# ✅ Checkpoint: Memory and Input Methods

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## Quiz

1. Which learner is actually doing spaced repetition?
   - Priya: reads the whole deck for an hour on Sunday, then nothing all week.
   - Tomas: reviews 12 cards, says the answer out loud before flipping, and skips cards that are not due.
   - Sam: copies each card three times into a notebook to make it stick.
   - Mara: rereads a 60-word list every night before bed.
2. A card keeps failing three reviews in a row. What is the recommended fix?
   - Rewrite it smaller or delete it.
   - Reset the whole deck and start over.
   - Drill it harder and review it more often.
   - Add more translations to the back so you learn them together.
3. What does shadowing mean?
   - Repeating the sentence after the audio stops.
   - Listening twice with no text and writing a summary.
   - Speaking along with the audio, slightly behind the speaker.
   - Reading the transcript silently before you play the clip.
4. During blind shadowing you fall behind the speaker. What should you do?
   - Jump back in at the next word you catch.
   - Stop and look up the word you missed.
   - Switch back to reading the transcript for the rest of the clip.
   - Rewind and restart the clip from the beginning.
5. Why does playing audio at 75 percent speed help fix pronunciation drift?
   - It hides your errors so you stay confident.
   - It teaches the shape of sounds first, then you catch up to normal tempo.
   - It makes the clip longer so you practice more minutes.
   - It replaces the need for a transcript.
6. Which source is the best choice for a beginner shadowing clip?
   - A song with stretched vowels and loud background music.
   - A fast panel discussion with several speakers talking over each other.
   - A movie scene with heavy background music.
   - A 60 to 90 second slow news clip with a transcript.
7. A well designed card tests exactly ____ fact.
8. The final minute of the 10 minute listening drill is for ____ three phrases into your spaced repetition deck.
9. Write your own weekly plan that combines a daily review slot and a daily 10 minute shadowing drill. Include the time, the place cue, the duration, and how you will feed phrases from shadowing into your deck.
10. Take one card from your deck that keeps failing and repair it. Show the old front and back, the new front and back, and say which card rule the old version broke.


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## Contents

Part of [🎯 Foreign Languages and Cross-Cultural Skills](https://everwise.study/courses/foreign-languages-and-cross-cultural-skills.md)

- **🧠 Memory and Input: Learn Faster**
  - [🔁 Spaced Repetition Foundations: Build Your Deck and Review Schedule](https://everwise.study/courses/foreign-languages-and-cross-cultural-skills/spaced-repetition-deck-and-schedule.md)
  - [🎧 Active Listening and Shadowing Drills](https://everwise.study/courses/foreign-languages-and-cross-cultural-skills/active-listening-and-shadowing-drills.md) (sign-in required)
  - [✅ Checkpoint: Memory and Input Methods](https://everwise.study/courses/foreign-languages-and-cross-cultural-skills/checkpoint-memory-and-input-methods.md) (sign-in required) — this lesson
- **🗣️ Speaking From Day One and Travel Survival**
  - [💬 Speaking From Day One: Starter Phrases and Low-Pressure Practice](https://everwise.study/courses/foreign-languages-and-cross-cultural-skills/speaking-from-day-one-starter-phrases.md)
  - [✈️ Survival Phrases for Travel: Transport, Hotels, Food, and Emergencies](https://everwise.study/courses/foreign-languages-and-cross-cultural-skills/travel-survival-phrases-transport-hotels-food.md)
  - [✅ Checkpoint: Speaking and Travel Phrases](https://everwise.study/courses/foreign-languages-and-cross-cultural-skills/checkpoint-speaking-and-travel-phrases.md)
- **🌍 Cross-Cultural Communication at Work**
  - [🔍 High-Context vs Low-Context Cultures](https://everwise.study/courses/foreign-languages-and-cross-cultural-skills/high-context-vs-low-context-cultures.md)
  - [🤝 Etiquette and Politeness Across Cultures](https://everwise.study/courses/foreign-languages-and-cross-cultural-skills/etiquette-and-politeness-across-cultures.md)
  - [🧩 Working in International Teams: Meetings, Feedback, and Written Tone](https://everwise.study/courses/foreign-languages-and-cross-cultural-skills/international-teams-meetings-feedback-tone.md) (premium content)
  - [✅ Checkpoint: Cross-Cultural Communication](https://everwise.study/courses/foreign-languages-and-cross-cultural-skills/checkpoint-cross-cultural-communication.md) (premium content)
- [Course cheatsheet](https://everwise.study/courses/foreign-languages-and-cross-cultural-skills/cheatsheet.md) (premium content)