Learning is a lifelong activity. Smart people never stop learning. Even when school
finishes, people continue to learn, on the job, in the community, with their children.
Everyone has to use new technology, to learn new systems of rules and transport
and environmental conservation. No one can stay the same as they always were.
No one can really succeed in life with just the knowledge they got at school.
The question is, how do we learn to learn better? How can we know what to spend
time on, where to look for information and what to believe? These questions have
answers, but not easy or quick answers. We can learn to learn more effectively if we
pay close attention to the task at hand. We can make any activity a learning activity
if we use it to improve things.
One example of learning to learn is following a set of instructions for doing
something new: the paper you are writing for this course is basically an exercise in
following steps to complete a one page theme, using a process you may not have
used before in writing. The point of the paper is to help you see that you can write a
complete paper without copying from the Internet. You can find ideas and organize
them without getting help. You can make sense and use English to produce a
professional academic paper.
Another example of learning to learn involves the way to use the technology of
computing to organize and present your work. You are already using the computer
to build a vocabulary log. With the final draft of your first paper, you will use a
word processor to create a document that is professional and without error. This
means taking advantage of all the functions and abilities of your word processor
and applying them to the paper. Page layout is a tool that shows you how the page
will look. Setting margins and line spacing and font size for a proper look is
important.
A third way of learning to learn is by listening to others in class. Make a plan to
focus your attention on everything that is said in class. Do not stop listening just
because another student is speaking. You can learn a lot from other students - their
questions may be the same as yours. Listen to the general classroom discussion -
give some thought to the way people express themselves, the ideas they share or the
points they raise. Force yourself to ask one question in every class. Listen to the
answer. This is not only a good way to learn, it is also a way to get the teacher to
take note of you, especially if the question is a good one.
Finally, you have the opportunity to develop a new skill in the new environment of
university. This new environment gives you chances to take part in clubs, activities
and field trips. Make the most of these chances by doing something completely
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different. Learn to sail or swim or surf. Study Chinese or Bahasa Indonesia. Join a
debating team, a dance group or a community development club. Trying something
you have never done before is a good way to stretch yourself - show yourself that
you could go way beyond your usual activities. You will be amazed at what you can
learn
Learning is a lifelong activity. Smart people never stop learning. Even when schoolfinishes, people continue to learn, on the job, in the community, with their children.Everyone has to use new technology, to learn new systems of rules and transportand environmental conservation. No one can stay the same as they always were.No one can really succeed in life with just the knowledge they got at school.The question is, how do we learn to learn better? How can we know what to spendtime on, where to look for information and what to believe? These questions haveanswers, but not easy or quick answers. We can learn to learn more effectively if wepay close attention to the task at hand. We can make any activity a learning activityif we use it to improve things.One example of learning to learn is following a set of instructions for doingsomething new: the paper you are writing for this course is basically an exercise infollowing steps to complete a one page theme, using a process you may not haveused before in writing. The point of the paper is to help you see that you can write acomplete paper without copying from the Internet. You can find ideas and organizethem without getting help. You can make sense and use English to produce aprofessional academic paper.Another example of learning to learn involves the way to use the technology ofcomputing to organize and present your work. You are already using the computerto build a vocabulary log. With the final draft of your first paper, you will use aword processor to create a document that is professional and without error. Thismeans taking advantage of all the functions and abilities of your word processorand applying them to the paper. Page layout is a tool that shows you how the pagewill look. Setting margins and line spacing and font size for a proper look isimportant.A third way of learning to learn is by listening to others in class. Make a plan tofocus your attention on everything that is said in class. Do not stop listening justbecause another student is speaking. You can learn a lot from other students - theirquestions may be the same as yours. Listen to the general classroom discussion -give some thought to the way people express themselves, the ideas they share or thepoints they raise. Force yourself to ask one question in every class. Listen to theanswer. This is not only a good way to learn, it is also a way to get the teacher totake note of you, especially if the question is a good one.Finally, you have the opportunity to develop a new skill in the new environment ofuniversity. This new environment gives you chances to take part in clubs, activitiesand field trips. Make the most of these chances by doing something completely1Chapter 4 Reading_________________________________________________________________________________different. Learn to sail or swim or surf. Study Chinese or Bahasa Indonesia. Join adebating team, a dance group or a community development club. Trying somethingyou have never done before is a good way to stretch yourself - show yourself that
you could go way beyond your usual activities. You will be amazed at what you can
learn
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