Study skills

Practical study skills
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Theory of study skills
Because of the focus on acquiring very focussed information needed to pass tests, formal schooling tends to undermine our ability to learn useful things. The most effective learning comes about when people's authentic interests and motivations engage them in an activity...  The CEFR refers to this list of study skills: observation of and participation in communication events by the cultivation of perceptual, analytical and heuristic skills; accordance with one’s own characteristics and resources.
 * to maintain attention to the presented information;
 * to grasp the intention of the task set;
 * to co-operate effectively in pair and group work;
 * to make rapid and frequent active use of the language learnt;
 * ability to use available materials for independent learning;
 * ability to organise and use materials for self-directed learning;
 * ability to learn effectively (both linguistically and socioculturally) from direct
 * awareness of one’s own strengths and weaknesses as a learner;
 * ability to identify one’s own needs and goals;
 * ability to organise one’s own strategies and procedures to pursue these goals, in