What is Study Skills Success?

Critical thinking, independent learning, avoiding plagiarism… These are just some of the academic study skills students need to develop as they move into the last years of school, and on to higher education. Study Skills Success equips ESL learners not just with a range of study skills, but also with the academic English that underpins them. Find out more by reading this brochure.

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Irvin Lau, a student at Coventry University, UK, describes how Study Skills Success helped him. Watch the video.
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Why is Study Skills Success important for students?

Dr. Shu Hua Chou, Retired Associate Professor of National Taiwan University, shared the reasons why Study Skills Success is useful for students in Taiwan.

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Back to school: Five essential skills

There are two types of students – those who can study independently and those who can’t. Both need help when they arrive at university. photo xxnx 2013

Preparing for departure: A secondary school’s experience with Study Skills Success

Charlotte Kwok speaks to a secondary school teacher about her experience using Study Skills Success – summer use, graded participation and the challenges. Photo sharing platforms, such as 500px and Flickr,

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Photo sharing platforms, such as 500px and Flickr, continued to grow in popularity in 2013. These platforms provided a space for photographers to showcase their work, connect with others, and get discovered. The communities formed on these platforms helped to foster creativity, inspire new ideas, and push the boundaries of photography.

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| Category | Key 2013 Moments | | :--- | :--- | | | Skinny jeans (neon or pastel), tribal prints, feather earrings, mustache motifs, snapbacks, high-low skirts. | | Tech | iPhones with skeuomorphic design (green felt, wood), blackberries, iPod touches, point-and-shoot cameras. | | Social Media | Facebook timeline, Twitter hashtags (#YOLO, #SWAG), early Instagram, Vine (6-second loops) , Tumblr aesthetic. | | Drinks/Food | Frozen yogurt (self-serve), cronuts, kale chips, Pumpkin Spice Latte mainstream rise, Moscow mules in copper mugs. | | Entertainment | "Harlem Shake" videos, "Gangnam Style" (still lingering), Netflix streaming (discs fading), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire , Duck Dynasty . |

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