Study Activities in University
In order to help college and university students in the process of learning, four key study activities have been designed and used to encourage them to make knowledge their own.
1. Essay writing: central focus of university work esp. in the humanities,e.g.【1】___.  
benefits: 1）helping to select interesting content in books and to express understanding.
               2）enabling teachers to know progress and to offer【2】___.  
               3）familiarizing students with exam forms.

2. Seminars and classroom discussion: another form to internalize knowledge in specialized contexts.
benefits: 1）【3】___enables you to know the effectiveness of and others'response to your speech immediately.
               2）Within the same period of time, more topics can be dealt with than in【4】___.   
　            3）The use of a broader range of knowledge is encouraged.

3. Individual tutorials: a substitute for group discussion.
format: from teacher【5】___to flexible conversation.
benefit: encouraging ideas and interaction.

4. Lectures: a most【6】___.used study activity. 
disadvantages: 1）less【7】___than discussions or tutorials. 
                         2）more demanding in note-taking.
advantages:   1）providing a general【8】___of a subject under discussion.     
                      2）offering more easily understood versions of a theory.
                      3）updating students on【9】___developments.         
                      4）allowing students to follow different【10】___.

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