How
to learn English in 21st century
Nowadays,
it is well known English is international language. People around the world use
it to communicate. They cannot avoid using and learning English. In south-east
Asia, they are going to be ASEAN community and English is going to be a formal
language to communicate. Then, Thailand will become to be a member of ASEAN
community too. You see that English have more performance in your life.
Therefore, it is a good way if you practice your English skill more. You can
practice by using these strategies.
Before
making note from reading, you need to ask some questions. For example, why I
reading this?, what am I looking for? In addition, you need to ask questions
about the content of your reading. It’s
very useful if you analyse the topic think about your purpose for making note.
You could save time if you have approach to ask questions. There are many
practical suggestions on noting from text that are: choose index cards or A4 in
one side only, record full references details after you finish noting. When you
note your reading, you need to properly acknowledge in the paper. You can use
colour pens to note because it can show the different to areas and help you to
remember your note. You should be using and revising your note. Moreover you
can add your own thoughts and you will be able adapt the ideas in your note.
Noting can help you to effective reading.
Reading
will be effectively or not it depends on your reading purpose and you should
have ways to read. There are many purposes and many ways to read like to locate
specific information, you might read quickly and looking for the specific
information that you want to know. When you read the new topic, you may spend
more time to understand. Then, you should begin with a general introduction,
you should read slowly and make sure you understand their meanings and write
them in your own words. However, some courses there are reading essential text.
For example, scan the content page before you begin reading. Read and note major
points or idea in your own words. When you are reading for assignment, you
should refresh your mind about the assignment topic and review your plan. Also,
you should make brief note and avoid overuse of colurpens. It’s well known that
all reading topic is not easy. So, you should have strategies than you can try.
After you finished reading, you should revise and ask questions your reading. .
It needs you to do that is criticized and make decision about the reading. This
is for you to do and study alone.
Studying
alone is you can study in your own time or free time without the force set by
lecture timetable. It is freedom for you to be responsibilities in your life.
You need to organize your time effectively. Your schedule must be practical,
flexible and realistic. Planning, it is important to get some understanding of
how much work you need to do, and how much time you have to do it. You may
spend your time to study in library or other about assignment. When you spend
time, you should concentrate for the task. You do not waste vast amount of
time. You may do other things. In addition, group study is the chance for many
students. There are clearly advantages that is meeting or talking in face to
face situation. They can use computer networks to communicate to other
students. E-mail is as well as direct interaction. It is very quickly to
respond. It helps you for your study like send your assignment to your
lecturer, send another copy to the student. Then, you should write your
assignment and lecture clearly and revise its before sent it to them.
Lecture
noting which can recall relevant points and ideas presented in the lecture. So,
before you going to lecture notes, you should read briefly about the lecture
topic beforehand because it can help you to take more relevant note and become
actively in the learning process. You should know the purpose of lecture like
for examination. You need to take fairly comprehensive notes. You see that
taking note is an active and thoughtful exercise, you can hardly be wrong. Therefore,
you should note the topic name, lecturer and date for each lecture. Use
abbreviations and revise your note as soon as possible. This is very important
because it helps to reinforce the information you have gathered in the lecture.
Your lecture note will be achieved if you organize a good time.
Time
organization is more complex than just writing out a timetable and scheduling
time in your diary. You must set distinct goals in the long-term and
short-term. After that, you plan what do you do in weekly and identify times
when study will be number one priority for you and you need to check it is a
balance between study and other or not. When you have emergencies situation, it
is essential that you are able to re-organize your life so that study time is
available. It is normally for students that is losing heart during a course. So,
lecturers are often happy to offer advice, support and information,
particularly in their subject area and you need to find the problem in your
course. If you know the problem, you should analyse the source of the problem.
You should know that everyone is different that you are being successful than
friends because you have more time to study and your friends and you have own
unique learning styles and rates.
All
of ideas above allow you to offer increased opportunities for language learning
by taking advantage of learning strategies that you can do it very well. You
will be good in English if you give a chance for yourself to practice and
practice. It seems that how much you practice that is how much you are good in
English.
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