Some individual characteristics of memory effecting learning foreign languages

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of taking into consideration the most important psychological characteristics of learner’s memory effecting the process of learning a foreign language. The vision of the problem is based on theoretical theses of Psychology and Pedagogy. One particular aspect of foreign language teaching which is tackled on in the article is the problem of working with a text. The authors consider the most important factors of memory effecting the process of learning, such as emotional factors, motivation, clustering of information and the main channels of perception. The authors also suggest some methods aimed at adapting the process of foreign language teaching to various psychological characteristics of learners’ personalities. The article deals not only with theoretical problems but contains some practical suggestions how to improve the process of learning a foreign language and make it easier for learners. In conclusion the authors define subjects for further study of the problem.