B Explain the meaning of the following phrases taken from the article

A Make up the plan of the text. Label each paragraph with a word or word combination taken from the text.

B) advancement.

A The following words and word combinations appear in the text. Explain their meaning using a dictionary.

Study the Essential Vocabulary of the text; use it while doing the assignments that follow.

Andrew Northedge

(From The Good Study Guide,

Open University)

v Thematic Vocabulary

1) a conspicuously cool and languid manner

2) to be vaguely committed to work

3) The message struck home.

4) to be a paragon of academic virtue

5) to stick assiduously to a modest but well-defined, realistic plan

6) to work productively at intensive intellectual tasks

7) to blot smth out of one’s mind

8) time management

9) not to stumble ahead in hope

10) to divide a task into segments

11) to use the plan strategically rather than let it dribble away

12) to dip into one book after another with glazed over eyes

13) to require intense concentration

14) to need to be done at a prime time of day

15) to set targets

16) to bring down one’s anxiety level

17) to divide the task into strategy and application

18) to be ambitious

19) to flee from uncertainty

20) to define one’s work as small, discrete, concrete tasks

21) to think strategically

22) to take control of your studies rather than letting them swamp you

v Vocabulary Practice

Strike home stir oneself languid paragon

bluffing assiduously blotted out at sea

segments strategically dribble away dipping into

glazed over prime swamp loop

B Write out the verbs that characterize a) the flow of time;

v Text Comprehension

4. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence:

1) The vice-chancellor's speech _______________ the writer.

a) amused b) failed to convince

c) frightened d) terrified

2) The lad from Oldham's time at university was _______than the writer's.

a) less successful b) more fun

c) more intellectual d) more strenuous

3) While he was in the university library the writer _____________.

a) couldn't concentrate b) dozed off

c) read books from cover to cover d) worked hard

4) Towards the end of his time at university the write ____________.

a) gave up hope b) organised himself better

c) worked harder d) wrote a long dissertation

5) The writer recommends ____________________.

a) studying for a short time every day

b) finishing one task before starting another

c studying only when you are alert

d) deciding when each kind of task is best done

6) ‘Circling round a self-monitoring loop’ means ________________.

a) approaching your studies in circuitous way

b) continuing to study for a long time

c) planning your study methods

d) evaluating die success of your study methods

v Critical Reading

· of conspicuously cool and languid manner;

· to be vaguely committed to work;

· The message struck home.

· a paragon of academic virtue;

· sticking assiduously to a modest but well-defined, realistic plan;

· I blotted studies out of my mind.

· stretches of a day had slipped away;

· not just to stumble ahead in hope;

· would bring down my anxiety level;

· to divide the task into strategy and application;

· to flee from uncertainty;

· to take control of your studies rather than letting them swamp you.

v Talking Points

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