Should You Cram when Learning English
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there might be times in your life when
you need to learn something right away
maybe you have an unexpected exam you
need to prepare for a new job
or you might be traveling for work in
situations like these
many people feel the need to try to
study a lot of information
in a short period of time but can you
really learn a language by cramming in
all of your studying in a short period
in this video we’ll talk about how
cramming works with language learning
one is cramming effective
a lot of people would probably answer
yes to this question based on
experiences they had in school
most of us have probably had the
experience of staying up late the night
before a test to cram as much
information as possible
but how much of that information do you
remember now
cramming can work if you have a test
tomorrow or a short-term study goal
for example if your only goal is to pass
a test or give a presentation within a
few days
cramming isn’t a bad idea but it doesn’t
work very well if you want to remember
what you’ve studied in the long run
a great example of a better way to study
is with something like our space
repetition flash cards
one of the most effective ways to study
is to review something over a period of
time
spacing out your studies is what helps
you learn and retain information best
you learn something today you come back
in two days and review it
then you come back in four days and
review it some more in contrast
cramming is a one-time thing you cram a
lot of information in your brain
take a test and then forget it all but
when you review
you’re strengthening the synapses in
your brain synapses are like little
roads that connect the neurons in your
brain
so the more you review the stronger the
connection and the better the recall
but what if you need to learn fast two
an example of a cramming schedule
let’s say you’re traveling for work and
you really need to learn some greetings
and some basic survival phrases to make
it through your trip
time is probably not on your side your
only option is to cram here’s what a
cram plan might look like in a case like
this
spend some time on survival lessons
before going to bed
increase the amount of time you spend
with anyone you can talk to in your
target language
another student or maybe an online
teacher increase the amount of time you
spend on any online language classes
you’re taking
another problem related to cramming is
that your study time has to come from
somewhere
and that tends to come from sleep so
that’s not a good thing
we don’t recommend cramming but if you
have to cram which we all do at some
point
here are some ideas for how to do it 3.
cramming learning program cramming might
get you a lot of fast results in a short
period of time
but with just a couple of one-time study
sessions it’s a strategy that won’t help
you in the long run
if you find yourself in a situation
where you absolutely have to cram here’s
what you can do
first pick the lessons that align with
your goal
focus on just what you need if you’re
learning for travel
skip the other lessons and focus on our
survival phrases series
if you want to learn basic conversations
look at the top 25
questions you need to know content if
you need special phrases for the bank or
the post office we have lessons for that
too
and you can find lessons for all kinds
of topics and scenarios in the lesson
library
second prioritize lessons at your level
more than the challenging lessons if
you’re working within a limited time
frame
you’ll get more value for your time by
doing lessons that are at your level
you can spend more time on the harder
lessons later if you find you have the
time
we have a vocabulary slideshow tool and
a flashcard tool that you can use for
quick study sessions both of these
features quiz you on vocab
and help you learn fast focus on
mastering a few must-know lessons
it’s better to know all of the dialogue
from 5 lessons inside
out than to run through 60 lessons and
not remember anything
you can also take advantage of our
lesson notes inside the lesson notes
you’ll get the lesson dialogue
translations
explanations sample sentences and
cultural insights
we have a printer-friendly version of
the word bank too just click on that to
create a printout
it’ll give you a physical study sheet
you can use to review anywhere
you can also print out pdf conversation
cheat sheets and infographics
these teach you the must-know words and
phrases for all kinds of topics
travel basic conversations talking about
hobbies
airport vocab and much more with the
infographics you can save the images to
your phone and just swipe through them
for a quick review
and finally when you’re ready do a quiz
session even if you’re low on time
a bit of review can help after you’re
done with a lesson
stop and ask yourself what was the main
grammar point of the lesson
try and explain that rule to yourself in
your head or say it out loud
remember we don’t recommend cramming as
the best method for learning a language
the key to building skills is repetition
but if you need a quick study session to
learn a few key points in your target
language
we have the tools to help you when
you’re ready to come back and review
what you’ve crammed we can help
you with that too get some support for
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