Many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a really confusing and frustrating experience. The lecturer often speaks in front of the students for one or two hours, perhaps (67) the talk with slides, writing up some important information on the blackboard, (68) reading material and giving out (69) at the end of the lecture. The new student sees the other students continuously writing on their notebooks and (70) what to write on his own notebook. Very often the student leaves the lecture (71) the notes which do not catch the main points in the lecture and (72) become hard even for the (73) himself to understand. Most institutions provide many courses which (74) new students to develop the skills they need to be (75) listeners and note-takers. These courses are popular among students. (76) these courses can not be available, there are many useful study-skills guides which (77) learners to practice these skills (78) In all cases (79) the problem that affects your efficiency (80) actually starting your studies. It is important to (81) that most students have difficulty in acquiring the language skills (82) in college study. One way of (83) these difficulties is to attend the language and study-skills classes which most institutions will provide throughout the (84) year. Besides, another basic (85) is to find a study partner with (86) it is possible to identify difficulties, exchange ideas and provide support.