How to be Successful

in Foreign Languages

at both GMS and GHS

1. Adequately prepare and study from your homework. All tests and quizzes are based on your preparation and study of your homework and class work. If you “slap” your homework together at the last minute, you will not do well in a foreign language at Grafton.

Procedure: A) As you complete the homework assignment, look up the words you don’t know or have forgotten. These are the words that will trip you up on tests and quizzes. Make a list of these vocabulary words and learn them. Or, make flashcards of those words. Drill them. Learn them. Make up sentences and questions with them. This technique will help you learn your vocabulary in a meaningful context.

B) After you finish the assignment, go to the last word on the page. Working backwards, look at each word and ask yourself if you know it. Work all the way through the assignment until you reach the very first word on the page. This technique will help you learn your vocabulary in isolation.

2. If you feel lost or confused in class, ask questions. If you need additional help, come before or after school for extra help.

How to be Successful

in Foreign Languages

at both GMS and GHS

1. Adequately prepare and study from your homework. All tests and quizzes are based on your preparation and study of your homework and class work. If you “slap” your homework together at the last minute, you will not do well in a foreign language at Grafton.

Procedure: A) As you complete the homework assignment, look up the words you don’t know or have forgotten. These are the words that will trip you up on tests and quizzes. Make a list of these vocabulary words and learn them. Or, make flashcards of those words. Drill them. Learn them. Make up sentences and questions with them. This technique will help you learn your vocabulary in a meaningful context.

B) After you finish the assignment, go to the last word on the page. Working backwards, look at each word and ask yourself if you know it. Work all the way through the assignment until you reach the very first word on the page. This technique will help you learn your vocabulary in isolation.

2. If you feel lost or confused in class, ask questions. If you need additional help, come before or after school for extra help.