Many students find the experience of attending university
lectures to be a confusing and frustrating experience. The lecturer speaks for
one or two bouts, perhaps (47) the talk with slides, writing
up important information on the blackboard, distributing reading material and
giving out (48) . The new student sees the other students
continuously writing on notebooks and (49) what to write.
Very often the student leaves the lecture with notes which do not catch the main
points and which become hard even for the (50) to
understand. Most institutions provide courses which
(51) new students to develop the skills they need to be
effective listeners and note-takers. If these are unavailable, there are many
useful study-skills guides which (52) learners to practice
these skills independently. In all cases it is important to (53)
tile problem before actually starting your studies. It
is important to (54) that most students have difficulty in
acquiring the language skills required in college study. One way of
(55) these difficulties is to attend the language and
study-skills classes which most institutions provide throughout the academic
year. Another basic (56) is to find a study partner with whom
it is possible to identify difficulties, exchange ideas and provide
support. A—assignments B—ignore
C—assist D—suspects E—require
F—wonders G—enable
H—illustrating I—overcoming
J—students K—acknowledge
L—content M—suggestion N—tackle
O—strategy