Andrew Northedge

(From The Good Study Guide,

Open University)

v Thematic Vocabulary

Study the Essential Vocabulary of the text; use it while doing the assignments that follow.

1) a conspicuously cool and languid manner

2) to be vaguely committed to work

3) The message struck home.

4) to be a paragon of academic virtue

5) to stick assiduously to a modest but well-defined, realistic plan

6) to work productively at intensive intellectual tasks

7) to blot smth out of one’s mind

8) time management

9) not to stumble ahead in hope

10) to divide a task into segments

11) to use the plan strategically rather than let it dribble away

12) to dip into one book after another with glazed over eyes

13) to require intense concentration

14) to need to be done at a prime time of day

15) to set targets

16) to bring down one’s anxiety level

17) to divide the task into strategy and application

18) to be ambitious

19) to flee from uncertainty

20) to define one’s work as small, discrete, concrete tasks

21) to think strategically

22) to take control of your studies rather than letting them swamp you

v Vocabulary Practice

A The following words and word combinations appear in the text. Explain their meaning using a dictionary.

Strike home stir oneself languid paragon

bluffing assiduously blotted out at sea

segments strategically dribble away dipping into

glazed over prime swamp loop