Two more letters to college freshmen

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http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=140944

http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=141286

In the first of the two letters, Ms. Chen mentioned a good study method:

想要事半功倍，上課前最好先預習，上課時再仔細聆聽，會比較有概念。應將重點記下來，回家後儘速復習，花較少的時間，得到較好的效果。我也建議，若上課使用英文教材，即使有些字不認識，也不需要逐字查，上下文多看幾次，意思大致就懂了，真正的關鍵字不清楚時才查字典，否則會見樹不見林，而且會讀不完。

I can't agree with her more.  Preview before class, concentrate in class, and review right after class.  These were how I studied when I was a student, especially the first two steps. 

As for the English textbooks, it's true that we don't need to look up every new word when coming across them; otherwise, we will never finish the assigned reading.  According to research, those who are more tolerant of ambiguity are better language learners.