If you're like me, and you DO find that a picture IS worth a thousand words (or that it's a better option than "The List"), try this. I did this with Penultimate for iPad, but it's just as useful with a pen and a picture from a magazine:
Showing posts with label taking notes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label taking notes. Show all posts
1.11.2013
New vocabulary? Try photos!
As I've mentioned before in class, not everybody works well with "The List". You know what I'm talking about...that very long list of words, expressions, collocations and phrasal verbs that you write down in every class, highlight, maybe translate...and never look at again...so that when you need the vocabulary, you've got to go through the entire process again so that you remember why the words on "The List" were important!
If you're like me, and you DO find that a picture IS worth a thousand words (or that it's a better option than "The List"), try this. I did this with Penultimate for iPad, but it's just as useful with a pen and a picture from a magazine:
If you're like me, and you DO find that a picture IS worth a thousand words (or that it's a better option than "The List"), try this. I did this with Penultimate for iPad, but it's just as useful with a pen and a picture from a magazine:
1.16.2011
Get rid of it!
Here's an easy New Year's resolution for 2011:
If you're like most language students, you probably have a big stack of photocopies from past classes. And I'm willing to bet that you haven't touched them in ages.
To make your life easier, go through all your photocopies and sort them into two piles. One pile is for photocopies that you use regularly and which you use to review. The other pile is for photocopies that you haven't read in the past six months - since last June.
Pile #1 goes into your binder.
Pile #2 goes into your recycling bin.
If you don't need it and you don't use it, why are you still holding onto it?
If you're like most language students, you probably have a big stack of photocopies from past classes. And I'm willing to bet that you haven't touched them in ages.
To make your life easier, go through all your photocopies and sort them into two piles. One pile is for photocopies that you use regularly and which you use to review. The other pile is for photocopies that you haven't read in the past six months - since last June.
Pile #1 goes into your binder.
Pile #2 goes into your recycling bin.
If you don't need it and you don't use it, why are you still holding onto it?
10.26.2010
Note-Taking for TOEFL: 9 November 2010
It's a fact: Students who learn how to take effective, comprehensive notes have a better chance of scoring higher on the TOEFL iBT exam. But how do you manage all that information that comes at you? How do you practice and use the transition vocabulary that shows you how the information is organized? What are the best ways of keeping track of the most important points, so that you can use them on the tasks?
If the TOEFL iBT has got you worried, we have the solution. On Tuesday, November 9th, STOP SPANGLISH will be holding its Introduction to Note-Taking for TOEFL workshop.
In five hours, you'll learn the techniques which will get you through the exam and teach you how to deal with what you'll read and hear:
º Mental warm-ups: How to anticipate what's coming at you
º Ten efficient ways to practice your listening skills
º How to listen for important information - and eliminate what doesn't matter
º The five most effective ways of organizing notes
º Refine your notes to score high on the speaking and writing papers
Cost: €129 (€99 for current STOP SPANGLISH students)
Time: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
REGISTER BEFORE 1 NOVEMBER AND RECEIVE A FREE COPY OF "THE ENGLISH LEARNER NOTEBOOK"!
Remember: Failing to prepare is the same as preparing to fail. Don't let it happen to you!
If the TOEFL iBT has got you worried, we have the solution. On Tuesday, November 9th, STOP SPANGLISH will be holding its Introduction to Note-Taking for TOEFL workshop.
In five hours, you'll learn the techniques which will get you through the exam and teach you how to deal with what you'll read and hear:
º Mental warm-ups: How to anticipate what's coming at you
º Ten efficient ways to practice your listening skills
º How to listen for important information - and eliminate what doesn't matter
º The five most effective ways of organizing notes
º Refine your notes to score high on the speaking and writing papers
Cost: €129 (€99 for current STOP SPANGLISH students)
Time: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
REGISTER BEFORE 1 NOVEMBER AND RECEIVE A FREE COPY OF "THE ENGLISH LEARNER NOTEBOOK"!
Remember: Failing to prepare is the same as preparing to fail. Don't let it happen to you!
6.10.2010
Interview: Ken Gomez, the Genius behind the ENGLISH LEARNER'S NOTEBOOK
Ken Gomez worked as a product designer for twenty years before he took the plunge and became a CELTA-certified teacher last year. Now he's combined his two talents and created the ENGLISH LEARNER'S NOTEBOOK, which is on sale at Booksellers (c/Fernandez de la Hoz, 40 - Metro Iglesia or Gregorio Marañón) in Madrid.
I had the opportunity to speak with Ken this morning and to ask him to tell me more about the NOTEBOOK.
SS: This is fabulous! Where did you get the idea?
Ken Gomez: I studied a CELTA last year at Hyland Language School - I'd been working as a designer, but work was slipping away. While I was teaching, I was watching the students and how they learned, and I thought: If we gave them a notebook with templates, that might be helpful. So I spoke to Catherine Morely, I spoke to the people at Hyland, and they thought it was a good idea.
After all, every student needs a notebook, so if you have a tool, if you have templates, it's even better. It helps the students make their own English book as well! And it makes it easier for students to get into the habit of writing down the information they need.
SS: How has the reaction been so far?
Ken Gomez: I haven't had a lot of reaction yet, because the book's only been out for a couple of months; I've just had the reaction of some students and some teachers, but it's been really positive. Right now it's only on sale in Madrid at Booksellers, but I have someone in distribution looking at it. And people will be able to buy the book through the website (http://www.enleno.com) shortly.
SS: Any plans for a second edition yet?
Ken Gomez [laughing:] We still have to get through the first edition! But yeah, I've already started getting feedback from some teachers, and I already have some ideas about what to do with the second edition.
I had the opportunity to speak with Ken this morning and to ask him to tell me more about the NOTEBOOK.
SS: This is fabulous! Where did you get the idea?
Ken Gomez: I studied a CELTA last year at Hyland Language School - I'd been working as a designer, but work was slipping away. While I was teaching, I was watching the students and how they learned, and I thought: If we gave them a notebook with templates, that might be helpful. So I spoke to Catherine Morely, I spoke to the people at Hyland, and they thought it was a good idea.
After all, every student needs a notebook, so if you have a tool, if you have templates, it's even better. It helps the students make their own English book as well! And it makes it easier for students to get into the habit of writing down the information they need.
SS: How has the reaction been so far?
Ken Gomez: I haven't had a lot of reaction yet, because the book's only been out for a couple of months; I've just had the reaction of some students and some teachers, but it's been really positive. Right now it's only on sale in Madrid at Booksellers, but I have someone in distribution looking at it. And people will be able to buy the book through the website (http://www.enleno.com) shortly.
SS: Any plans for a second edition yet?
Ken Gomez [laughing:] We still have to get through the first edition! But yeah, I've already started getting feedback from some teachers, and I already have some ideas about what to do with the second edition.
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