Week 4 (example)

1. Lexxica 20 min.

2.
Skill: Vocab Site: Net Ac2 (Dojo)

Level (if any): 5 Topic: --

Main point and/or Your Score (if any): 9/10 9/10

Key language points to review (words or rules):
Sustain
Progressove

Lesson Rating: :/

Comments: (too easy / a little boring / (not) effective)
______________

Self-evaluation: * * * * *

Study time: 80 minutes

Comments: (studied hard / concentrated / s studied smartly / studied without thinking / studied intensively / thought about my goals / thought about my progress)

My Vocab Test (example)

General English 87%: (4089 words)
TOEFL: 92% (3224)
TOIEC: 94% (2661)

I am not satisfied. I really want to do well on the TOEFL because I want to study abroad.

I willl practice TOEFL vocab.

Language learning tip 3: Choosing words to study.

From lexxica.com

There are over 300,000 words in English, but you should not (and cannot) learn them all! Infact, you probably only need to learn a few thousand.

Your goal should be to understand 95% of words. If you know this much, you can understand and also guess new words. If you know the most common 4,000 words, this may be enough. But most words in English are very uncommon. If you learn thousands of uncommon words, it will not help you much at all!

Week 3 (example)

Skill: Listening Site: ELLLO news

Level (if any): N/A Topic: Pitates, protesters, etc.

Main point and/or Your Score (if any): 2/4

Key language points to review (words or rules):
simulate=copy

Lesson Rating: :/

Comments: ( good level, but slow / okay, a little boring)


Skill: L Site: Yahoo Odd news
Level (if any): No Topic: a giant pumpkin

Main point and/or Your Score (if any): A man won the contest because he grew a huge pumpkin.

Key language points to review (words or rules):
soil= dirt
superb=super
gourd=pumpkin, etc.
LB. = pounds

Lesson Rating: :I

Comments: (good level / interesting / effective)

Language learning tip 2: Reviewing

Most of what we study we forget, especially if we cram right before a test. This is a waste of time and effort!

However, if we review what we have studied before, then we remember much more. Words will become a part of your long term memory if you space your reviews wisely. Here are 2 good details & examples from the vocab site lexxica.com:

Language Learning Tip fo the Day

To improve your ability when studying on your own, it is important that you follow the following steps:

(Listening)

1. Look at the title, description & pictures and think about the topic before listening (make sure you understand all the words in the title & description)

2. Listen once to understand the main points (take the quiz, if available)

3. Listen again & again (especially to any difficult or important parts)

4. If there is a script or vocabulary help, use it to check your listening and improve your vocab