doesn’t mean ignoring important things in your life,‖
Amanda explains. ―It means planning your study time so that you can concentrate. If I’m worried about a sick friend,
Intensive Study 2 How do A students like these make it? Brains aren’t the
only answer. The most gifted students do not necessarily
perform best in exams. Knowing how to make the most of one’s abilities counts for much more.
approach
Pre-reading Activities: Listening
Second Listening:
Listen to the tape again. Then, choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1. A) to describe college life B) to give advice for college success C) to warn against being lazy at college
C) Treat studying like business. D) Study together.
Script
Pre-reading Activities: Listening Seventh, Third, Gettingorganize good ask questions. grades your in materials. This college will does Ifmake everything not clear onlywhat you depend need points on is kept you howunderstand smart in one you place, are well you or and even can in work on what how more areas hard efficiently. you you need work. more In fact, work. the biggest key to success in college is learning how to study Fourth, Finally, organize study together. your time. Working Start working in a group on assignments with other effectively. The following secrets of ―A‖ students will tell you well in advance students allowsso you thatto you try candifferent avoid last-minute approaches pressure. and get what it takes to get the best grades you can. support from your partners. Fifth, learn how to read selectively. Pay careful attention First of all, concentrate! Treat studying like a serious to passages that relevant to what you When are learning and These are the are secrets of ―A‖ students. you apply business, not something you can do while eating or watching skip those that aren’t . themover to your own work, you’ll be on the way to becoming an TV at the same time. ―A‖ student too. Sixth, take good notes. Write down the professor’s ideas Secondly, study anywhere — or everywhere. If your and your own and also summarize the main points of each schedule is full, study while you are doing other things such lecture. as exercising or brushing your teeth.
Intensive Study 4
1. Concentrate! Top students allow no interruptions of
their study time. Once the books are open, phone calls go unanswered, TV unwatched and newspapers unread. ―This
Pre-reading Activities: Listening
First Listening: Before listening to the tape, have a quick
look at the following words. n. a mark indicating a student’s grade level of accomplishment concentrate schedule pressure selectively relevant skip over v. to direct one’s thoughts or attention n. a plan for performing work or achieving an objective n. an oppressive condition of physical, mental, social, or distress ad . by selection or economic discrimination a. having connection with the matter at hand to pass from point to point, omitting or disregarding what is unimportant n. a method used in dealing with sth.
3 Hard work isn’t the whole story either. Some of these
high-achieving students actually put in fewer hours than their lower-scoring classmates. The students at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techniques that others can easily learn. Here, according to education experts and students themselves, are the secrets of A students.
1
Alex, now a first-year student in natural sciences at
Cambridge, played football for his school in Manchester and directed the school production of a play. He left school with five A’s. Amanda, reading English at Bristol University, acted in plays at hers, and played tennis regularly. Yet she still managed to get four A’s.
Second Listening:
3.
Listen to the tape again. Then, choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
A) Organize your time and materials.
B) Write down every word the professor says in class.
I call her before I start my homework. Then when I sit down
to study, I can really focus.‖
Intensive Study
• Intensive Study
• Difficult sentences
• Key words, phrases & usages
• Comprehension exercises
Intensive Study
Secrets of A Studeentine Kiester
21st Century College English: Book 1
Unit 1 : Part A
Secrets of A Students
Unit 1: Part A
• Pre-Reading Activities • Intensive Study • Exercises • Assignment