Reading something out loud: most effective way of retaining information

[Kraut]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... emory.html

The one technique to boost your memory:

Scientists reveal this simple trick is the most effective way of keeping information fresh in your mind for longer

Reading something out loud is the most effective way of retaining information
It is better than having someone say it to you or hearing a play back of yourself
Both speaking and hearing words makes them more personal and memorable
Previous research found writing or typing words makes them easier to recall
Past findings also show exercise and being active give memories a boost

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[Speakeasy]

Fascinating ... er ... maybe.

What I found most interesting about this “ground-breaking study on memory” was that the editors chose to post it on a page that is devoted primarily to news about socialites, fashionistas, and a host of other wannabes. The “readers’ comments” tell the real story.

The society editor’s posting of the decidedly unflattering photos Taylor Swift reveals an unpleasant bias. Having served as an officer in the RCN myself, I find Thandie Newton’s “naval-inspired coat” garish, what ever happened to understated elegance? The article “I will kill you and I will take Auden” is the most riveting piece of investigative journalism that I have read in years.

[MrPenguin]

Presumably, that news piece is based around this study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28969489 "This time it's personal: the memory benefit of hearing oneself."
I'm not, however, going to give the daily mail a click to find out for certain, as it's a nasty tabloid, and I'd rather not add to their visitor numbers or advertising revenue.

[DaveBee]

Fascinating ... er ... maybe.

What I found most interesting about this “ground-breaking study on memory” was that the editors chose to post it on a page that is devoted primarily to news about socialites, fashionistas, and a host of other wannabes. The “readers’ comments” tell the real story.

The url puts it in their "health" section. The side bar articles are presumably their 'most read' list.

I like the comment about explaining something, I agree with that, you really test your knowledge of a thing by trying to explain it someone else.
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As to the gossip articles, theres a collection of photos where you can see Prince Harry's intended grow up!

EDIT
I've been trying to get into the habit of reading aloud in my target language. I've sold myself on the idea that this will improve my pronunciation.

[Xenops]

Presumably, that news piece is based around this study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28969489 "This time it's personal: the memory benefit of hearing oneself."
I'm not, however, going to give the daily mail a click to find out for certain, as it's a nasty tabloid, and I'd rather not add to their visitor numbers or advertising revenue.

Presumably, if it's a true tabloid, they would not cite scientific papers.

Regardless of the original source of information in the OP, I appreciate the information and the discussion it has brought forth. I suspected reading aloud has benefits, but I could not say why. Now I have a better idea.

[Cainntear]

It's a weird beast -- most tabloids in the UK have red mastheads, and another term for a tabloid is a "red-top". The Mail is a non-redtop tabloid, because it's pretending to be more upmarket than other tabloids -- i.e. it's the tabloid for richer readers who think other tabloid readers are below them for reasons of social class.

Since going online, it has developed a dissociative personality disorder. The print edition decries the celebrity obsessions of the red-tops as crass appeal to the unwashed masses of the hoi polloi (and they'd probably use stronger words than that) but the marketing bods found that "celeb goss" was exactly the thing to bring eyes to the site. Thus we have what is termed in the UK the Daily Mail's "sidebar of shame" (I think the satirical news mag Private Eye invented the term).

Here's a well-observed summary of what is essentially an easy target...

[NIKOLIĆ]

carole234, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago

Forgot the advice so had to read the article again

[Kraut]

Oral production is effective because it has two distinctive components, a motor or speech act and a personal auditory input, the researchers explain. “[The] results suggest that production is memorable in part because it includes a distinctive, self-referential component. This may well underlie why rehearsal is so valuable in learning and remembering,” the study concludes. “We do it ourselves, and we do it in our own voice. When it comes time to recover the information, we can use this distinctive component to help us to remember.”

Notably, there was a significant advantage in hearing a recording of the self over hearing another person read. “This suggests that part of the advantage ordinarily seen in the production effect is hearing one’s own voice–the self-referential component–above and beyond the benefit conferred by auditory information,” the study says.

Hearing your own voice saying information boosts the likelihood that it will stick to your memory. This trick can be used not just by students but adults and seniors working on recall, says MacLeod.

https://qz.com/1144521/you-remember-mor ... d-out-loud

[sfuqua]

I've always wondered how closely related reading aloud and shadowing are. In both cases, one is producing language that has just entered the brain. Of course shadowing involves listening and reading aloud involves reading.

[DaveBee]

I've always wondered how closely related reading aloud and shadowing are. In both cases, one is producing language that has just entered the brain. Of course shadowing involves listening and reading aloud involves reading.

I watched a presentation recently where the reading process was explained as mapping letters/groups of letters to sounds. Then the same mechanism that handles heard speech takes over.

https://forum.language-learners.org/vie ... 766#p84766

I suppose for L2 speakers the difference will be with imperfect sound production when reading, so shadowing would be better?