STUDY SKILLS GUIDE

Ecole Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel Study Skills Guide

Final note to parents

If your child makes use of the above information he/she will gradually develop skills in method and organisation that will serve him/her through secondary school. If your child is encountering difficulties in a specific subject you should speak directly to the teacher concerned. The difficulty may be due to poor method, or perhaps there is something specific that your child has not understood about a particular topic. If your child needs some specific aid with this topic you may decide to ask a teacher for a private lesson to solve the problem. This type of private lesson should not exceed more than two hours tuition. It is not helping your child at all to continue private lessons on a weekly basis for a long period of time. Very often the child grows to depend on these lessons to the point where he/she pays little attention in class. This type of long-term help can be destructive.

In certain cases there is a need for long-term help. A foreign student or a French student who has spent a few years abroad, may need long term help with the French language, for example. This type of help will go over the work the student should have covered in previous years.

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