Education in the largest sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character or physical ability of an individual. In its technical sense, education is the process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge, skills and values from one generation to another.
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Be patient with yourself as you work to improve your English language skills. At first you will have trouble understanding and speaking English, but the situation will improve the longer you are here. People in Chicago are familiar with a variety of accents and most are quite tolerant of variations in pronunciation. They may ask you to repeat something, but they are willing to try again to understand you.
Reading
* Do not translate each word or you will lose track of the general idea and you will never finish your readings.
* Instead, read in chunks, trying to get the general idea of each paragraph. Do not stop if you are confused by a word or even a sentence. Many times, the meaning will become clearer as you read on. If you are still confused at the end of a paragraph, stop at that point and use your dictionary for an important word or two.
* Before reading a chapter, take a few minutes to look at the chapter outline (if there is one) and flip through the pages, trying to see the organization and most important ideas of the chapter.
* As you read, stop at the end of each section. (In other words, read from one heading to the next or one paragraph to the next). Ask yourself the main idea of that section and then write a brief note in the margin or underline a few words of the text.
* Pay attention to charts and diagrams and make sure you understand them.
* Review the main ideas of the chapter after you finish reading.
* Write vocabulary cards for only the most important new English words (write the English on one side and your native language on the other side).
Twenty-five Ways to Improve Motivation and Concentration
1. Design an adequate environment for yourself. Check lighting, noise, comfort of furniture, etc., in three or four places to determine which spot works best for you.
2. Make sure you have all the tools (i.e. compass, notebook, pens) you need before beginning a study session.
3. Choose a regular time to study each day so that you set a pattern for yourself.
4. Have a special reminder pad for jotting down extraneous thought that enter your mind while you are studying (e.g. Calling a friend for a lunch date).
5. Use a symbol for studying. Choose an item, like a hat, that you put on when, and only when, you are studying or an item that you place on your desk as you study.
6. Relax your body before you start studying.
7. Relax your body and give yourself an affirmation and/or an image that will motivate you.
8. Do some alternate nostril breathing before you begin study. Active-Passive: Do 3 rounds, starting with your active nostril, break 3 rounds starting with you passive nostril, break, 3 rounds starting with your active nostril.
9. Imagine that your brain is filled with the subject that you are going to study and that there is no room for anything else. See that the entrances to your mind are blocked by that subject.
10. Take two minutes before reading to jot down everything you expect to come up in the text that you are about to read.
11. Employ and SQ3R technique to begin each subject.
12. Break assignments into small step-by-step tasks.
13. Analyze your study skills to make sure that your problem is one of concentration, not faulty study skills.
14. Look for a special interest in each subject for whic Read more about Motivation and Concentration
Motivation (How to study) Added: 09/09/10 4:05 AM (Five hours, thirty-three minutes, three seconds ago) Rating(0) Viewed(516)
Ask any person who is successful in whatever he or she is doing what motivates him/her, and very likely the answer will be "goals". Goal Setting is extremely important to motivation and success. So what motivates you? Why are you in college? If you are in college because that's what your parents want, you may find it difficult to motivate yourself. Sure, it's possible to succeed with someone else providing the motivation for you. ("If you graduate from college, I'll give you a car!" or worse "If you don't graduate from college, you won't get a car.") But motivation that comes from within really makes the difference.
Certainly, you need some intelligence, knowledge base, study skills, and time management skills, but if you don't have motivation, you won't get far. Think about this analogy. You have a car with a full tank of gas, a well-tuned engine, good set of tires, quadraphonic CD system, and a sleek, polished exterior. There it sits. This car has incredible potential. (Have you heard that before?) However, until a driver sits behind the wheel, puts the key in the ignition, and cranks it up, the car doesn't function. You guessed it; the KEY is MOTIVATION.
Interest is an important motivator for a student. So is a desire to learn. When you link these two things together, you create success. Often success in an endeavor leads to more interest and a greater desire to learn, creating an upward spiral of motivation toward a goal you have established.
So be honest with yourself. Are you genuinely interested in being in college? Have you set realistic goals for yourself? How can you develop the internal motivation that really counts? When it comes to motivation, KNOWING is not as important as DOING.
Focus On Yourself Who you are is more valuable than what you do.
Your worth as a person is not based on your intelligence, your grades, or how hard you work. It is enough to be you. Practice impulse control by contemplating the consequences of your actions. How will you feel afterwards? Then, act to satisfy yourself. Write out a plan for yourself. Jot down personal and academic goals and priorities, and reread them when you're in a slump. Don't worry about or dwell on things that go wrong. Concentrate on your successes. Remember that little successes build up just as quickly as little failures. Give yourself time to change. Forgive yourself for backsliding and making mistakes. Mistakes are a normal part of the learning process. Without them, learning is difficult to impossible. Most mistakes are mislabeled when they are really attempts that didn’t work. Don't choose to be a perfectionist. Make approaching and the process of achieving your goals the basis of your self-respect rather than reaching your goals. Don't allow feelings of inadequacy to get you down. Think about all the things you do have going for you. Choose to believe in yourself. Imagine the worst that could happen if you're feeling down or hopeless. Exaggerate your fantasies and then smile at them. This puts your current situation in perspective. When you're down, go to someone whom you know cares for you and ask for a "pep talk" that reminds you of your good qualities, talents, and abilities and/or make a list of your good qualities and read them aloud. Read more about When Motivation is a Problem
Self-Reinforcement (How to study) Added: 09/09/10 12:04 AM (Nine hours, thirty-three minutes, fifty seconds ago) Rating(0) Viewed(545)
Self-Reinforcement
The purpose of this paper is to assist you in gaining control of your own studying. How is knowledge gained?
Most would agree that gaining knowledge (or learning) involves two things: experience and practice. Reading textbooks, listening to lectures, and reviewing class notes are all forms of experience that seem to be essential to learning in university. It is also true that we must practice the knowledge behavior in order to make the experiences meaningful. This is most clear in the case of knowing how to do things - we practice athletics, music, art, etc., to develop these skills. It is also true, but perhaps less obvious, in the case of knowing about things - recitation of information we learn from a textbook is one of the best methods of learning and remembering it. In short, to gain knowledge we must study. We must bring ourselves into contact with the relevant information, and we must practice relevant forms of behavior. Why gain knowledge?
Okay, so studying involves exposure to information and practice of knowledge behavior. This is easy to say, but hard to do. Something is missing, and it is this missing something that is at the heart of the problem for many students. What is missing is the reason for studying.
Take a few minutes and write in the spaces below the best reasons you can think of for studying. Be sincere, complete, and brief.
Reasons Why One Should Study
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