Hello, Lovely, I'm Maria.

And my name is Rory, and we are the host of the AILT Speaking for Success podcast,

the podcast that aims to help you improve your speaking skills as well as your listening skills along the way.

We started this podcast to give you a look at how a native speaker could answer some of the

most common AILD speaking

questions for high score, Ben 9 score. Rory, you're late today and you've overslept.

I know, I'm sorry. I almost forgot.

Hmm, shall we talk about memory?

Yeah, it seems appropriate. It's a coincidence.

On this podcast again. Not manufactured at all.

Memory. We are a factory of coincidences. Coincidence is an irony.

Rory, do you have a good memory? I have a better one than I did since I started organizing everything in my head.

I organized my head and my life and my days more effectively now.

I have a routine, I'm a planner, and I take notes a lot, and that helps greatly.

Do you have a good memory for faces?

I have a memory for faces, but I don't have a memory for names or numbers.

I wish I could remember names better, but for me it's always a challenge.

I suppose it's because I meet new people so often that it's hard to recall some names,

especially if it's a lot of people at once, like new classes, for example. And the other thing I don't

have a memory for is numbers. I don't even know my own phone number. I can't even remember that.

And there's no way except repeating it. Like, I don't know what's it called, wrote to learning,

maybe, that would help me remember it do anything to improve your memory well like I said I take notes

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