Study Tips | 给大一GTers的通关秘籍——学习篇

2021届的同学们：

经过了开学典礼、入学讲座等等活动，大家也正式迎来了在广以的学习生活。相信大家在对未来的学习生活有满满期待的同时，应该也多多少少有一些疑问和忧虑。为让大家更好地在大学四年里乘风破浪，我们采访了8位来自各个专业的优秀的师兄师姐，将以系列推文的形式，从师兄师姐们自身经验出发，向大家分享有价值的学习方法和生活经验。

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你觉得进入大学后在学习上都有哪些方面的挑战？最后是如何一一克服的？

高中有班主任，但是大学没有班级化的管理，意味着需要时间适应从他人管理向自我管理的过渡，而预备学期就是一个很好地阶段，要好好利用。推荐学弟学妹们先搞好英语听力和口语。我的做法是同时上两位老师的辅导课—根据自己的需要来自己调整自己的课表，可以上不同老师的课。另外，培养自学能力也很重要，我自己的方法是组学习小组，这样可以一起讨论不懂的知识，一起去教授的办公室。

李凌珑

我们学校是全英授课，加上不同老师有不同口音，如果听力不到位，一开始上课的时候是听不懂的。前几节课老师在黑板上会有详细的笔记，通过笔记判断讲课内容/如果真的遇到新知识点不懂：课下询问老师，老师一开始会尽可能用最简单的词汇讲解。最后还有每周的教授的办公时间，要重视，还可以培养与教授的感情。我自己就是从问教授问题到能够与教授互动，再到变得积极主动提问，甚至会在校园路上开始与教授们打招呼、聊天。这都是一个慢慢适应和培养的过程。

章阳琳

课堂开口发言是一个挑战。在教授问问题时，内心挣扎，但教授一直在鼓励不要害羞。在教授的鼓励下，迈出困难的第一步，在之后就会变得简单。

林洽

预备学期时，在大家的讨论中，看到大家都比较厉害，我会给自己一个适合自己的定位。一些程度好的同学不需要花太多精力去适应，而我自己是放在一个比较低的姿态，更方便追上他们。

孙学全

你是如何适应全英授课环境？怎么做到听懂课程，看懂教材，在课堂上开口发言的？

一开始最需要适应的一点是科目的基础生词，各科目的专有名词要了解，比如高中我们可能会用speed来翻译速度，但是在物理中速度称为velocity。其次就是要开口交流，不要害怕，有第一次就会有千千万万次。

李凌珑

加强听力练习，强迫自己认真听讲，听关键词、经常出现的词汇来适应口音。

高嘉杰

第一个方法是下载转写软件，第二个方法是看网课，用Chrome、panoto 0.5倍速开字幕听，慢慢就熬过去了。

李晖泓

利用碎片时间找老师交谈，多去老师的办公室。

孙学全

不敢开口发言的解决方法是坐在第一排。因为坐在第一排，与老师没有太大的距离感，不用看到同学的眼神，减小挑战难度。不敢大声说话也没有关系，因为老师很容易就能听见。

汤镕境

你当时是如何找到自己的学习方法的？有哪些你认为有效的学习方法值得推荐？

不能做太满的计划或太大的目标，根据自己的课程情况定制自己的学习计划和安排时间；另外不要拖延，课程安排要有重点，不要一个晚上设置复习太多科目；要给自己留有弹性缺口和喘息的机会。

李凌珑

一定去上课，晚上不要熬夜，要保证好的睡眠。不要赶ddl，不要拖延症，避免滚雪球的发生。分享一个摆脱拖延症的小技巧就是和小伙伴一起学习，有互相监督的动力。不要因为很多知识都在书上而忽略笔记的重要性：ppt或者笔记要划重点，这样笔记可以充当复习资料和每天巩固的角色。最后，我推荐大家可以尝试自己在空白纸上复习推理过程，复习后才去上课，否则会断层，数学的紧密性较强。

章阳琳

我沿用了高三学习方法，并不停调整总结。要多尝试，找到适合自己的方法。如有机化学，上课过PPT很快，我就在前两周找到老师的节奏和自己的节奏，将预习复习相结合。课前预习时过一遍课件。课后复习时重点学习课上听不懂的东西。课堂上关注预习的时候看不懂的地方。而理解类的课程，重点在课后复习，着重理解和解决不懂的地方。根据当天课表顺序进行复习。一般不拖延到明天，最晚不超过这周。越快复习到所学的知识越好。另外，我会找补充的学习材料，途径有：找教授询问相关学习资料及方法；利用谷歌、油管视频加强理解和学习。

高嘉杰

我之前成绩不佳，甚至被约谈，但是没有放弃，坚持学习，在大一下学期寻找到了努力的回报。如果你英语不好，速记笔记的效果不佳，那就拍照然后课后整理。你的课堂笔记不需要很好看，但要有自己的体系。要先整理完笔记和完成课后复习后，再完成作业。我与同学建立了学习小组，在作业上互相帮助做到满分。作业分很重要，要得到好的成绩，就要把作业分做到一百分。我平时不旷课，坚持上课。做好学习计划就是最重要的。

李晖泓

考前作好计划，建议提早2-3周。将复习比重更大的分给在整个学期中学习效果不佳的学科。不会的题目可以先和同学讨论一下，如果得不到解决，就找教授。也可以在每周进行复习，给复习周分担压力。

林洽

我读的是生物专业，生词多，所以会花些时间在课前预习，重点是关键词的翻译。在节奏快的课堂上，着重画出重点。生物专业减少死记硬背，可以多看图。课后以整理笔记，摘抄关键词的形式来复习。要及时完成作业，复习后再写作业。

孙学全

我是沿用了高中的办法：勤记笔记，可以帮助集中注意力。喜欢写板书的老师，板书里都是重点。如果老师喜欢用ppt, 建议下载课件，用平板记录重点。然后课后整理笔记。作业方面，零碎的可问题以询问周围同学，会给你更好的思路，一整类的问题建议发邮件或是利用办公时间问老师。在预备学期就养成不去压DDL的习惯，先写完作业再自由分配自己的时间，才不会有焦虑感。

汤镕境

你玩游戏吗？游戏有影响过你的学习吗？你有否找到游戏和学习的平衡？

可以控制自己玩游戏的度，不会过度沉迷。大学生活中有很多比游戏有趣的事情，学习上也有重担，所以不会沉迷在游戏中。

高嘉杰

游戏是对自己的放松，学习压力小，时间充足的话会玩。

孙学全

在你所在的专业上，有什么学习技巧是特别值得注意的？

第一个是写作业之前的复习我觉得很重要；对于补充资料，我个人不怎么推荐中文版的课本，一般教授推荐看的课本我才会去看；遇到不会的问题我一般的解决方法是几个同学为一组讨论不懂的问题然后直接问老师。在这里我还想推荐一个生物专业的特别学习技巧：图像记忆法，以新陈代谢为例：画图表联系知识点，会使得知识点具象化。

李凌珑

数学专业的学弟学妹们建议上课一定要记笔记，数学科目的笔记非常重要，这很锻炼动手能力。写作业的时候不要边写边看笔记本，遇到不会的问题再看笔记。

章阳琳

材料专业注重理解，材料的机理、变化特征、过程。课上和考试也是注重理解。

高嘉杰

做思维导图，方便记忆生词与知识点。推荐使用App:幕布。

李晖泓

多看教材，在大一时，没有看教材，后来发现教材可以对该学科的思路有更好的掌控。

林洽

大一大二是基本知识的积累，推荐大家要有知识归纳，复杂的学科如代谢和免疫学，内容多，平时不能松懈，只在期末学可能会学不完。可以看老师推荐的书或在网上找视频。要有图解，方便理解。进组做实验的话，一定要细心和耐心，不怕试错，细心做好每一步的记录，如果发现错误可以根据这个一一寻找。

孙学全

化工专业里的老师喜欢板书，让我觉得很幸运。所以重点可以放在上课认真听老师的推导，理解过程，不需要太多的记忆。

汤镕境

除了师兄师姐们的分享，我们的教授们也对新生有话说，来看看教授们的寄语吧！

学习篇的分享就到此结束啦。觉得意犹未尽的话，请期待本系列推文的下一篇：《给GTers的通关秘籍—生活篇》~

To GTers of cohort 2021:

After the opening ceremony and orientation, everyone also officially ushered in the journey in GTIIT. We believe that while you are looking forward to your future study and life, you might also have some questions and worries. To help you better overcome these difficulties in the four years of university, we have interviewed eight outstanding seniors from various majors. In the form of a series of tweets, they will share valuable study skills and tips from their own experiences.

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What challenges did you experience after entering GT? How did you overcome them in the end?

We had homeroom teachers in high school, but we didn't have class-based management here, which means it takes time to adapt to self-discipline, and the preparatory semester is an excellent opportunity to learn to be self-disciplined. I highly recommend the freshmen to do well in listening and speaking English first. What I do is I go to two tutorials at the same time -- I can adjust my schedule to my own needs, and I can have different tutors. In addition, it is also important to cultivate the ability of self-study. My method is to set up study groups to discuss the parts we do not understand and go together to the professor's office to ask for help.

In our school, all the classes are taught in English, and different teachers have different accents. Fresh students are likely to feel challenged to understand at the beginning of the class. The teachers would write down detailed notes on the board in the preparatory courses, and we could understand what the teacher was talking about through the notes. If there are some points that you don't get it, ask the teacher after class. The teacher will explain with the most straightforward words possible at the beginning. Last but not least, we should pay attention to the weekly Office Hours and cultivate the relationship with professors. I went from asking professors questions to interacting with them, being proactive, and even starting to greet and chat with professors on campus. It takes time to see these changes.

Speaking in class is a challenge. I used to get anxious and hesitant when the professor asked me a question. But I remembered that my professor kept encouraging us by saying “Don’t be shy.” I made the first step and found the rest was much easier.

I found that most of my classmates were doing quite well during the discussion in the preparatory course. Some of them got adapted very quickly due to their excellent academic and English foundation so I decided to face the reality and try my best to catch up with them.

How did you get used to the English teaching environment? How did you make yourself understand the course and the textbook, and even bravely speaking in the classes?

At the very beginning, I think the most important thing is to get used to the technical vocabulary of the major. You should get familiar with them. For example, we say "speed" to explain how fast it is in high school, but instead, we only use "velocity" in physics. The second thing is to speak more. Don't be afraid, and it will be easier once you make the first step.

Practice your listening and push yourself to listen carefully. You can learn to get used to teachers’ accents by listening to the keywords and frequent words.

My first method is to download translation apps. The second is to search for online classes. Use Chrome, Panoto and listen at a 0.5 X speed.

Utilize spare time to talk to teachers. Go to office hours as much as possible.

The solution to being afraid to speak up is to sit in the front row. Because I sit in the first row, there is smaller distance between the teacher and me, and I don't need to have eye contact with my classmates, which reduces the difficulty of the challenge. It doesn't matter if you dare not speak loudly, because the teacher can easily hear you in such a distance.

How did you find your own study skill? Do you have some efficient learning methods worth sharing?

Don’t make your plan too tight or make your goal too high. It would help if you customise your own learning schedule based on your course schedule and time arrangement. In addition, don’t procrastinate. The course schedule should be focused, do not set up to review too many subjects in one night; Leave yourself some time to have breaks.

Be sure to go to class, don't stay up late at night to ensure a good sleep. Don't try to beat deadline, don't procrastinate, and avoid snowballing. One of the tips to avoid procrastination is to study with a partner and be motivated. Don't neglect the importance of notes just because maybe most of the points are already in the textbook: highlight PowerPoint or notes to serve as review materials and daily reinforcement. Finally, I recommend that you try to derive the formula on your blank paper before going to class. Otherwise, you will not be able to follow since Math is a subject with high continuity.

I followed the study skills from high school, and did not stop to adjust and

summarize new ones. Try and find what works for you. For example, in the organic chemistry course, the PowerPoint skipped very quickly, so I started to combine the preview and review to help me better learn the contents in the second week. Go over the PPT before the class. When doing after-class review, focus on the content that you don't understand in class. For a course that requires high comprehension ability, the key is to study after class by focusing on understanding and resolving the confusing partsyou’re your review based on the class schedule. Generally, please don't leave it to tomorrow, and it should never be later than this week at most. The sooner you review what you have learned, the better. In addition, I also find supplementary study materials through the following ways: asking a professor for relevant materials; using Google and YouTube videos to strengthen my comprehension.

I did not get good grades before, and even was invited to talk with the teachers. But I did not give up and kept studying. I gained a reward for my hard work in the second semester. If your English is not fluent and not good at shorthand notes, take photos and organize them after class. Your notes don't need to be pretty but must be structured. Finish the homework after organizing and reviewing the notes after class. I set up a study group with my classmates and helped each other to achieve full marks on assignments. Grades of the assignments are crucial. To get good final grades, you must get a full score for your assignments. I am never absent from classes. A good study plan is the most important thing.

I suggest making plans before the exam, typically 2 to 3weeks in advance. If you have some subjects you did not learn well during the semester, divide your time and leave a big percentage of time to them. When encountering questions that you don’t understand, discuss with your classmates first. And turn to your professor right away if the problem is still unsolved. Still, I highly suggest reviewing every week to reduce the stress of review weeks.

I major in BFE, and there are many new words, so I usually spend some time on preview, focusing on the translation of new words. Highlight important points in a fast-paced class. Reduce rote memorization as much as possible and read more diagrams. After class, I review by organizing notes and copying key words. Review the content before you do your homework and finish it on time.

I still use my study skills from high school to help me stay focused. Some teacher tends to write notes on the board, and the written content must be the key points; if they prefer to present using PowerPoint, you could download the PowerPoint and use the iPad to take notes. Summarize your notes after class. In terms of homework, you can ask your classmates some small questions, which will give you a better idea. For more complicated questions, you can send emails or use Office Hours to ask teachers. I would suggest you develop the habit of finishing your work early before the deadline during the preparatory course. You could finish my homework first and then allocate your time freely so you will not feel anxious.

Do you play online games? Do games influence your study? Have you found the balance between games and study?

I think I can control myself when playing games, and there are lots of things I think that are more interesting than games, and also the burden in the study has already taken up lots of my time so I do not lose myself in games.

Playing games makes me relaxed. I might play games when I don’t have much schoolwork.

What study skills are particularly noteworthy for your major?

First of all, I think the review before the homework is critical. For supplementary materials, I don’t recommend Chinese textbooks unless professors recommend them. When encountering problems that I don’t understand, my solution is to gather a study group for discussion or turn to tutors for help directly. What is worth saying here is that I strongly recommend a particular learning skill for Biology: image memorization. Take metabolism as an example: drawing a diagram to connect points makes them less abstract.

If you are majoring in mathematics, you must take notes in class as they play a crucial role in this major. Please do not refer to the notebook while working on the homework until some questions come up that you don’t know how to answer.

If you are in Material Science and Engineering, focus more on comprehending the knowledge. Emphasis often lies in mechanism, features of material changing, and the whole process. When in class and preparing for exams, comprehension also matters most.

Work out a mind map to better remember vocabulary and key points. Recommended apps: Mubu.

Do read the textbooks. I did not read the textbook when I was a freshman. But later, I found that the textbooks help me see the structure of the course.

The first two years are the accumulation of basic knowledge. I recommend you summarize the content. Complex subjects such as metabolism and immunology have much content, so you could not relax most of the time because cramming at the end of the term may not work. You can read books recommended by your teacher or look for videos online. Have a diagram so you can understand the concepts or ideas. When doing experiments in a group, we must be careful and patient, and do not be afraid of trial and error, and carefully record every step. If you find mistakes, you can look for the records one by one.

The teachers in Chemical Engineering like writing on the board, which makes me feel very lucky. Therefore, it is helpful to listen to the teacher's derivation carefully and understand the process without too much memorization.

In addition to the sharing of the seniors, our professors also have some words to say to the freshmen. Check out the video!

Here comes to the end of the sharing of study skills and tips. If you want to know more, look forward to the next post: Life tips for new GTers.

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