Educational Skills for Higher Studies

Study Skills for Higher
Education
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Introduction
Effective learning can only be possible if there is effective communication between the student
and the teacher. The main concern of a student is making a good result in the exam. To make a
good result, a student has to focus in the class lectures and also need to understand what the
teacher wants to say. Sometimes, they face listening issues (Gill, 2019). They have to follow
some strategies to solve these issues. They have to increase their listening skill which will help
them to learn.
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Three listening challenges students face in a lecture
Students have to face so many problems while they are in school, college, and university. Among
these, they have faced so many problems while in the class. They have faced so many challenges
while they are listening to their lecturers. They are:
 Unable to understand the content of the lecture due to the speed: Teachers are always
being very fluent at their lecture. They know very well what they will cover in the class.
So, they take preparation firstly and then deliver the lecture to the class. That is why
sometimes they go very fast. They even do not know whether the students can able to
understand it or not. So, due to the speed of the lecturer students might be unable to
understand the lecture.
 Large sentence: Large sentence means complex sentence. A large sentence can be
defined as which sentence has more clauses, more subject, and more noun. Large
sentences or complex sentences are not easy to understand (Izzah and Keeya, 2019).
Students find it hard to understand a complex sentence.
 Unnecessary words. Unnecessary words mean irrelevant words. Irrelevant words make a
sentence clear. In the same way, if a teacher used to say irrelevant and unnecessary
words, students may lose their concentration. Sometimes, they will find the topic unclear
and may not be able to understand the topic what the teacher wants to say.
Strategies to improve student’s listening skills
It is well known that “There is no learning when there is not listening”. Students may face
problems in the lecture. They may have a listening problem; they may lose their concentration in
the lecture along with the classroom environment and so on. So, the teacher should focus on the
problems faced by the students (McGough, 2015). Teachers are using so many strategies to
improve the listening skill of a student. Here are three strategies a teacher can follow for their
students. They are:
 Know the student: Students are eager to listen to their teachers who take the time to
know their students. It creates loyalty in student’s minds about their teachers. They also
tend to listen who know their students personally. It helps the teacher to be aware of the
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