Accurate,legible notes are invaluable aids to the student wh

Accurate,legible notes are invaluable aids to the student who is enrolled in a lecture course.Notes should be taken during lectures and when the student is reading the texts before each class.The key to good note-taking is to be able to listen a lot and to write only as much as is needed to record the essence of a point or idea presented by the lecturer.Thus,students should endeavor to identify only the main points and ideas being presented and to write them down in outline form.They should also strive to take good notes the first time and not plan to recopy notes—or to do so only when clarity and conciseness demand it.Finally,they should review their notes for about five minutes on the same day that they take them,and go over them again for about a half hour at least once a week,according to a regular schedule or plan.There is no course syllabus to be memorized; instead,the examinations will be based on the material presented in the lectures and textbooks.
Reading skills are equally important.Experts estimate that it is possible for any normal adult English speaker to read 1,000 words a minute (and more),with special training.Yet most students read only about 300 words per minute.The following principles might be helpful for foreign students who wish to increase their reading skill:
1.Always read faster than is comfortable.The faster your normal rate of reading becomes,the better your understanding will be.
2.While reading do not allow yourself to regress,but keep reading ahead in every sentence ,even when you come across a new word.If some word,term,or phrase had clouded your understanding,you should reread it only after you have read the entire paragraph through once.
3.Read selectively.As you read make a conscious effort to screen the nouns,pronouns,and verbs from the other words,since these are the words that give meaning to what you have read.In effect,you should really read the nouns,pronouns,and verbs and merely see the rest of the words in the sentence.
Because the reading assignments in most college courses are very long,students should plan to read every day.If,however,they find that they cannot complete all of the assigned readings in the beginning,they should not panic（惊慌）.Instead,they should ask their classmates how much they are reading and attempt to learn from them what to read fast and what to postpone until a later date.Because much of the past learning experience of foreign students may have been for the purpose of passing examinations,they might be inclined to put off studying until late in the term.Such behavior can result in failure in the United States system,where assignments must be complete on time and done regularly each day.

精确的,合理的笔记对于课程中的学生来说是无价之宝.笔记应当在课程当中完成,在每节课之前读课本的时候.好的笔记记录的关键是听的多,但是只是记录演讲者思想的精华.所以,学生应当努力找到所讲的主要思想并把他们以简要框架的形式写下来.他们应该努力第一次做好笔记而不是下来重新纪录,除非我们需要使他们更精确.最终他们应该花每天五分钟的时间去回顾一下这些笔记,一周也要根据自己的时间和计划安排花半个小时回顾复习一下.没有什么提纲需要记忆.考试只根据课程和教科书的资料来出的.
阅读技巧也很重要.专家估计给予特别的训练一个普通的成年英国人可以每分钟度1000字.然而大多数学生呢过每分钟只可以读300字.下面的原则可能会对那些想要提升阅读技巧的外国学生很有用.