如何提升自己的英語學習能力

More and more people are going back to school to take courses to get further qualifications these days. These like-minded people want to improve themselves for better futures. These mature students, along with current students in college or university, may find it a real challenge to keep up with all the studying required to do well in their courses. Indeed, this is very much related to productivity issues of getting enough done.

如今，更多的人回到學校進修以獲得更多的資格認證。希望提升自己以獲得更好的前途人想法都是相似的。你們這些業已成年的傢伙們在和學院或大學中現有的學生們同班就讀時就會發現，要想跟上趟可不是件容易的事，因爲你要把每門課都學好。說到底，這主要是個學習效率的問題。

When I started in university many years ago, it was a bit of a culture shock. One of the most extreme differences on campus compared to high school was that the professors didn’t really seem to care whether I showed up for classes or not. In some classes, many students were even falling asleep.

多年以前，當我在大學裏剛起步之時，可算是實實在在地體會了一點文化震盪。大學校園與高中之間最大的一個不同，就是教授們其實好像真不怎麼在乎你是否去上課。在上某些課時，有很多同學甚至都睡着了。

I enjoyed this freedom of showing up for classes whenever I wanted. But the rude awakening soon came when I got my first set of grades. My marks sank to ‘C’ averages and I was even at risk of failing a course or two.

我很享受這種想去上課就去、想不去就不去的自由。但在我拿到第一份成績單的時候，我猛醒了。我的分數降到了平均成績“C”，甚至到了掛掉一兩科的邊緣。

Better study habits

　更好的學習習慣

My study habits were poor and last minute cramming for tests or exams made university life quite stressful. Some things had to change as I faced the possibility of dropping out of university without a degree. If you are either a current or returning student, I’m sure that you don’t want to be in this type of situation either.

我的學習習慣不好。在測驗或考試之前最後時刻臨時抱佛腳，讓我的大學生活鴨梨很大。需要作出一些改變了，因爲我可能會沒拿到學位就退學。無論你們是應屆生還是復讀生，我保證你們也都不想這樣。

Fortunately, I stumbled onto a study skills strategy that saved me. This method virtually eliminates the need to cram for exams. I started using this strategy to completely change my study habits and it made a huge difference for me.

幸運地是，我連滾帶爬地摸索到了一種學習技巧，這種學習策略救了我。這種方法讓我不再需要考前臨時抱佛腳。我逐漸用這種方法徹底改變了學習習慣，它讓我煥然一新。

This study strategy is ideal especially for courses that involve final exams that cover all material that was introduced during a semester or entire year. Here is what this strategy involves.

對於那些在期末考試中要考查一學期或一學年內所有學習內容的課程，這種學習方法尤其有效。下面就是這種學習方法的要點。

For each of your courses, schedule a regular study session each week.

l 對於你學的每一門課程，在每一週中都規劃一個特定的學習時間段。

Stick to this study session schedule faithfully like a job.

l 就像上班一樣遵守這一學習日程安排。

During each study session, review everything that you have covered in your course so far from day one to present.

l 在每個學習時間段裏，複習從這門課第一天到目前爲止的所有內容。

Continue reviewing all content each week even if you don’t have an upcoming test or exam.

l 堅持在每一週都複習所有的內容，即使不是面臨測驗或考試。

Although there will be more material to cover each week for each course as you move along the semester, covering earlier material will become faster as you become more familiar with them each week. You might not have to increase that much time to each study session as the year goes by.

在一個學期中，儘管每週你要學的內容都比上一週更多一些，但越早學的材料你越熟悉，所以也會越快。所以在這一年裏，你在每週每次花的時間並不會增加那麼多。

The beauty of this study habits strategy is that by the time final exams roll around, you will be quite familiar with most of the course content because you have been reviewing it each week.

這種學習習慣建立策略的優點在於，當期末考試的滾滾車輪壓到你面前的時候，你將會對課程中的大部分內容非常熟悉，因爲你每週都在複習。

Using this strategy will allow you to go into your final exams with much more confidence than ever before. The only new material is the most recent since older content will be well absorbed into your head from all those weeks of regular study.

運用這種策略，你在邁入期末考試的考場時會信心十足。只有剛學過的那些內容纔是新的材料，因爲經過每週有規律地學習，舊的學習內容已經記得很牢了。

No more cramming for exams

　考試不用再臨時抱佛腳

This study strategy worked wonders for me as it took me from a ‘C’ average student to ‘B+/A-’ average by graduation. This not only allowed me to finish my degree successfully, it got me into MBA school where I needed to have even better study habits in place.

這種學習策略對我來說很有效，因爲我的成績從平均得“C”提升到了畢業時的“B+/A-”。它不僅讓我成功地拿到了學位，還讓我得以就讀 MBA 商學院，在那裏我有了更好的學習習慣。

So there it is – my top study skills strategy that basically involves weekly review of everything that you’ve covered in your courses to date. So no more cramming for exams needed!

沒別的了——這就是我的超級學習策略，說白了就是每週複習迄今爲止的所有學習內容。別再考前臨時抱佛腳啦!