Name: Emma's TOP 15 STUDY TIPS
Uploaded: 2017-05-14T14:29:05.000Z
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My name is Emma and in today's video I am going to teach you my top study tips.

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So if you are having a test coming up or an exam,

it might be the IELTS, the TOEFL, the CELPIP-there's so many different tests-maybe it's a university

exam, whatever the case - if you have a test coming up, this video is for you.

Okay? So I'm going to teach you a lot of well-researched tips that can really help you improve your

marks and to feel more confident the day you're actually taking the test.

Okay, so let's get started at some study tips.

My first question to you is I want you to think about it.

You have a test coming up, where do you study?

Some people study in their bed, some might study in the library, maybe a coffee shop,

In your opinion, what is the best way to study?

Okay, well, if you said your bed, for most people this is a very bad idea.

The reason why is if you're studying in your bed with all your books and your notes, your

brain, when you're in bed you start thinking about sleep.

So if you're studying in your bed, you might become very sleepy and it might be harder

Okay? I don't think the bed is a good place to study.

Some people like studying in libraries, and sometimes it's a good idea.

But if you're doing an English test, like where you have a speaking component, a library

What you really want to do is think about: Where are you taking this test?

If you're going to be in a room with many people who maybe are talking or are being

loud, you want to study in a similar environment.

So, for some people the library, you know, might be a good place.

For other people, maybe the library is not the best place.

My point is: You want to study in a place that is just like the environment you'll be

Other people might study in coffee shops.

Now, if you're doing the IELTS or the TOEFL, this is not a bad idea because at least you're

surrounded by people, you're surrounded by distractions, and on your test day you probably

will have some sort of distractions around you, especially if people are doing speaking

tests where they're talking and you can hear them.

So, being around people, if you're doing a test where people will be kind of loud and

distracting, a coffee shop is a good idea.

But if, you know, there's no speaking component to your test, maybe you're just writing an

essay or something like that, then maybe a classroom might actually be a better place.

If you're in school and you can go to a place that looks like where you're taking the test,

For home, I personally don't think home is the greatest place to study and I'll tell you why.

At home you have your furniture, you have your bed, you have all these distractions

around you, so it's easy to stop paying attention to what you're studying, and also your house

is not like the environment you'll be taking the test in.

You want an environment as similar as possible to where you're actually taking the test,

so I would not recommend studying at home.

One thing, though, is sometimes it's good to study in multiple locations because the

more places you study, the more memories you'll actually have of what you're studying, you'll

remember: "Okay, I remember studying this at this coffee shop.

I remember studying this at this library, and this at this classroom."

You know, the more places you study, the more memories you will have.

Okay, another important thing to note is: Think about your personality.

This means: Are you a quiet person who kind of prefers to be alone most of the time, where

So this is where you love big groups, you're, you know, the life of the party, you like

Because depending on your answer to that, it can really affect your studying.

If you like being around people, one of the bad choices maybe for studying is going somewhere

alone and studying alone, especially maybe in a library.

Because if you like action and you like being around people, and then you have to study

in a very quiet environment and you don't have your friends around or your classmates,

that might be very boring for you and you might not pay attention, you might get distracted

Whereas if you're an introvert, maybe you like quiet places, maybe a library is a good

You know, maybe it's not good to study with other people.

You know, going to the library and studying, if you're an extrovert, this might be a bad idea.

If you like being with people, a study group is a great way in order to learn the information

and to find out maybe things you don't know so well, because during a study group everybody's

asking each other questions, so you start to think about things maybe you're unfamiliar

with, you don't know as well as other people.

So a study group is a very good idea, but be careful with who is in your study group.

You don't want to study with people who are going to distract you by watching Facebook...

Or watching YouTube videos of puppies and cats.

Okay? That will not help you with studying.

You want to be with people who are focused and serious about studying.

Okay, another key thing about studying is about being bored.

A lot of people, they don't want to study and they find it very boring, and so they

go, they sit there, and they're so bored, and yet they just keep reading the material

Okay? It's not good for your memory if while you're trying to learn you're very bored.

You need to make the material interesting.