Study Tips

By

Chegu Burn
RELP 2016
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How many English words can I learn per day?

10 English words or phrases per day aren’t too many,
are they? Just give it a try. You will find that you can
learn them in next to no time.

So why not take a little time each day (Monday to

Friday) to learn 10 new words?

Use the weekend to revise what you have learned

during the past week(s). This way you’ll enrich your
English vocabulary by 50 new words per week. (That’s
200 new English words after a month!)
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Read English texts as often as you can.

This could be the news, short stories or novels, texts from your textbook or ego4u.
Choose an interesting text that is not too difficult for you (otherwise it wouldn’t be
fun).

Don’t look up every word which is new to you – even without a dictionary you will
understand a lot. Just concentrate on what you do understand and try to find out the
rest by intelligent guessing. That works rather well, especially if you are interested
in the topic. If you are a football fanatic for example, you probably won’t have
problems understanding an English text about football. On the other hand,
someone who is better in English than you but not interested in football will have
more problems understanding the same text.

Do also watch the news in your native language and try to find English news to
some of the topics. Even if you don't understand every word in the English text, you
will get the message as you already know what the text is about.
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Set small, achievable targets, e.g.:

learn 10 new English words or phrases every day, Mondays to
Fridays (repeat on Saturdays, relax on Sundays)
unlearn one typical mistake before the next test.

Study 15 minutes every day read the lyrics of an English song

every week and try to understand its main content read and try to
understand one short English text every week.

Reaching your target step by step is much better than setting a

huge target that you cannot achieve. Easy does it … and keeps
your motivation up.
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“Boring!”

Well, that’s definitely not the way it works.

Try to find a positive aspect to studying. Why not watch
your favourite film in English and write down some
useful words or phrases that you want to remember.

You could also read the lyrics of Top 10 songs and try to
understand what they are about. Or check out celebrity
sites and learn more about famous actors, bands and
other stars. This sure is good for your vocabulary and
on top of that – it’s lots of fun.
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Studying 15 minutes per day is more effective than

studying 2 hours once every week.

For a whole week, try studying 15 minutes each day.

Not less. And definitively not more than that (even if
you could).

You will see that the following day, studying is much

more fun, simply because you didn't push it to the limit
the day before.
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Everybody notices what you failed to do. But nobody appreciates

what you succeeded to do. That's rather frustrating, isn't it?

Appreciation is always a good motivation. And if nobody else

appreciates your efforts, you'll have to do it yourself. Set
a target for the day, the week or the term and do also set a reward
for yourself that you can look forward to, e.g.:

If I achieve the target, I will treat myself to ...

An evening of computer game only!

If it's a long-time target, write your reward down on a piece of

paper and hang it up in a place where it catches your eye. This sure
will be a good motivation.
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Meet friends and study English together.

You can repeat your English vocabulary, do your
homework together and help each other with English
grammar.

Studying with friends simply is much more fun.

It’s also a good opportunity to exchange ideas on
studying in general.

Maybe your friends have found out about a good way of

studying more effectively. Or, who knows, maybe you
can advise your friends on this?