Long-term adherence to recitation can improve memory, which is very important for learning and can improve learning efficiency. It was circulated on the Internet that I memorized a whole English dictionary and then began to teach students English words. Many people become famous English teachers because they can recite the whole new concept textbook. So reciting is definitely useful, and the key lies in persistence. As long as everything can be done to the extreme, we will all benefit. If you fish for three days and dry the net for two days, it may not have much good effect.
Although understanding and application are more important in learning, they must be based on familiarity. If you don't know, are unfamiliar with and can't remember at any time, how can you understand and use it flexibly? As the saying goes, if you read a book a hundred times, you will see what you mean. By repeating it many times, you can achieve the purpose of memory and understand and use it. Some things, maybe we can't understand in the process of reading and reciting, but after remembering, they become our own things, and maybe we can remember them at a certain moment. At a certain moment, inspiration comes, and new understanding and breakthrough can be made.
Although many people are opposed to rote learning now, it has trained many thinkers for thousands of years. After reading many biographies and books of celebrities in the Republic of China, I found that many master thinkers and educators are advocating endorsement.