EN 1109: Study Skills I
Library skills
· Understanding
classification system
· Using a library
catalogue
· Using the content
/ index pages of a book to find reference
· Finding
information quickly from bibliography
· Activities:
- Library skills questionnaire, e.g. Write down the
classification numbers of the following books and find them on the shelves.
- Give the names and numbers of the books that give
information about the following topics
Dictionary studies
· Getting familiar
with the format of good monolingual dictionary entries
· Finding their way
around the information a dictionary offers
· Discuss the role
of a dictionary
· Assign activities
which show the kinds of meanings that are presented and how they are presented.
Note-making
· Writing:
note-making to write compositions
· Techniques:
clustering, point by point, spaghetti etc.
· Reading: to
identify the important points and to remember and recall, how to use T lists or
branching diagrams
· Ways of
simplifying language-using abbreviations
Standard
abbreviations: e.g., i.e., etc, Symbols: = equals, Personal: (impt-important)
Reference skills
· Surveying a book:
opening paragraph. Chapter and section headings, paragraph headings, ending,
etc
· Pre-viewing:
titles, content, introduction, key sentences, reviews - understanding graphic
presentations and illustrations
· Making use of the
internet
Using self-access facilities
· Introduction to
available self-access facilities
· Activities and
clear instructions to learn how to use the equipment and other resources, e.g.
computer room, language laboratory, video section, printed material, work
cards, books/journals, newspapers, language games, testing material
