U2 1st years Improve your learning

U2 Education & Lifelong Learning

Improve your learning

WELCOME ALELYN!!!

July 30th, 2021

TODAY'S AGENDA

• Setting goals for our 2nd semester.

• Recognize vocabulary related to Education and techniques on how to learn better.

• Reading comprehension: Improve your learning

Warm-up

Do you remember your learning style?

How do you think it will be beneficial to you?

TASK 1: 2 mins

Write 1 tip according to the different learning styles seen.

• Visual:

• Auditory:

• Kinesthetic:

Multiple Choice

What is this?

• Flashlight

• Lighter

• Highlighter

• Yellow lighter

Multiple Choice

What do you think "brainstorming" is?

• A group technique in which people share their ideas to generate more ideas.

• A group technique in which people help other people to study better.

• A study technique where you summarize what the teacher said.

• A study technique where people creates a timetable to study.

Multiple Choice

What is "learning"?

• a member of the same class at a school or college

• a formal talk on a serious subject given to a group

• the activity or process of gaining knowledge or skill by studying

• education beyond the secondary level, usually provided by a college or university

Multiple Choice

TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR LEARNING

Read the paragraph and choose the best title:

Study Tip 1: It is one of the simplest and best known study tips. It’s easy to highlight the most signifi cant parts of what you’re reading while omitting the irrelevant ones. You should use a highlighter to identify the irreplaceable aspects only after you read for the second time and mark only one key sentence per paragraph and a few important phrases here and there

• A rainfall of ideas

• Only what's important

• A good oreder of ideas

• Associating concepts

• Using images

Multiple Choice

TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR LEARNING

Read the paragraph and choose the best title:

Study Tip 2: Essentially the aim of note-taking is to summarize lectures or articles in your own words so that you can easily remember the ideas. In most cases, the key is to summarize the content as quickly as possible while not leaving out any key information.

• Only what's important

• A good order of ideas

• Associating concepts

• Making your own study notes

• Using images

Multiple Choice

TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR LEARNING

Read the paragraph and choose the best title:

Study Tip 3: A good mind map can save you many hours of study and organize information for your exams. Mind maps can be used for brainstorming, writing essays or study topics and for general exam preparation

• A rainfall of ideas

• A good order of ideas

• Associating concepts

• Using images

• Getting into the habit

Multiple Choice

TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR LEARNING

Read the paragraph and choose the best title:

Study Tip 4: Using picture cards or flashcards is a particularly effective method of learning when trying to assimilate different facts, dates, formulas or vocabulary. Subjects such as History, Physics, Chemistry and Geography are made much easier if you incorporate flashcards. Picture cards are a good way to learn new vocabulary.

• A rainfall of ideas

• A good order of ideas

• Making your own study notes

• Only what's important

• Using Images

Multiple Choice

TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR LEARNING

Read the paragraph and choose the best title:

Study Tip 5: This is another study technique that is ideal for studying in groups. Brainstorming is a great way to expand every possible idea out of any topic. Just get a bunch of friends together. There are no wrong answers when brainstorming - just talk and capture the ideas; you can review afterward.

• A rainfall of ideas

• Only what's important

• A good order of ideas

• Associating concepts

• Getting into the habit

Multiple Choice

TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR LEARNING

Read the paragraph and choose the best title:

Study Tip 6: Organizing your study is one of the most effective study skills and, ironically also one of the most often overlooked. Creating a study timetable gives you goals, ends irresponsibility and sets the time in which to study. Having a study timetable as you study is greatly motivational

• Making your own study notes

• Associating concepts

• Getting into the habit

• Using images

• A rainfall of ideas

Summary

In short, we can use any of the above techniques to help make our study process more effective and easier. You can choose any of them depending on the type of result you want to achieve. There are no right or wrong study techniques – you just select the one that is the most adequate for your purpose. Some of them are better to study sets and lists, others help us organize our habits better, while others simply provide us with the correct ideas.

Multiple Choice

What is this?

• Essay

• Memorize

• Mind map

• Anagram

Multiple Select

Choosse the right answers only

What are flashcards useful for?

• They help to assimilate facts and formulas.

• They help to improve writing

• They help to learn new vocabulary.

• They are not useful

Multiple Choice

What study strategy is this?

"___ is to summarize lectures or articles in your own words (...)"

• Skimming

• Learning

• Note-Taking

• Lecture

Multiple Choice

What study strategy is this?

"___ can be used for brainstorming, writing essays or study topics"

• Mind mapping

• Summarize

• Brainstorming

• Learning

Multiple Choice

What study strategy is this?

"Mark only one key sentence (...) and a few important phrases"

• Mind Mapping

• Highlighting

• Brainstorming

• Summarize

Multiple Choice

What strategy are they applying?

• Note-taking

• Watching what the teacher said

• Creating flashcards

• Highlighting

TASK 2:

Write down your own learning techniques:

Open Ended

Why is it important to organize the way you study?