Study Skills

Muhammad Ali Alkhuli

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يتضمن هذا الكتاب شرحا مفصلا لمهارات الدراسة التي تحتاجها كل طالب للنجاح في مسيرته الدراسية، والكتاب مكتوب بلغة إنجليزية بسيطة و واضحة جدا و يمكن دراسته من طرف كل متعلم ذو رصيد معرفي محترم في اللغة الإنجليزية، ويتضمن الكتاب شرحا تفصيلا و عمليا لأهم مهارات الدراسة.

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• Education

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• Publié par: Dar Al-Falah for Publishing and Distribution
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9796500335162
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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STUDY

SKILLS

Dr. Muhammad Ali Alkhuli

Study Skills

Dr. Muhammad Ali Alkhuli

Dar Alfalah, Jordan

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Study Skills

Dr. Muhammad Ali Alkhuli

PREFACE

Dar Alfalah, Jordan

Many students do not get the results that they aspire to

because they do not manage time well or study in the wrong

way or at the wrong place. They make a mistake somewhere

in their student life at the university or outside it.

 That is why I thought that it would be highly useful to

students if they are guided. This guidance is made to include

time management, listening to lectures, reading, learning

and retention, library use, essay-writing, and preparing for

tests.

 Every skill of those has a chapter. Each chapter ends

with a summary. Then an exercise for self-evaluation

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Study SkillsDr. Muhammad Ali Alkhuli Dar Alfalah, Jordan follows. Then a key to ideal answers comes followed by

questions for discussion.

 I hope that this book will be a good guidebook to those

students interested in improving their study life and their

study skills .

 Author

Dr. Muhammad Ali Abdul Kareem Alkhuli

 Amman, Jordan

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Study Skills Dar Alfalah, JordanDr. Muhammad Ali Alkhuli CONTENTS

Preface……..………………………………………….

Contents…………………………….………………...

The List of Figures……………………………………

Chapter 1: The Importance of Study Skills……… Reasons for Failure………………………….. Reasons for Success…………………………. Student Needs………….……………………. Summary...……………………..…………….  Exercise1……………………………………. Key to Answers..…………………………….. Exercise 2 …………………………………… Chapter 2: When and Where to Study…………….. Time Management……………………….  Time of Getting Up……………………… Time for Meals…………………………...  Study Hours……………………………… Time for Rest……………………………. Weekend…………………………………. Weekly Schedule………………………… Study Place………………………………. Summary…………………………………

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Study SkillsDar Alfalah, JordanDr. Muhammad Ali Alkhuli 34 Exercise 1……………………………….. 35 Key to Answers …………………………. 37 Exercise 2………………………………... 38 Chapter 3: How to Listen to Lectures……………… 39  Pre-lecture Stage ………………………… 39 Listening to the Lecture …………………. 42  Main Ideas in a Lecture …………………. 43 Note Taking ……………………………... 45 Shorthand Symbols………………………. 47  Post-lecture Stage …….............................. 48 Summary………………………………… 49 Exercise 1………………………………... 51 Key to Answers………………………….. 53 Exercise 2 ……………………………….. 54 Chapter 4: How to Read a Textbook.......................... 59  ReadingPurposes……………………….. 60  BookParts………………………………. 62  Selection of MainIdeas………………… 62  ParagraphStructure……………………... 65  ConnectiveExpressions………………… 66  Skimming aBook ……………………… 67  Improvement ofReading ……………… 69 Reading a Textbook……………………… 71 Summary………………………………… 74 Exercise1……………………………….... 76 Key to Answers………………………….. 78 Exercise 2………………………………..

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Study SkillsDar Alfalah, JordanDr. Muhammad Ali Alkhuli 79 Chapter 5: How to Aid Your Memory……………..  Basic Concepts………………………………. 80 Factors Aiding Memory…………………….. 82 83  Good Retention ………………………….. . 83 Meaning …………………………………. 84  Self-confidence………………………….. 84 Interest ………………………………….. 84 Will……………………………………… 85 Focus…………………………………….. 86 Objective ………………………………… 88 Repetition………………………………… 89  LearningDistribution…………………… 91 Whole Learning …………………………. 92  Self-evaluation…………………………… 94  Self-activity……………………………… 95  Varied MentalOperations…..................... 97  InformationOrganization ………………. 100 Proximity ………………………………... 101  InterferenceResistance…………………. 102  Resisting TimeEffect …………………... 102  ResistingDisuse………………………… 103  StimulusIntensity ………………………. 104 Summary………………………………… 107 Exercise 1………………………………... 109 Key to Answers………………………….. 111 Exercise 2………………………………... 113 Chapter 6: How to Use the Library……................... 114  LibraryContents………………………… 117  Need for theLibrary …………………... 118  BorrowingRegulations…………………..

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Study SkillsDr. Muhammad Ali Alkhuli Dar Alfalah, Jordan 120 Library Facilities…………………………. 121 How to Find a Book……………………… 122 Dewey’s Decimal Classification………… 123 How to Select a Book …………………… 124  How to Usea Dictionary ………………... 125 Library Ethics …………………………… 126 Summary ………………………………… 128 Exercise 1………………………………... 130 Key to Answers …………………………. 133 Exercise 2……………………………….. Chapter 7: How to Write a Paragraph and an Essay…………………………. 134 135 Writing Ability ………………………….. 135  WritingComponents…………………….. 137 Essay Structure……................................... 138 Paragraph Structure ……………………... 138 Good Paragraph………………………….. 139 Good Essay……………..………………... 140 Paragraph Unity …………..…………….. 140 Paragraph Coherence …….……………… 142 Paragraph Emphasis……………………... 143 Paragraph Clarity………………………… 144 Paragraph Content …….………………… 144 Paragraph Level…………………………. 145 Outline………..………………………….. 149 Outline Importance ……………………… 150  Steps of Essay Writing…………………... 151 Notes about Form………………………... 152 Summary …………………………………

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Study SkillsDar Alfalah, JordanDr. Muhammad Ali Alkhuli 154 Exercise 1 ……………………………….. 155  Key to Answers………………………….. 158 Exercise 2………………………………... 159 Chapter 8: How to Prepare for Tests......................... 159 Continuous Preparation …………………. 161  DirectPreparation……………………….. 162 Test Night ………………………………. 163 Test Anxiety……………………………... 164 Sitting for a Test ………………………… 165 Test Instructions…………………………. 167 Test Ethics ………………………………. 168 Essay Tests ……………………………… 169 Summary………………………………… 171  Exercise1……………………………….. 175 Key to Answers………………………….. 177 Exercise 2……………………………….. 178 Appendix I:Subject Index…………………………... 182 References………………………………………........ 184 The Author’s Books………………………………….

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