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UNLEASHING THE MAGIC OF RETRIEVAL PRACTICE IN EFL

MIND GYM

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Objective

Differentiate between the concepts of retrieval practice, spacing, and interleaving
Apply retrieval practice strategies to EFL lessons

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PRE-TEST

What are the three stages of learning?

What is the meaning of the words below?

Retrieval Practice
Spacing
Interleaving

Write 5 strategies to enhance learning retention?

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ACTIVATION: SURVEY YOUR COLLEAGUES

Ask one of the questions below to three different colleagues of yours:

Question	Colleague 1	Colleague 2	Colleague 3
What did you have for lunch last Sunday?
What were you wearing on Wednesday?
Who was the last students you said good-bye to before the conference?

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REFLECT

How difficult/ easy was it to retrieve this information?
What made it difficult or easy to retrieve it?
How about our students? Do you think they remember what we taught them at the beginning of the week? Last week? Last month?

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THE LEARNING STAGES

Encoding

Storage

Retrieval

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THE LEARNING PROCESS

Complete the chart below identifying the learning stage each activity best fits in.

Activity	Learning Stage
A powerpoint presentation about retrieval practice. Students take notes and ask questions.
A game to practice the topic being studied. Students can see their notes.
A quiz at the beginning of the class to test students’ understanding of the content. Students cannot see their notes
A worksheet after the explanation of the content. Students can see their notes

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REFLECT

When it comes to the classroom, where do you focus your activities and teaching practices – encoding, storage, or retrieval?
Do you focus on one stage more than another stage?

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WHAT IF LEARNING

...is not what we can get into students' heads but what we can get out of them.

READ THAT AGAIN

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KEY CONCEPTS

Retrieval Practice

Spacing

Interleaving

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PRACTICAL TECHNIQUES

Brain Dump

Retrieval Cards

Mini Quizzes

Interleaved Practice

The Fishbowl

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BRAIN DUMP

Write the 5 strategies you just revised and what you remember about them.
Avoid looking at your notes.

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POST-TEST

What are the three stages of learning?

What is the meaning of the words below?

Retrieval Practice
Spacing
Interleaving

Write 5 strategies to enhance learning retention?