2. STRATEGIES FOR TAKING NOTES
• To take notes you can write down
individual words, phrases or
sentences.
• Get your ideas on paper without
worring about grammar.
• Your notes don’t need to be complete
sentences, just enough to help you
recall the information you heard.
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3. IDIOMS
A group of idioms are phrases or
sentences whose meaning can’t be
determined from knowing the
meaning of the individual words.
Example: That test was a piece of
cake.
4. SUGGESTIONS…
Keep a book of idioms and phrases
you are learning. Then categorize
them by topic or alphabetically.
Include the idioms, the meaning,
and a complete sentence.
5. SYLLABLES
As we speak we commonly check the
listener understands what we are
saying. With your books closed try to
list some phrases for checking
undersntanding you know.
6. VOCABULARY EXPANSION
Play the audios to practice using
vocabulary in context.
Begin with short sentences and
progress to more complex ones.
This practice must be done weekly to
practice vocabulary, spelling,
capitalization, and punctuation.
