A recent study by Dr.David Johnson discovered that late bedtimes led to lower grades.“Late bedtimes during weekdays and weekends,catch-up sleep on wekends and more daytime sleepiness badly influence students’ English study performance.They forget the new words more easily and have difficulty talking about their thoughts in English clearly.”

However,another study by Dr.Ali on Biocenter.com showed there is no connection between a student’s sleep habit and his study performance.“We found that different sleeping habits do not influence the performance of students in their English study,”Ali said.

Emily Jane,a college student,said she prefers to study differently depending on when the English test is.Normally,she only gets up early to study if she has an exam in the morning.She’ll arrive at school around 6:30 a.m.and study for her exam.If the test is a few days away,Jane said she will stay up later.

“Personally,I think that creativity or projects come at night,”Kyle said.Kyle does quite well in English.During the week,he will usually get up early to read texts aloud around 6 a.m.and be at school by 7 a.m.After that,he will stay up to do English reading until 1 or 2 a.m.On the weekends,he will sleep until about 1 p.m.

It is impossible to know for sure if it is better to stay up late and study or to wake up early to do so.But doctors advised students to avoid all-nighters because they won’t help as much as students think.

I’m pleased to share my ways of learning English with you. Two years ago, my English was very poor. It was difficult for me to study it well. But I didn’t give up. By listening to advice from Dr. James, I have made a great progress. He advised me to learn English well with the following: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Now I share them with you.

First, listen to the radio to practise your listening. It’s a good idea to practise listening for 10 minutes every day. You can correct your pronunciation while listening.

Second, talk to your friends or your pen pal in English. It’s important for you to master (掌握) speaking skills. Don’t be afraid of making mistakes.

Third, read the new words or essays (短文) every morning. Pay attention to the key phrases and sentences. Through retelling the good essays, you can improve the language feeling. What’s more, reading good English books is also a good idea to learn English well. You can write down the wonderful parts and enjoy reading them from time to time.

Fourth, write something around you and make a habit every day. Writing can make you become a great person. It’ll practise your thinking skills as well as your writing skills.

4 The rope (绳子) saws (锯断) the wood (木头) and the drop of water wears through the stone. In a word, I believe keeping doing something can make a difference. It will bring you many advantages in the future.

Note-taking is a skill that can help you do well in all your schoolwork. It can make you confident when you are studying. But unluckily, most students don’t know how to take notes.

If your teacher writes notes on the blackboard, that’s great. You can copy them or write down the most important facts of all in class. Different teachers do things differently. For example, some teachers may focus on lots of dates and facts in class, but they only write the important ones on the blackboard. Other teachers may not write anything down, but they may say something important again and again.

Don’t try to write down every word in class, or you might miss some important points. Some students really learn better with the help of these notes.

Don’t be afraid to ask your teacher to repeat what you’ve missed. If your teacher speaks too fast and you can’t follow what he is saying, you can ask him after class. Comparing your notes with your classmates’ can be good for your learning. It can also help you and your classmates correct some mistakes.

Good note-taking takes time. If you decide to recopy your notes every evening, you’ll surely have less time to watch TV. But you’ll save time in the coming test.