Studying and recall

Hello, welcome to mylot. I think you could try memorizing little by little. It's really nice that you have to slowly memorize it so that you could retain the informations that you have memorized. You could also eat some chocolates because it does help enhancing your memories too. Green leafy vegetables do also help improving your comprehension and understanding. GOD bless U and Ur fAmily Always!!!

You could try active note-taking. Read the first sentence in a paragraph. Make a question out of it like you might be getting on your big licensing exam. You could even make about three questions out of the first one or two sentences. Then read to find the answers to your question. Instead of writing in a notebook, you could write on 3x5 cards and put the question or questions on one side and the answers on the other. Then you could use the cards to study for the test. You could put the questions in pencil. You may find out that you wrote questions that the paragraph(s) did not answer, but they answered some other question. So you rewrite the question. Also, once you get the answer, make that into a question and put the answer on the other side. You never know which way the test will write a question. Like when did Columbus sail the ocean blue? 1492 But it could also be who sailed the ocean blue in 1492? Columbus. Also, you can create games with your studies. Photocopy a page and cut each sentence into two pieces. Mix them up and see if you can make the first part of the sentences to another. Do this one paragraph at a time. Before you know it, you'll be paying more attention to what has been written. Also there is the www, What you know about the topic, What you need to know, and what you found out. Divide a paper into thirds. Label it Know, Need, Found Read the first sentence or two of a paragraph, write what you know. Think about what you need to know, then write questions. Then write what you found out. Don't be afraid to change your questions again. You can draw pictures or a chart to relate one thing you read to another. Like say the topic is hairdressing, you put that in the middle, then you draw a circle around it and make branches for each part that you study, like hair coloring, perming, etc. Then everything you know under each heading. The read to find out and add more under each heading. Then study each heading. You can abbreviate notes, then read them into a taperecorder. Pause every now and then to ask a question and then stop, wait, and answer it. You can have a friend read questions to you made up from the study books. You may be able to find practice test booklets to help you study for the licensing exam. Someplaces may have them. Hope something I wrote helps you. Take care

It sounds rather as if you're forcing yourself to do the work, rather than studying because you want to. Maybe you're trying to do too much at once, or simply haven't found what works best for you. You don't say whether you're trying to fit in studying around work or whether you have more flexibility in when you study. First of all I'd suggest you set yourself a very modest timetable, maybe an hour a day, or whatever fits with your available time, split into 2 parts. You'll know yourself when you are most productive; some people are morning people while others work much better at night when the world is asleep. Schedule your study periods around this. Have a set start time so you are less likely to put it off, or have other distractions in your mind, and a target of what you want to achieve eg chapter 7, and a set work place with few distractions. Experiment whether you work better in silence or with background music. Once settled, don't just stare at a text book. You need to be far more interactive. If it's just you and a text book, make notes, draw charts and prepare questions based on the text which you can answer in your next session. Why not also record yourself reading out the text. Not only does reading aloud help you take in the information, but you then have a recording to listen to either when you go to sleep at night or when you're doing all those other distracting chores. If possible, revise with others from your class, in person, on the phone or online, using IM etc. Investigate whether there are internactive CD-Roms, or websites for revising your subject or internet forums etc where you can find other students to discuss the subject with. Anyhing that makes it more fun, and less isolated will be more effective.

study english time. i`m new to mylot .

First of all,your English looks not bad as you think.Just do more listen exercise before exam ,and you would get a good result.Good luck!

How do you like to receive information? I am an online teacher for an university and people learn differently. Some like to write things down, other like to listen, some need pictures ( powerpoint presentations. What is your preference? This will determine the best way for your to retain information. People learn through their senses; seeing, hearing, smelling, touching, and tasting. So first lets findout what do you consider as you way or learning. Then you can work out a method that suit your learning perference. For fill in the blanks you never to undertand the concept and definition of the word or phrase that the fill-in answer. But first let find out your learning perference so that you can retain your information.

Use short study times. Research shows that you remember more things from the beginning and the end of a learning situation. So mimimize the middles. Help another student. Teaching will help you learn. At test time here's a thing I used to do. Quickly look over all the questions on the test. Tell yourself that you know the answers and your brain will supply the right answer when you get to the question. I always worked for me. I think it does that by putting you in a more resourceful state.