2015-09-07 Make the Most of Your Study Time (1)

• Don't memorize too much at one time
• Study in different locations
• Write information down by hand

Try these tips to study smart

Some students can’t wait to hit the books. Others wish they could be doing anything else. For students, studying can’t be avoided. But study time doesn’t have to be a pain. Here are some ways to make it more useful.

• Rather than memorize a lot of information at one time, break it up. If you must learn a long list of words, learn five or six at a time. Then review them before learning the next six.
• Do you always study in the same place? Try a new location. Research shows that studying the same thing in different places helps you remember it better. Each time you change locations, your brain forms new associations with the material.
• You remember information better when you write it by hand. Typing will not profit you in the same way. Write things that you want to remember down on a piece of paper.

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What are the four major language roots that make English what it is today?

Well first and foremost is the GermanicAnglo-Saxon language, the earliest form of English. The other three are French, Latin and Greek. The mixture of these four languages helped to create English’s rich vocabulary, but they create some confusion too.

Yes, like when we encounter an Anglo-Saxon based English word that has lost its Anglo-Saxon adjectival form. For example, the noun finger, what’s its adjectival form? Fingerly, or fingerish? No, it’s the Latin based word digital.

Here are a few word pairs of Anglo-Saxon nouns with their Latin based adjectives, water and aquatic, house and domestic, moon and lunar.

Looking at these two words, moon and lunar you would not think that they’re related but they are. I’m sorry, more headaches for you English learners.

Okay now there are certain Anglo-Saxon adjectives that have survived with these and Latin based adjectives both exist, we have a choice. For instance, with the noun mother, we can choose either the Anglo-Saxon based motherly or the Latin based maternal.

Umm, for the noun book we also have a choice between the adjectives bookish and literary.

Language Lab
hit the books 用功讀書
to study or begin studying very intensely
- The test is tomorrow. I really need to hit the books now.
- Since last week, Josh has been hitting the books for his final.

memorize v.
to learn (something) so well that you are able to remember it perfectly
- Jason memorized all his clients' phone numbers.
- Our teacher asked us to memorize this poem.
memorization n.
- He needs to work on his memorization to be able to act.

association n.
a feeling, memory, or thought that is connected to a person, place, or thing — usually plural
- A common association with the color red is passion and love.
a connection or relationship between things or people
- The association of these two prominent families lasted for over 30 years.

profit v.
to be an advantage to (someone) : to help (someone)
- This contract profits not only our company but also your side.
to get an advantage or benefit from something — often + by or from
- Many people have profited from the low-carb diet.

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