How to study enghlish 8 potx

LOOKING AND LISTENING

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mation. You don’t have paper and pen with you. What do you do to try

to remember what’s on the billboard?

Which exercise above came more naturally to you?

• Was it the phone exercise? If so, you probably learn better by hear￾ing.

• Was it the billboard exercise? Then you probably learn better by

seeing.

• Were the two exercises the same for you? Yes? Then you probably

learn better when you see and hear something at the same time.

BOOST YOUR EYE OR EAR POWER

OK, now that you know whether you learn better with your ears or your

eyes, what do you do to study more effectively? Whether you’re summa￾rizing what you read, or reflecting on what happened in the last class, try

one of these techniques:

• Give yourself something to hear: speak! Take notes by speaking

into a tape recorder. You can play this back not only at your best

study time (see Chapter 1), but in a headset when you’re commut￾ing to or from work, when you’re on your lunch hour, doing dish￾es at home, or going for a walk.

• Give yourself something to see: write or draw! Carry a little note￾book or sketch pad around with you to write or draw after￾thoughts of what you studied. You can study not only at your best

time of day, but since you’re carrying your notes with you, when￾ever you have a few minutes–even in the bathtub.

BE ALL EARS

Here are ways to make the most of using your ears in studying, whether

they’re your learning strength or not.

WHEN LISTENING

Use only your ears. Try closing your eyes when you’re listening to some￾thing you want to remember, whether it’s a tape of a speech or notes