Study Activities in University

In order to help college and university students in the process of learning, four key study activities have been designed and used to encourage them to make knowledge their own.

1. essay writing: central focus of university work esp. in the humanities, e.g. 【L1】 ______

Benefits: 1) helping to 【L2】 ______ interesting content in books and to express understanding

2) enabling teachers to know progress and to offer

【L3】______

3) 【L4】 ______ students with exam forms

1. seminars and classroom discussion: another form to internalize knowledge in specialized contexts

Benefits: 1) 【L5】 ______ enables you to know the effectiveness of and others’ response to your speech immediately

2) Within the same period of time, more topics can be dealt with than in 【L6】 ______

3) The use of a broader range of knowledge is encouraged

1. individual tutorials: a substitute for group discussion Format: from teacher 【L7】 ______ to flexible conversation

Benefit: encouraging acceptance of 【L8】 ______ and producing interaction

1. lectures: a most 【L9】 ______ used study activity

Disadvantages: 1) less 【L10】 ______ than discussions or tutorials

2) more demanding in 【L11】 ______

Advantages: 1) providing a general 【L12】 ______ of a subject under discussion

2) offering more easily 【L13】 ______ versions of a theory

3) updating students on 【L14】 ______ developments

4) allowing students to follow different 【L15】 ______