Make Time Efficient by Writing Down by Hand

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It doesn’t matter which kind of learning style works best for you, it is indispensable to write as much as possible.

You may prefer watching or listening to content. You may prefer reading or even just converse with native speakers for a more “hands-on” approach.

Yet, to make sure your studies actually progress steadily, you absolutely need to write as much as possible the information you wish to retain.

Unfortunately for us, while the society’s advancements along the years have made it strikingly easy to get access to a phone or computer and write on those, the information retained through such practice does not allow for memories to actually form well in our brains.

The action of writing down on a piece of paper takes a lot more time and as such, our brains get the amount needed to think about the points themselves further.

This allows them to cement farther and thus recall them better in the long-term.

Spending the extra time to write down examples, thinking of new sentences to write using the newly learned content are great ways to consolidate knowledge.

Nowadays, with the use of numerous apps, most language learners simply read, choose the right answers on an app and even type on their smartphone. Yet, while a…