How do we study?
How do we study?
At school…
The teacher sets a goal for the day (what we need to learn during the
lesson, our objective).
For example, let’s look at the method for writing an essay. Our
teacher suggests a scheme, but we are then asked, with his help, to
separate the different sections that compose it (introduction,
arguments in favour, arguments against, conclusion).
After finding the several points to make, the scheme is complete. Now
we can start writing the essay. Everyone has access to a vocabulary,
which is useful to solve doubts about spelling and to check meanings
of words. Moreover, some of us read the examples that we find in the
dictionary and use them in the essay. The teacher always suggests
that we read over what we have written and indeed sometimes we find
mistakes this way. If the essay is not completely finished, we can
take it home and we have up to a week to improve it and then hand it
in. After a few days the teacher gives the essay back to us with a
mark and feedback.
At home…
Usually, homework is assigned one week in advance, on Monday we
receive grammar homework and on Saturday we are assigned texts to be
read. Other than the reading to be done by Wednesday, our teacher
suggests that we read something from the class library. Of course we
don’t just have Italian homework, we also have homework for every
other subject. It will be useful to organize the workload and not
leave it to the last minute. That way, it will be less tiring, more
productive, and leave more time for play and meetings with friends.
(Arianna, 5th grade)
Translation by Chiara Amoretti
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