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Hints for Effective Study Habits

tablish your goals. What is it you want to do? What is it you want to become? Why is it importanu? Without specific goals how do you know where you are going or when you get there? The goals t will provide meaning and direction to your studies.

y making short-term, intermediate, and long-term goals. Make goals for one course. Make goals for ar in school. Make goals for three years in the future.ate your goals clearly and positively.ake your goals specific and observable!measurable.t a time frame for your goal. This helps you keep moving and working.

m high. " challenging goal will be much more rewarding than one that takes little effort.

rite your goals down. #ost them on the refrigerator or bulletin board. Make them visible.

mpare your goals with the goals the instructor has for the course, and the goals the interpreaining program has. %o these goals match? %ovetail? &r conflict? 'f you notice that your goals and structor(s or the program(s, are not the same, make an appointment with the instructor or progrvisor to discuss the differences.

riodically review your goals. They may have been accomplished, they may have changed, they med revision, or they may no longer be necessary. )ewrite them an necessary.

gani*e and plan your study schedule. The e+pectation in college is that students spend two houdying for every hour spent in class. or a class that meets . hours a week that means five hourudy per week. tudents in the interpreter training program spend eight hours a week in class and pect to spend "T /E"T si+teen hours a week outside of class studying. 0ut we all lead such heces. Where can you find the time to study? 't takes organi*ing and planning.

r one week, keep a time inventory. )ecord everything you do during a day. Then, look for patternw you use your time. $onsider your priorities in your life Where can you cut back? Where can y

sert a study session? What things are you spending the most time on? When are you most productie you spending the ma1ority of your time on the priorities? "re you scheduling the priorities at yost productive times?

ake a calendar to record events, deadlines, tests and other important dates coming up during mester. or the crucial items, go back one and two weeks before and put warnings on the date. 2&

eek until Mom and %ad3s anniversary.2 2Two weeks until the portfolio is due.2

esign a study schedule. Then, keep it4 %on3t wait for inspiration to strike 5 it usually doesn3t. #ractlf-discipline. Many times you will find that once you have gotten into the activity or study, it realleresting, challenging, and en1oyable.

ost people work better with shorter, more fre6uent study periods. &r with breaks during lonssions. Think of it like interpreting, a comple+ task re6uiring alertness, multiple-tasking ocessing, and physical strength and stamina. 't is common for assignments over two hours toared by a team. This is because we acknowledge that our effectiveness as interpreters is compromiter long periods of work. Most teams rotate every twenty to thirty minutes. This is based on reseaout the effectiveness of interpreting over time. The twenty to thirty minute rule might be a good try in your study schedule.

on3t procrastinate. %o it now4 )esearch has shown that without review, after two weeks the averaudent forgets appro+imately 789 of what was covered in class. $ramming is not real learning. 't is oying to remember a large amount of material for a short period of time. :ou cannot 2cram2 fonguage or a skill. 'f you wait until the night before basketball try-outs to start practicing your frows, you will not make the team.

hen doing a long-term assignment, plan out the steps and assign them deadlines. 0reak it into doaeces, and complete them according to your time line.

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verlearn. $ontinue past the point where you can 1ust barely recall or do something. $ontinue past int where you can do that thing without struggling. $ontinue to the point where you can do it withnking about it. Then you know the language lives inside of you.ntrol your study environment. elect a place. tock it with the necessary materials and e6uipme

ake sure there are no distractions or routine interruptions that could give you an e+cuse to sudying.n study groups. This gives you the practice and feedback you need to develop better language skillso gives you a broader perspective on the sub1ect, a support system when you need it, and a genck in the behind if you start dragging your feet.

aintain your overall physical and mental health.