Passing an exam can be very different from speaking a language. While learning to pass a test is not as important as possessing the knowledge and skills it being tested, nevertheless it is an important step on your road to success. Using the study tips listed below will help your acquisition of English.
Here are our ten top study tips to help you when you study English online, whether it is for TOEFL or TOEIC or indeed any other form of English course.
1. Write a Timetable
A timetable is a really useful tool to helping you to pass your exam. It provides a framework to the revision you need to do; it helps you to plan your time carefully; it is of great use in making you identify those areas on which you need to work.
2. Do your Homework
Of course, everything you do in preparation for your exams is homework, but certain types of questions and tasks come up more often than others. Your lecturers will often give you a collection of past questions, or you can find them online. It is a great study tip to practice getting perfect answers to these questions. You can even learn them off by heart. Just remember to adapt your answers to the question that is actually set in the real exam.
3. Learn How to Pronounce Words
The oral part of any English study is very important. English is a language with many odd pronunciations and the more of these you can learn, the better. For example, ‘Towcester’ is a small town in Northamptonshire. A ‘toaster’ is a cooking implement for toasting bread. The two words are written very differently, but pronounced the same.
4. Learn Spelling Patterns
A good speller is often a good English speaker. Spelling patterns in English can be obscure (see ‘Towcester’ and ‘Toaster’ above) but there are some rules that can be learned. These include such things as a short vowel is followed by a double consonant, and the ‘I before e except after c’ guide that applies to many words.
5. Learn the Meaning of Questions
It doesn’t matter how good your answer is if you misunderstood the question. Examiners, such as for TOEFL or TOEIC love to ask similar types of question, it is a way that they can keep standards in line. Learn the questions and learn the answers together, and ask your tutors if there is something that you do not understand.
6. Learn your Stock Phrases
Exams are about impressing the marker. Study is about becoming as competent as you can be. Little impresses more than the accurate use of a good phrase. There are certain phrases that you may need to ask in an exam, so learn them to enable you to use them easily without causing any stress.
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