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Study Advice
Hi, I'm kinda poor in studies, especially in languages and math. Could you please provide some advice on how I can do better? Especially in languages because I can't understand the darn questions. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.
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math is more memorizing formulas than any thing else. Practice, practice, practice. A tutor could help get you on track.
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I'm in Spanish, going into Spanish 4 this coming year.
The main thing with a language is to keep repeating the words in anyway possible. Make flashcards, write vocabulary words 3 or 4 times each, conjugate verbs twice for each subject [you, me, we, etc.], have someone quiz you on your vocab/verbs/grammar the night before a test or quiz. Basically, do anything that will get the words stuck in your head by repetition. Making up a song, like Laura said, is a GREAT idea. We had a song for the irregular forms of certain verbs in the preterit tense, and it was like "Tener es tuve, Estar estuve!" and it was just really helpful.
Also if you have like house vocabulary, make little cards for each item, and put them around your house so that you can see them. So every time you go to the kitchen, you'll see the word for kitchen. Doing things like that is really helpful.
As for math, coming up with songs for equations and such is actually really helpful. Or coming up with hints for yourself about certain concepts.
So for Algebra 2 back two years ago, we had a song for the quadratic formula that went like this:
X is equal to the opposite of B, plus or minus the square root of B squared minus 4AC, all divided by 2A!
And it really helped. Then a few years before that, there was a song for the slope formula put to the words of YMCA:
"WHAT DOES Y EQUAL?!"
"M X PLUS B!"
And it seriously helped me out a bunch.
For other things this past year for Pre-Calc, my class and I came up with ways to remember certain concepts, like saying "Sine is the nice sibling, and Cosine is the bad sibling" so that we would know what changed signs or something. It was cool.
If you need conceptual help, don't be afraid to ask your teacher or sign up for a tutoring program through your school. Or ask a friend from your class who gets it.
In fact, when school starts, feel free to ask me any math questions. I can't five you the answers, but I can help you figure out how to get there =].
--Jack
(16/m)
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You need to commit to your studies. Set aside some time each day to look over what you've learned that day, and you're having trouble on.
For languages, this might sound completely ridiculous, but I make up song. For my French class, I remember all the conjugations with songs. For example, I use The Mexican Hat Dance for one of them [Je vais, tu vas, il va *clap clap*] It sounds stupid, but it works, I promise ;]
For math, do some problems each day. Open your text book, flip to the page that has what you're learning, and do the problems.
Other than that:
If you're still really struggling, don't be afraid to ask a teacher for help. That IS what they're there for after all, and there is no shame in asking for a little help. We all need some once in a while.
-Laura. (16-f)
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hi , look you should read alot and solve grammar as much as you can . Whene it comes to math , my personal expierence tought me that the only way to get better in math is to practice , I would suggest to resolve all the problems that you solved in class each day and then check them with correction . Ofcoures this is going to sound hard at first , but after a while you will get used to it . And remmember to ask the teacher about any problem you faced in resolving the the math problems , and I dont think she would mind . good luck
And remmember that you cant achieve any thing using the easy way always.
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first of all, you can EASILY go to google and type in "study tips math / english / foreign language" -- but i'm assuming you have already tried that...
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keep playing around with the words. try "how to study for [foreign language / math]"
there are hundreds of ways you can improve your study skills in those classes. GO TO GOOGLE. i promise. i was just doing this yesterday and there are bazillions of websites ready to help you.
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