Inthischapter,wewillfocusonthefollowingtopicstoenableyoutohaveabetterandmorethoroughunderstandingonstudyattheuniversity:
Understandinghigher-levelstudy
Differenttypesofteaching
Knowingaboutdifferenttasksinuniversities
Understandingstudyskills
CREAMlearningstrategies
Reflectingonyourlearningstyle
Conductingindependentlearning
Becomingagoodtimemanager
1.1Inthissection,wewilldiscussthedifferencesandchangesofuniversitylifefromtheperspectivesofstudyingandlearning,teachingstyle,learningcommunity,peopleandcampuslife.
1.2Inthissection,wewilldiscussdifferenttypesofteaching.Theteachingmethodsorthedeliveryformatsmightincludelectures,seminars,workshops,tutorials,practicalorlaboratoryclasses,problem-solvingclasses,groupworkandcollaborativelearning.
1.3Intheprevioussection,youhavealreadylearnedtherewillbedifferentteachingmethodsinhighereducation.Likewise,youwillfinddifferentpatternsofassignment:Presentations--goodplanning,preparation,andpractice;Reading--requiredreading,recommendedreading,extracurricularreading;Writing--essays,reports,dissertationsortheses.
1.4Theterm“studyskills”includeawiderrangeofabilitiesthatenableachievementinyourstudies.Fourcategoriesofskills:Self-managementskillsforstudy;Academicskills(Basicresearchskills,Thinkingskills,Understandingacademicconventions,Writingandothercommunicationskills);Peopleskillsforstudyingwithothers;Taskmanagementskills.
1.5TheC.R.E.A.Mstrategyisageneralprinciplewhichencouragesyoutostop,thinkandreflectonwaysofimprovingthewayyoulearnconstantlyandhelptomakeyoustudyeffectivelyandproductively.
1.6Thissectionintroducesfourtypesoflearningtohelplearnersreflectontheirlearningpreferencesandmakefulluseofappropriatelearningstrategiestoimproveself-efficacyandlearningefficiency.
1.7Thesectiongivesthedefinitionofindependentlearning,andexplainswhyindependentlearningisveryimportantfortheuniversitystudents.Inordertohelpstudentstoachieveacademicsuccess,theinstructorsuggestssomehelpfulstrategiestopromoteindependentlearning.Finallyinconclusionwegettoknowthreefactors--theself-drivenmotivation,informedchoicesandshareofresponsibility--canhelpstudentsbecomeaproblem-solver,aneffectivetime-managerandalifelonglearner.
1.8Inthissection,wearegoingtodiscusshowtomanageyourtimetoimproveyouracademicperformance.Wewillexaminedifferentformsofprocrastinationanddiscusstimemanagementstrategiestohelpyouadjusthowyouthinkabouttime,improveyourawarenessofhowyouusetime,andmakechangeforpeakperformance.
第二章
Inthischapter,wewillmainlyfocuson“HowtoEngagewithAcademicStaff”toachieveacademicsuccess.Wewillexplorethefollowingtopics:
Howtoparticipatetheclassroomdiscussion
Howtolearnthroughlectures
Howtolearnthroughseminars/tutorials
Howtousetherightstyleforeffectivecommunication
Howtoexchangeemails:connectingwithprofessors,peers,professionals
Howtodifferentiatesomehighfrequencyphrases
2.1Universitycoursesaremeanttoadvanceknowledge.Learningontheuniversitylevelrequiresthatyouconnectyourselfwithinformationandmaterialsandactivelyparticipateinclass.Inthissection,wewillfocuson1.Teacher’sexpectation,2.PassivelearningandActivelearningand3.twenty-fourActiveLearningStrategies.
2.2AttendingalectureinEnglishisnotaneasytask.Wewillexplorethewaystolearnthroughthelectureseffectively.Itincludesstrategiesdividedinto3parts:Beforethelecture;Duringthelecture;Afterthelecture.
2.4Effectivecommunicationskillsareessentialtosuccessinmanyaspectsandareasofyourlife.Strongcommunicationskillshelpyouenjoybetterrelationshipswithfriendsandfamily.Thissectionwillintroducefourbasictypesofcommunicationstyles(dominance,influence,steadiness,compliance)andhowtobecomeaneffectivecommunicator.
2.5Inthissection,youwilllearnhowtocommunicateeffectivelywithfaculty,studentsandprofessionalsusingemailsinEnglish.Themainpointsofthissectionare:preparationforemailwriting,readeranalysis,emailwritingstructureandwritingspecifications.
2.6Thissectionwillintroducesomehighfrequencyphrases.Havingthemathandcansaveyoualotoftime,becauseahighpercentageofthecontentofemailsismadeupofsuchstandardphrases.Theycanalsomakeyouremailsmorevaried.Youneedtobefullyawareofwhatthesestandardphrasesare,andcreateyourpersonalcollectionaccordingtoyourownsituationandwhattypeofletteryouoftenwrite.
第三章
Inthischapter,wewillmainlyfocuson“HowtoTakeEffectiveNotes”.Itincludes:
Note-takingduringlectures
Four“uses”innote-taking
Note-takingwhilereading
Taking“active”notes
Takingnoteswithvisualimages
3.1DoyousometimesstruggletodeterminewhattowritedownduringlecturesHaveyoueverfoundyourselfwishingyoucouldtakebetterormoreeffectivenotesThissectionwilldiscussthetipsforbecomingabetternote-takerinlectures.
3.2Herearesomepracticalstrategiesfortakingnotes.Four“uses”havebeenintroducedinthissection:useyourpen,useyourears,useyourbody,anduseyourmind.
3.3Whenyouarenewtouniversitystudy,theamountofreadingyouareexpectedtodocanbedaunting.However,youcanlearnhowtoprepareyourselfinadvanceandfindwaystomakeiteasier.Thissectionoutlinestipsforeffectivenote-takingwhilereading.
3.4Inthissection,weexaminethedifferencesbetweenpassivenotesandactivenotes,especiallyinacademicsettings.Youmaygainsomeinsightsintothebenefitsofactivenote-takingstrategies.
3.5Visualnoteswillbeaneffectivelearningtoolforyou,bringingyournotestolifeandmakingyourthoughtscomingaliveonthepage.Thissectionbrieflyintroducesthreetypesofvisualnotes:mindmaps,diagramsandsketchnotes.
第四章
Inthischapter,wewillmainlytalkabout“HowtoJoinAStudyGroup”.Wewillcoverthefollowingtopics:
Whydolecturerssetgroupassignments
Whyarestudygroupsbetterthanself-study
Howtomaketheprocessworkwell
Howtoparticipatelearninggroupdiscussion
Howdoindividualsbecometeamplayers
Howtolistenandshareopinionsingroups
4.1Groupassignmentsarealwaysassignedbyprofessorsatuniversitytoencourageinvolvement,interdependence,andafairdivisionoflabour.Inthissection,wewillexplorewhylecturersatuniversitiesdesignandsetgroupassignments.
4.2Aseriesofbenefitsofstudyinginagrouphavebeenexaminedinthissectionastoprovidesomeinsightsintotheuniquefeaturesofgroupstudy.Acomparisonbetweengroupstudyandself-studyhasalsobeenmade.
4.3Thissectionattemptstoanalyzewhysomestudentsarereluctanttoparticipateinstudygroups.Thenwediscussaboutthepracticalwaystomakegroupassignmentsworkwell.
4.4Thissectionattemptstoanswerthefollowingquestion:Whytolearngroupdiscussionskills;Whydowehavediscussionsatuniversity;Whatarethetypesofdiscussion;WhatistheSocraticMethod;Whatmakesaneffectivediscussion
4.5Teamformationusuallyfollowseasilyrecognizablestages,knownasforming,storming,norming,andperforming.Thissectionhasdiscussedaboutthesefourstagesuniversitystudentsmightgothroughwhentheydeveloptobeteamplayers.
4.6Inthissection,wewillexplorethefollowingthreequestions:Howtolistentoopinionsindiscussioneffectively;Howtovoiceanopinioningroupseffectively;Howtodisagreeeffectively
第五章
Inthischapter,wewillmainlyfocuson“HowtoCreateEffective&CompellingPresentations”byfollowingthetopics:
Structuringthepresentation
Deliveringthepresentation
Usingvisualaidsincommunication
Usingyourbodyincommunication
Interactingwithaudiences
LearningpresentationfromSteveJobs
5.1Inthispart,wewilldiscusspracticalstrategiesforstructuringapresentation,andfocusontheneedtodevelopanargumentorreportthroughtheclear,logicalprogressionofideas.
5.2Inthispart,wesuggestmanyideasforinvokingenergyinyourpresentationstyle.Wewillfollowthefivestepstobecomeaneffectivepresenter.
5.3Inthissection,wewillfocuson“UsingVisualAidsinCommunication”byansweringthefollowingquestions:Whyusevisualaids;Howtousevisualaids;WhatisaPechaKuchapresentation
第六章
Inthischapter,wewilllearn“Howtobecomeanefficient&criticalreader”byfollowingthetopics:
Carryingoutliteraturesearch
Twocommonspeedreadingtechniques
Activereadingtechniques
SQ3Rmethod
Criticallyreadingtheliterature
6.1Universitystudentsareoftenoverwhelmedbytheheavyloadsofreadingwork.Thissectiongivestheusefulwaystocarryouttheliteratureresearch.Itdealswiththesearchingprocessfromhowtobegindatabasesearch,howtoevaluatewhethertheresourcesarereliable,tohowtomakenotesinresearchwork.Graspingthesesearchingskills,studentscaneffectivelylocatetherelevantinformationandsavetimeandenergyinresearchworkinthelongrun.
6.2Themostfrequentlyusedspeedreadingtechniques--skimmingandscanninghavebeencoveredinthissection.Wearegoingtolookatsomespecificexamplesofskimmingandscanning.
6.3Asyouenteruniversity,readingtakesonacentralroleaspartofyourapproachtolearning.Itisveryimportanttoreadindependentlyandeffectivelyinacademicstudy.Activereadingmeansreadingwithanawarenessofapurposeforreading.Thissectionexplorestheactivereadingtechniqueswhichmaybenefityourlearning.
6.4SQ3Risareadingcomprehensionmethodnamedforitsfivesteps:survey,question,read,recite,andreview.ThemethodwasintroducedbyFrancisP.Robinson,anAmericaneducationphilosopherinhis1946bookEffectiveStudy.
6.5Inthisparticularsection,wearediscussingaboutcriticalreadingbriefly.Weexplorewhatcriticalreadingis,whyweneedtoreadcritically,thefeaturesofcriticalreading,andhowtoreadcritically.
第七章
Inthischapter,wewilllearnfocuson“HowtoThinkCriticallyWhenWriting”byexploringfromthefollowingperspectives:
Knowingaboutthewritingprocesses
Understandingthecommonfeaturesofacademicwriting
CriticalanalyticalwritingVSdescriptivewriting
Reasoning
Presentingargumentsinlogicalorders
Linkingideastogether
Proofreadingoutloud
7.1Animportantstartingpointforsuccessfulwritingisfindingyourownwayofdoingit--yourwritingprocess.whichconsistsofpreparing,planninganddrafting.Followingthesephasesproperlywillenableyoutowritegoodessays.
7.2AcademicEnglishisthegenreofEnglishweuseforresearchorstudyinuniversities.Agoodpieceofacademicwritingshoulddemonstratesuchfeaturesascomplexity,formality,precision,objectiveness,explicitness,accuracy,cautionandresponsibility.
7.3Thissectionwillintroducethedistinctionbetweencriticalanddescriptivewriting.Whatyouneedtorememberiswhileacertainamountofdescriptionisnecessarytosetthecontextforyouranalysis,themaincharacteristicofacademicwritingisitscriticalelement.
7.4Thissectionfocusesontheconceptofarguments.WhatisanargumentWhataretheessentialelementsofanargumentsHowcanwemakeasimpleargumentThesequestionswillbeanswered.
7.5Thissectionfocusesonthebasicstructureofcriticalessays.HowmanypartsarethereinacriticalessayWhatshouldwewriteineachpartLookforanswersinthissection.
7.6Cohesionisimportantforacademicwriting.Thissectionwillintroducedevicesthatcanhelpachievecohesion.
7.7Inthissection,wewilllearnthestrategyofproofreadingbyreadingoutloud.Wewillexploretheissuebyansweringtwoquestions:Whyreadoutloud;Howtoreadoutloud
第八章
Inthischapter,wewilllearnfocuson“HowtoAchieveAcademicIntegrity”byexploringfromthefollowingperspectives:
Theuniversityasanintellectualcommunity
Fourtypesofacademicmisconduct
Whatisplagiarism
HowtocreateproperEnglishcitations
Whatplagiarismdetectionsoftwarecouldweuse
8.1OnesectionoftheAcademicIntegrityatPrincetonhasbeensharedinthisclass.Studentswillgainsomeinsightsoftherationalefortheethicofintellectualhonestythatunderliesallacademicworkattheuniversity.
8.2Thissectionoutlinesfourdifferentkindsofacademicmisconductinuniversitysetting.Studentsareexpectedtounderstandhowtoavoidthesepractices.
8.3Plagiarismisoneofthemostcommonandfrequentlyoccurringcategoriesofacademicmisconductatuniversity.Thissectionexamineswhatplagiarismisandhowitisconducted.
8.4Citationsareawayofgivingcreditwhencertainmaterialandideasinyourworkcomefromanothersource.Inthissection,wediscusshowtogivecredittootherresearchersandallowyourreaderstotrackdownthesourcesyouhaveused.
8.5Thecasesofacademiccheatingeventscallthepublicattention.Universitystudentsshouldhaveanawarenessofzerotoleranceforacademicplagiarism.Itisnecessarythatstudentsshouldbetaughttoavoidplagiarism.Sometimesstudentsdon’tpurposelycheat.Theyjusthavenoideaofhowtodealwithotherpeople’sideasintheirownstudywork.Thissectionsupplieswiththeusefulmethodstoavoidplagiarismandsomecommonlyusedplagiarismdetectiontools.Withthehelpoftheseskillsandtools,studentscancultivategoodhabitsofacademicpracticeandfulfilltheacademicintegrity.