【Accurate,legiblenotesareinvaluableaidstothestudentwhoisenrolledinalecturecourse.Notesshouldbetakenduringlecturesandwhenthestudentisreadingthetextsbeforeeachclass.Thekeytogoodnote-takingistobeabletolistenalot】

　　Accurate,legiblenotesareinvaluableaidstothestudentwhoisenrolledinalecturecourse.Notesshouldbetakenduringlecturesandwhenthestudentisreadingthetextsbeforeeachclass.Thekeytogoodnote-takingistobeabletolistenalotandtowriteonlyasmuchasisneededtorecordtheessenceofapointorideapresentedbythelecturer.Thus,studentsshouldendeavortoidentifyonlythemainpointsandideasbeingpresentedandtowritethemdowninoutlineform.Theyshouldalsostrivetotakegoodnotesthefirsttimeandnotplantorecopynotes—ortodosoonlywhenclarityandconcisenessdemandit.Finally,theyshouldreviewtheirnotesforaboutfiveminutesonthesamedaythattheytakethem,andgooverthemagainforaboutahalfhouratleastonceaweek,accordingtoaregularscheduleorplan.Thereisnocoursesyllabustobememorized;instead,theexaminationswillbebasedonthematerialpresentedinthelecturesandtextbooks.

　　Readingskillsareequallyimportant.ExpertsestimatethatitispossibleforanynormaladultEnglishspeakertoread1,000wordsaminute(andmore),withspecialtraining.Yetmoststudentsreadonlyabout300wordsperminute.Thefollowingprinciplesmightbehelpfulforforeignstudentswhowishtoincreasetheirreadingskill:

　　1.Alwaysreadfasterthaniscomfortable.Thefasteryournormalrateofreadingbecomes,thebetteryourunderstandingwillbe.

　　2.Whilereadingdonotallowyourselftoregress,butkeepreadingaheadineverysentence,evenwhenyoucomeacrossanewword.Ifsomeword,term,orphrasehadcloudedyourunderstanding,youshouldrereaditonlyafteryouhavereadtheentireparagraphthroughonce.

　　3.Readselectively.Asyoureadmakeaconsciousefforttoscreenthenouns,pronouns,andverbsfromtheotherwords,sincethesearethewordsthatgivemeaningtowhatyouhaveread.Ineffect,youshouldreallyreadthenouns,pronouns,andverbsandmerelyseetherestofthewordsinthesentence.

　　Becausethereadingassignmentsinmostcollegecoursesareverylong,studentsshouldplantoreadeveryday.If,however,theyfindthattheycannotcompletealloftheassignedreadingsinthebeginning,theyshouldnotpanic（惊慌）.Instead,theyshouldasktheirclassmateshowmuchtheyarereadingandattempttolearnfro