlight in their speech. The visual should be colorful, easily read by the audience, and, above all, USED as the speech is delivered. Do NOT just post the visual; use it as a resource as you present.

Good luck.

Chow!!

Answer 6

Put it to a tune and try to sing it. I have a 300 page pedagogical book that I'm trying to basically memorize in less than a week. I summarize what I want out of it by singing it to rap music or to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star." Whatever! Music helps our brain to memorize.

Answer 7

Record it in sections, leaving spaces to repeat each section. Play it over and over again. You'll find it a dream.
I learn lines like that and it never fails.
Was Bertozzo in the "Anarchist" last and used this method.

Answer 8

Personally, i would read it alot and then try to remember what i read. For me, practice makes perfect.

I dont know about you, i have a tendancy to be able to memorize things easily due to my 7 years of musical background. It just comes easy to me. I hope i have helped :)

Answer 9

use bullet points, remember these and the main of your speech. then rehearse loads and loads to learn it parrot fashion as it were. you can a lso tape yourself speaking and listen to it as you sleep, this makes the words stay in your memory longer.

Answer 10

ok.....if you write something just to make that report you wont remember what you wrote but if you write what you feel you cant go wrong as you will always say the same thing.....hope that makes sense.just had some wine.....foxy