The teacher's teaching method is:
The teacher told the students to listen.
Discussion: Students read books or finish homework by themselves, and then discuss with teachers in class, mostly in groups.
There are a lot of homework for studying abroad in the United States, almost every class. Some teachers may tell you the progress and homework of each class at the beginning of this semester, and some teachers may tell you in class. If you know which textbooks to use when choosing a course, you can go to the bookstore to buy them first, but you should keep the receipt and ask the clerk if you can return the books, because the teacher may change the textbooks after class, and the students may drop out of class if they think it is too simple, too difficult or too boring after class. At this time, you need to return the book. You can't return the used book, so don't write your name, underline or mark it at first.
What students should pay attention to in class can be divided into what to do and what not to do;
What should be done?
1, try to enter the classroom a few minutes earlier. If you are late, because there is only one door in the classroom, you should go in quietly and find a seat nearby. If the teacher looks at you, can you speak softly? Excuse me. Everything is based on the principle of not disturbing others, but don't miss class because you are late. Better late than absent from class.
Generally speaking, students are free to choose their favorite seats, but it is suggested that foreign students sit next to local students as much as possible and introduce themselves first, so as to open their boxes and make friends.
When introducing yourself, you should clearly state your name. Most Americans can't remember pinyin-style Chinese names, so taking a western name as a middle name in advance can reduce a lot of trouble. As for the surname, you can pronounce it slowly and spell the letters so that others can remember it clearly.
4, ask more questions, let the teacher feel that you have a sense of participation, know your existence, don't be afraid of your poor English and don't ask if your point of view is wrong. Asking mistakes is better than making mistakes without opening your mouth. When you want to express your opinion, you can ask the teacher's permission in a questioning tone to show politeness.
It is best to go to the bathroom before or after class. If you want to go to class, you don't have to raise your hand to ask the teacher's permission, just walk quietly and come back quietly.
Shouldn't do this.
1, yawning and dozing off.
2. Talk to others.
3. Eat (if you want a refreshing drink, you'd better do it while other students are doing it).
Step 4 chew gum.
5. Read other books.
No matter how high the TOEFL listening score is, almost every foreign student has experienced it at the beginning of class. Ducks listen to thunder? At a loss. This will affect the reaction in class and the speed of taking notes. In addition to trying to get familiar with the different accents and speech styles of each professor as soon as possible, recording or taking notes can also help you, but you should pay attention to the following points:
1, recording
Even if you listen carefully and take notes in class, you will inevitably make mistakes. At this time, the tape recorder has become the biggest helper to review lessons and supplement notes. But before recording, you must get the consent of the professor, because it involves copyright or other issues, and some professors do not welcome students to record. In addition, you must avoid over-reliance on recording, and don't think that you can listen to it repeatedly after recording, which will affect your attitude of concentration in class. Teachers usually have fixed office hours at school, about two to three hours a week. Students should try their best to use this time to talk with teachers and ask questions so that teachers can know themselves. Don't copy when writing. When quoting other people's articles and sentences, be sure to add notes or colons. The format of the report can refer to the general instructions. Finally, you'd better ask an American friend or someone with good English to read it for you. There are many kinds of exams. In addition to the final and mid-term exams, there are also quizzes, which may include multiple-choice questions, short-answer questions, and application questions. Never cheat in the exam, or you may be expelled from school.
Step 2 take notes
In addition to my own notes in preparation and review, the notes made in class are often the essence of the course and the reference books in the exam. Generally speaking, after one or two semesters, foreign students can develop notes? Simple and to the point, well organized? Skill. If the professor likes to write on the blackboard, it is certainly helpful to take notes; If it is a lecture or discussion class, do you need special attention? There are several points ... 、? This is the key ...? Or? Me? I hope you can remember ...? Such opening remarks are almost the focus of class.
In addition, we should also learn to screen out the key points in class. If a professor or classmate says something unimportant in his speech, it is certainly not necessary to remember everything he hears. If you can't copy your notes well, try to borrow them from other students or even report directly to the professor. Usually professors will assign teaching assistants or specific students to assist. With complete class notes, previewing and reviewing lessons will be more powerful.
Step 3 talk
Speaking in class can not only communicate with professors and other students in many aspects, but also fully show students' sense of participation, thus leaving a good impression on professors. China students usually keep silent in class, and many foreign students are afraid to speak because they are afraid of their poor English and making a fool of themselves. In fact, people have already studied abroad, so why worry too much about making a fool of themselves? If you feel that your English ability is not strong, isn't this a good opportunity to train yourself to express yourself in English? Even so, how to break through psychological barriers and actively participate in classroom discussions is still the most important problem for international students to overcome.
American students are used to expressing their opinions since childhood, and they can talk at any time in Kan Kan. But they are also used to accepting other people's opinions. Once foreign students speak, they usually listen patiently. If you really don't know how to express it at first, you might as well ask questions about what you can't understand or hear clearly in class. For example, you can raise your hand to the professor. May I? I don't know what you mean. ? Or? Can you say that again? Of course, it is best to get rid of fear gradually, and then express your views bravely and actively in class to achieve the purpose of exchanging ideas.
In daily life, shaking hands is a common body language. When shaking hands, be generous, natural and powerful. Don't be timid and leave a bad impression. When you are invited to an American home for dinner, you can prepare a small gift with your own national cultural characteristics, which is not too expensive, about six dollars or less. If you attend a party or picnic, you don't need to prepare a gift. Ordinary Americans often drink drinks together outside, such as coffee, cola and beer. Although it is not easy to make American friends, we can try our best to improve our English.
People in China often don't know how to answer the negative sentences commonly used by Americans, and they are not familiar with some common sentences. They read several words together. The verbs and adjectives of the same word have different pronunciations, phrases, slang and so on. This is what we should try to understand, so we should ask whether we understand them to increase the learning effect.
Choose a course
The course selection itself can be said to be a compulsory course, and whether the course selection is appropriate will be the biggest key to affect the semester grade. At the beginning of the first semester, we should pay special attention not to choose too many heavy classes, so as not to bring ourselves a heavy homework burden. Although the school stipulates that students who have completed 12 credits will be considered as full-time students, if they feel overburdened, they can discuss with the guidance professor about missing one class, ask him to sign the relevant documents, and then report to the registration department, so that they can continue to maintain their full-time status.
Information about the content of the course should be collected before the start of school. For example, refer to the school department catalogue.
(directory) or reference curriculum, etc. , you can know the courses offered in your department.
When choosing a course, the two most important points are to know the course content and the instructor. You'd better know in advance whether the course content is useful to you, whether you are interested, how the teaching and research level is, how to be a person, how to teach and so on.
syllabus
Because the general course introduction is usually short, if you want to know more detailed course content, you must take the initiative to go to the department office and ask the professor who started the course or his teaching assistant and secretary directly. At the same time, ask for the course schedule (syllabus) of the whole semester, which lists the detailed course objectives, the progress of each class, the grading standards, the book list and other items, which can be said to be the most practical reference when selecting courses.
Professor's reputation
Students' evaluation of professors is another important consideration in course selection. Sometimes the name and content of a course are attractive, but if you find that the professor is a? Black boy? You can consider giving up this course. So-called? Black boy? Professors usually have too many exams, too many homework and low scores, so they are generally unpopular with students. Of course, students who are interested in making academic achievements can focus on the academic ability and ideas of professors.
After the start of school, formal classes or auditing can prove the quality of your course selection. If you find that the course does not meet your own needs, or it is too difficult, or you are interested in other courses, you should take the initiative to go through the re-examination procedures as soon as possible. Usually, there is no charge for adding or dropping out of school within a certain period before the start of school.
Prepare before class and review after class.
After the course selection is completed, the purchase of teaching materials is a big problem. American textbooks are very expensive, ranging from thirty to fifty dollars. In order to save money, you can consider buying second-hand books, or even not buying them, and borrowing books from the school library. In addition, generally speaking, the price of books in bookstores on campus is usually higher than the market price. If possible, you might as well copy the book list and buy textbooks at the off-campus bookstore.
Before a formal class, preparation before class is very important. For China students whose mother tongue is not English, it is particularly important to spend more time reading the necessary textbooks and reference books carefully before class, and to have a good idea of what the professor will say in advance. Only in this way can you better understand what the professor said in class, and it is easier for you to join the students' discussion.
Adequate reading preparation before and after class is helpful to the effective absorption of classroom content. Generally speaking, the progress of postgraduate courses is quite fast, especially in summer classes, which are often overwhelming. Faced with several textbooks and assigned reading materials to be finished in a short time, how to train your reading speed has become a very important topic.
It is best not to read English books word for word, which is not only slow, but also difficult to find out the key points in the article. When reading, you should always pick up a pen and write down the words and terms in your field, and make summary notes or mark important keywords every time you read a paragraph.
In addition, it is best to train yourself to explain the main idea in simple English-on the one hand, it is convenient to review later, on the other hand, you can practice using English better and increase your confidence in speaking in class. Whenever I read English books, I often come across many words, which make people produce? Do you hate words when you use them? Feelings. What's more, even if we know the meaning of all the words, we still have a little knowledge of the whole sentence, which is quite frustrating.
In order to improve your reading speed and ability, it is best not to be too rigid in learning words, and to master the whole paragraph and full-text outline as the direction of your efforts. When previewing and reviewing, you can sometimes use Chinese-related books to help yourself read English books to master concepts. However, the assistance of Chinese books is only a stopgap measure after all. Only by enriching your English reading ability in peacetime can you absorb more new knowledge in professional fields.
Examinations, exercises and reports
After a semester of intense study, the next step is the study assessment. The main ways to evaluate academic performance are exams, homework exercises, written and oral reports, etc. Not every professor chooses the same way.
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In the mid-term and final exams, the scores account for more than 60% of the whole semester, so everyone stays up all night during the exam and dare not take it lightly. If you take an exam in class, you'd better ask all kinds of details, such as the form, content and scope of the exam. If the exam takes the form of application questions, if you are worried that there is not enough time, you can try to ask the professor to extend the answer time. In addition, ask if you can bring an English-Chinese dictionary or a Chinese-English dictionary to answer questions. Another take-home exam is generally less stressful because there is no strict time limit and so on. As long as you play according to the class notes, specify the contents of the book, and pay attention to the coherence and modification of words and phrases, it should not be difficult to get satisfactory results.
Allocation (allocation)
Different departments have different methods of homework practice. Generally speaking, the assignments of mathematics department, science department and business department are more common in the way of calculation and application. As long as you listen carefully in class, consult textbooks and notes, or discuss with your classmates and seniors, most of these assignments are not difficult for you. The assignments of humanities and social sciences departments are usually to arrange reading and written reports, focusing on comments, analysis and expression.
In addition, oral presentation may be the most stressful form of work. Because you have to demonstrate in English in front of professors and other students in class, the drafting of the manuscript must be particularly clear and smooth; Faced with situations that may be interrupted and questioned by professors or classmates at any time, it often makes people nervous. However, the only way to prepare this kind of homework is to master the content of the manuscript in advance and invite other students? Audition? After a while, you can take your time when you formally submit the report.
Term paper ($ TERM paper)
Many professors like to use term reports instead of exams to evaluate students' academic performance. Therefore, all kinds of details about writing term reports can not be ignored. In order to avoid that your report format does not meet the requirements of the professor, it is best to ask the professor for a sample report in advance and write it according to its regulations, so as to be foolproof. For example, most students in distracted science departments must abide by the report format published by APA (American Psychological Association) and must not be sloppy at all. When studying in the United States, you must not underestimate the copyright issue when writing the term report. All quotations from other people's materials or words should be specified in detail to avoid being crowned? Plagiarism? If the crime is light, it will be punished with low points, and if it is heavy, it will be doomed to drop out of school. If you can always quote the original sentence with quotation marks and indicate the original author, title and page number, you can avoid plagiarism.
At the beginning of the term report, you can discuss any questions or ideas with the professor during office hours. If you finish the report before the deadline, you might as well discuss it with the professor first. On the one hand, it is conducive to the overall revision of the report, on the other hand, it can increase the impression of the professor. It is the basic right of students to see professors during office hours. Never give up your rights for fear of bothering the professor.
When writing a term report, the first thing to consider is the quality of the content, not the beauty of the text. So as long as the grammar is correct, the main idea is prominent, and the meaning is coherent and clear, it is an excellent report. However, no matter how confident you are about your English ability, you'd better ask American classmates or pay someone to help you revise English grammar, rhetoric and even the organization of the full text, so as to make the whole report more round and smooth.
Although the life of studying abroad is endless? Study tour? Just as relaxed and comfortable, but as long as you are familiar with your studies? Rules of the game? International students can take time off at any time if they study well.