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Nowadays people are very interested in the continuing of their studying. Those people who have good educational background and practical knowledge have better chances on the labor market and usually have higher level of incomes. In fact studying process is very complicated. Majority of the students waste their time because they do not know some rules. The students can study more effective. If the students have a desire he can spend less time on studying and receive better results. It refers first of all to the understanding of the educational materials and academic grades. The students must have better attitude to the process of studying and do not have to consider it as a terrible process. Besides, the students must make the studying process a part of their everyday life and consider this part as responsibility and pleasure in the same time.

Imagine that you are preparing for an exam. You spend much time and efforts, but it does not mean that you will be successful. It is very difficult to prepare if you do not know how to do it properly. The result depends on many factors – your desire, motivation, discipline and, of course, on the methods and strategy of preparation. You can check the effectiveness of your studying process during the exam, but it is better to know the strategy and methods beforehand. It can help you to avoid disappointment in the end of the academic year and the nerves during the preparation process. The confident students have better chances to be successful and to have good academic grades. The main difference between two examples of the students is the feedback. The feedback is one of the most effective methods of learning. This method plays a huge role also in other spheres of our lives besides studying: in sport, professional life, etc. It is better to receive feedback during the studying, as to receive it during the exam will be too late.

Nowadays people are very interested in the continuing of their studying. Those people who have good educational background and practical knowledge have better chances on the labor market and usually have higher level of incomes. In fact studying process is very complicated. Majority of the students waste their time because they do not know some rules. The students can study more effective. If the students have a desire he can spend less time on studying and receive better results. It refers first of all to the understanding of the educational materials and academic grades. The students must have better attitude to the process of studying and do not have to consider it as a terrible process. Besides, the students must make the studying process a part of their everyday life and consider this part as responsibility and pleasure in the same time.

Pay your attention on one example. There are two students. Both of them have a desire to learn piano, but one of the students is deaf. Which of both students has better chance to achieve the success, to play better and to learn faster? Majority of people are sure that deaf students will have more difficulties with learning. There are several reasons of it: he does not hear the notes he plays and he cannot compare them with the standard. The success in fact depends on the motivation and desire to achieve the goal.

Imagine that you are preparing for the exams and compare your preparation process with the studying process of the deaf student, who has a desire to play piano. In the case of preparation for the exams, you do not know how well you study. May be you also play the wrong notes? The motivation and desire play a huge role, but the students must understand if he prepares properly. In this case he has an opportunity to achieve excellent results.

Nowadays all events in the world are very fast and everything develops and changes with every minute. To be successful in the contemporary world people must have many knowledge and skills and to use them in the proper way. One of the most useful skills for all people, especially for students, lawyers and other persons who have a necessity to read and understand a lot of information, is the speed reading. There also two other important aspects of speed reading: the people have to understand given information and to retain it. According to the researches there are in general five types of reading and each people choose one of these five methods depending on the situation and the needs of the particular moment. These five types of reading are: skimming, scanning, light reading, word by word reading and reading to study. One of the most widespread types of reading is skimming.

One of the most widespread methods is light reading. This type of reading has also other name: “leisure reading”. This is the reading for pleasure without time restrictions. In this case the person reads in the comfortable pace, with understanding of the text. Usually the speed of the light reading is about 100-220 words per minute.

The next method is called “word by word reading”. This method needs lot of time and string concentration. The person has to read with the help of this method in the case if the material is complicated and it is hard to understand it. This method is the best for such materials as scientific formulae, or technical materials.

The next strategy is called “reading for study”. The aim of this method is to understand the depth of the material. The stages of the reading for study are: overview, question, reading, repetition and review.

1. Overview means the skimming through the material with the aim to understand the key points.
2. Try to formulate the questions you hope the following text will answer.
3. After it read the text carefully and slowly.
4. Try to express and to write down the key points of the chapter you have just read. Do it from memory.
5. Remember the questions which you have formulated and try to answer them.

Nowadays all events in the world are very fast and everything develops and changes with every minute. To be successful in the contemporary world people must have many knowledge and skills and to use them in the proper way. One of the most useful skills for all people, especially for students, lawyers and other persons who have a necessity to read and understand a lot of information, is the speed reading. There also two other important aspects of speed reading: the people have to understand given information and to retain it. According to the researches there are in general five types of reading and each people choose one of these five methods depending on the situation and the needs of the particular moment. These five types of reading are: skimming, scanning, light reading, word by word reading and reading to study. One of the most widespread types of reading is skimming.

One of the most widespread methods of reading is the scanning. It can be compared with the situation where the person is looking for the particular telephone number in the service phone directory. In this case the person does not read the whole list, only scan it. The person is looking for the particular information (in the described case - the name of the particular company and its number). The people have visual image of the particular object.

The main aim of the scanning is to find the particular information in without reading the whole text. The strategy of the scanning is the following:

1. Look through the pages of the text to understand the organization of the information. There are many different methods of organizing: chronological, alphabetical, topical, etc.
2. Find the chapter which meets your requirements.
3. Realize the visual image of the object you want to find.
4. Look through the material and search the visual image of the key word.

Nowadays all events in the world are very fast and everything develops and changes with every minute. To be successful in the contemporary world people must have many knowledge and skills and to use them in the proper way. One of the most useful skills for all people, especially for students, lawyers and other persons who have a necessity to read and understand a lot of information, is the speed reading. There also two other important aspects of speed reading: the people have to understand given information and to retain it. According to the researches there are in general five types of reading and each people choose one of these five methods depending on the situation and the needs of the particular moment. These five types of reading are: skimming, scanning, light reading, word by word reading and reading to study. One of the most widespread types of reading is skimming.

Skimming means quick reading with the aim to receive the general impression from the material. The main goal of such reading is to understand if the test is appropriate for the particular reason. In other words, it is the overview of the text. Skimming has common features with the reading of the morning newspapers.

The strategy of the skimming consists of the following elements:

1. Read the title of the text and you will understand the topic.
2. Read the annotation or introduction.
3. Read the first sentences of each paragraph. Usually it is the summary of the paragraph.
4. Read the conclusion. Here you can find opinion of the author, deduction and recommendations.
5. Check your comprehension. Try to retell the content of the text.

The second method of reading is the scanning. It can be compared with the situation where the person is looking for the particular telephone number in the service phone directory. In this case the person does not read the whole list, only scan it. The person is looking for the particular information (in the described case - the name of the particular company and its number). The people have visual image of the particular object.

Nowadays all events in the world are very fast and everything develops and changes with every minute. To be successful in the contemporary world people must have many knowledge and skills and to use them in the proper way. One of the most useful skills for all people, especially for students, lawyers and other persons who have a necessity to read and understand a lot of information, is the speed reading. There also two other important aspects of speed reading: the people have to understand given information and to retain it. According to the researches there are in general five types of reading and each people choose one of these five methods depending on the situation and the needs of the particular moment. These five types of reading are: skimming, scanning, light reading, word by word reading and reading to study. One of the most widespread types of reading is skimming.

Skimming means quick reading with the aim to receive the general impression from the material. The main goal of such reading is to understand if the test is appropriate for the particular reason. In other words, it is the overview of the text. Skimming has common features with the reading of the morning newspapers.

This is not a secret that not all materials are useful and important. There is much information which is given with the aim to support the details. The important item which can be contained among the trash and unimportant information can be marked for reading in the future. After skimming the person can choose the main thoughts and analyze them.

Some people prefer to skim the text before reading it in details. It is more convenient and useful. Such approach develops the skills of reading and improves the usage of the reading strategies. Besides, such method helps the person to develop the vocabulary and to become smarter and more flexible.

According to the researches the people remember better those things which they will be use in the future and revise several times. It means that when the people read or hear new information which they have to remember they must repeat it several times to fix in the mind. The people must see future application of their knowledge and skills. In this case they will use them in a proper and the most effective way. Process of memorizing and effectiveness of this process is especially important for students.

There are four main factors which can help the students to study in the most effective way. These factors are: finding of the individual goals of studying; ideas organizing, supplementing of the author`s thoughts and judging of the idea`s worth. These four factors together describe the process of thinking. The process of memorizing has much in common with the process of thinking and means itself the attempts of the people to impress some information into the mind with the aim to reproduce this information in the future.

There is a proverb which still actual is: “repetition is the mother of studies”. People in their current life also need to memorize some things, so this process is very useful for all people.

The material which must be memorized have to be good organized in the proper order. The information which contains the well organized system of thoughts is usually good material for memorizing. Such information is memorized for many years. Some people have phenomenal memory, but even people with ordinary memory abilities can memorize complicated materials if they are given as a simple system. The best methods to improve the process of memorizing are: associations, links between the paragraphs, summaries, questions, proper order of material, repetition, application, creative approach and good time management.

Nowadays students in all educational institutions have to study foreign languages. Besides, many people are interested in the studying of the foreign languages, as such knowledge has many advantages. Some people are sure that people all around the world speak English and there is no need to study other languages. In fact there are also many other languages and people have to study them with the aim to communicate with population of other countries and to have better chances on the labor market. Below 5 main reasons to study foreign languages are described.

1.New friends. Those people who know foreign language can easy expand their social network. Such languages as Spanish, Chinese or Portuguese are spoken by huge percentage of the world`s population, so those people who study these languages will have an opportunity to communicate with millions of people all over the world.

2.Become more globally-viable and successfully business person. In the business world the communication is the main factor and the main skill. Those businessmen who do not know foreign languages have low chances to achieve success in the business. Besides, those people who study foreign languages increase also their knowledge of native language and become more skillful communicator. Such skills make the people more attractive for partners.

3.Expansion of the mind. Studying of foreign languages open the people other ways of thinking. Each language is unique and has its own phrases, structures, vocabulary and grammar. Because of it those people who study foreign languages force their brain to develop and their neurons to grow. As a result people become more flexible and smarter.

4.Become more attractive. Those people who know several foreign languages become more attractive for other people.

5.Better understanding of the world. Those people who study and know foreign languages have more lenses which help them to see new actions, worldviews, events and thoughts.