Implementation of mnemonics techniques in teaching consecutive intrpretation

Kopreva Larisa G., Naumenko Natalya P.

The relevance of mnemonics techniques research is of significant interest due to the fact that nowadays the use of mnemonics is gaining more and more popularity in the educational process and contributes to the development of students’ memory. Memory processes and psychology are widely analyzed by the scientific community, opening up new possibilities of mnemonic techniques employment and their application into educational practice. The purpose of this article is to study the types and techniques of mnemonics, practical basis, as well as to prove the effectiveness of their implementation in teaching consecutive interpretation. To achieve the objective, the following tasks were set: 1) to give a definition to the concept of “mnemonics”; 2) to study the types and techniques of mnemonics; 3) to analyze their use in the practice of foreign language teaching. The authors focus on the analysis and specifics of working with the techniques of mnemonics, as well as difficulties in a number of tasks while teaching cadets at a military school. A selection of exercises from a number of school books was an example of teaching the techniques of mnemonics.

Keywords:concept of “mnemonics”, components of mnemonics, types of mnemonics, techniques of mnemonics, types of memory.