Many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a confusing and frustrating experience. The lecturer speaks for one or two hours, perhaps1the talk with slides, writing up important information on the blackboard,2reading material and giving out3.The new student seesthe other students continuously writing on notebooks and4what to write. Very often the student leaves the lecture5notes which do not catch the main points and6become hard even for the7to understand.Most institutions provide courses which8new students to develop the skills they need to be9listeners and note-takers.10these are unavailable, there are manyuseful study-skills guides which11learners to practice these skills12.In all cases it is important to13the problem14actually starting your studies.It is important to15that most students have difficulty in acquiring the language skillsrequired in college study. One way ofovercoming these difficulties is to attend the language and studyskills classes which most institutions provide throughout theacademic year. Another basicstrategy is to find a study partnerwith whom it is possible to identify difficulties, exchange ideas and provide support.