So you forget things? Words, forms, structures, where you put your car-keys, half the things on your shopping-list, said shopping-list at home.... Don't worry, everybody does. It's not only you. Children do it, grown-ups do it, young people do it, and so do old ones. Only elephants remember. Or so the saying goes.

The more you stimulate your memory, the better it gets. And I mean stimulate, not bore it to tears with tedious repetitions, parrot-fashion.

To remember words, you should remember the context they were used in. Where did you come across those words? Once you remember the situation, it's much easier to remember the word. Revise old lessons and then try to remember by recalling scenes, not sterile, abstract lists of translated words. They won't get you anywhere. Witness the millions of students world-wide, made to study languages at school. With what results!

The Athenaze course-book provides a story-line that is interesting enough to serve as support for situational learning. It presents (near) real-life situations, with useful words placed in meaningful, easy to visualize and recall context.

P.S. The lists of words are given as reference, not as "must learn by heart" material! And the same applies to grammar.