I recently stumbled across some pretty interesting data on how quickly we forget things depending on how we were exposed to those things. From a post by AJ Kumar called "You Forget 80% of What You Learn Every Day!":
We learn:So how do the four core skills of the language-learning trade—reading, writing, listening, and speaking—fare in the above?
- 10% What we READ
- 20% What we HEAR
- 30% What we SEE
- 50% What we SEE and HEAR
- 70% What we DISCUSSED with OTHERS
- 80% What we EXPERIENCED PERSONALLY
- 95% What we TEACH TO SOMEONE ELSE