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Topic focus Organise the suggestions below according to whether they are good or bad strategies for revision.

• Make a revision timetable • Memorise all your notes • Think about how you’ll use the language you’ve learned in the exam • Wait until just before the exam to revise • Try and do your revision with a friend or classmate • Try and have a day without studying just before the exam • Memorise model answers • Listen closely in class and take notes • Read everything you have covered in class • After each class, rewrite your notes when you get home • Start revising very early • Only try one or two revision strategies

Good revision strategies Bad revision strategies

Which of these strategies do you already use? Are there any that you would like to try? Do you have any other ideas you could add?

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KEY

Good revision strategies Bad revision strategies • Make a revision timetable • Think about how you’ll use the language

you’ve learned in the exam • Try and do your revision with a friend or

classmate • Try and have a day without studying just

before the exam • Listen closely in class and take notes • After each class, rewrite your notes when

you get home • Start revising very early

• Memorise all your notes • Wait until just before the exam to revise • Memorise model answers • Read everything you have covered in class • Only try one or two revision strategies