1) Character amnesia matters because memorisation is so crucial to character-based written languages, says Siok Wai Ting, assistant professor of linguistics at Hong Kong University.

2) Memorisation of information by frequent repetition (rote learning) plays a role in many education systems. Does the usefulness of this method outweigh the limitations?

3) This also applies to mechanical memorisation without the emotional involvement for the purpose of generating automatic feeling with the language.

4) Rote memorisation is not entirely useless. It can help children to learn the basics such as the multiplication tables.

5) A couple of other points about memorisation are also very important for language learning.

6) The approach to course design emphasises the development of understanding of key ideas rather than extensive memorisation of detailed factual information.

7) Both the actual process of creating such notes and the appropriateness and variety of the finished product will aid understanding and memorisation.

8) Even young adults struggle,(http:///memorisation.html) having passed through an archaic school system that still insists on the brute memorisation of words and grammar.

9) The article compares the first language acquisition with second language acquisition to illustrate that foreign language learning must emphasize memorisation, grammar, comparison and practice.

10) In the future, I will make endeavor on more memorisation , reading and learning.