Open University

Study Skills ! What Is That ?

How can you connect this to study skills ?
Planning for success
Active =/= passive learning
control your learning
Getting down On Paper
Observing Language Features
1. Use formal=/= informal style ( choose academic words )
2. Gender awareness
e.g Chairman X Chair or chairperson✓
S/he: As in ‘S/he works a 15-hour day✓
3. Avoiding ‘You’ Constructions
e.g Your school notes may giveyou a list of X School notes may list✓
4. Avoiding passive forms
e.g An accident on the M25 is causing mayhem.✓
5. Cutting out contractions
e.g Isn’t X Is not ✓
6. Addressing the dreaded apostrophe
e.g Potato’s X potatoes ✓
7. Acronym problem UNESCO
8. Watch Out The Punctuation
Surviving (And Enjoying) Exams
A piece of Advice
1. Mastering Mnemonics
e.g EGBDF – Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
2. Making Memory and Logical Links
3. Developing a historical perspective
start with the most general or the most basic information and then proceed to more specific details.
4. Mind Maps

5. Reviewing From Notes .

Good Luck
Good Luck