Tuesday, January 19, 2010
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Not complaining I absolutely love any sort of feedback on posts. It's like a present and I read all of them. (I say that like there are hundreds to be read). I have just noticed a pattern, every other post gets commented on. I have 3 followers which is 3 times more than what I started with so yay. Let's hope for three more in the new year and I won't think you are a creeper if you always comment I would actually love it. No pressure or anything. Just commenting about comments because that is what I do. Study tips are still welcome. I got through english pretty easily just five more to go. Spanish and history tomorrow. Awesome.
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I pretty much comment whenever I have something to say - I do like to talk - but try not to post just anything. Sadly, the reason I did not reply yesterday is that I really have no studying tips and I was sorry that I couldn't be helpful.
ReplyDeleteI never took Spanish. I took German and did not have much trouble with the grammar, and the pronunciation is pretty straightforward (but I can't roll Rs, so that is a problem for a lot of languages). My only challenge was vocabulary, and I practiced that the way I study all vocabulary - write the definitions over and over until I know them all word for word. Not efficient, but it does work. Unfortunately, I was never that great in German - English is really my only language, so I try to do it well.
How to study History depends so much on what type of questions your teacher will ask. My 12th grade History teacher gave what she called "Russian Roulette" exams. Each student pulled a slip of paper from a hat, on it was two questions. We could choose which question to answer and write one long essay (later, just an outline) for the entire grade. If you didn't know the answer to either question, of course, you failed. I never had any problem with those tests, and never did much studying for them other than casually reading over my class notes. The thing is, the teacher was always clear about what she considered to be the major issues, and I knew the questions would be about "big" topics - not minor details, but themes it would take an entire exam to cover. So, no real surprises, as far as I was concerned. Luckily, I can write an essay off the top of my head. I think that is because I naturally organize my main points into an outline and then build the essay around it. That's why it was even easier for me when the teacher decided she just wanted the outline, no need to expand on each point.
The only way to study for the Russian Roulette tests was to know the teacher's hot button issues and review the main concepts related to each. If your teacher wants names and dates and theories, you'll need a different approach. I never could get into that kind of History!