New Year’s Academic Resolutions

What are academic resolutions?

Academic Resolutions are effective changes or goals that students can make to enable them to achieve greater success in academia. Regularly setting new plans and critically evaluating them is an essential life skill which in turn can constitute a more successful level of goal achievement.

Resolutions

Resolution /ˌrez.əˈluː.ʃən/

  • A promise to yourself to do or to not do something.
  • The act of solving or ending a problem or difficulty.
  • ‘A New Year’s resolution’: A promise that you make to yourself to start doing something good or stop doing something bad on the first day of a new year.                              (The Cambridge Dictionary, 2022)

Associated Resolution Language

Resolution associated language

Ten Academic Resolutions

  1. Create a better study plan.

  2. Take better class notes.

  3. Get homework / assignments completed one-day before the deadline.

  4. Participate in class more actively.

  5. Focus on learning not just grades.

  6. Get more sleep.

  7. Practice healthy habits.

  8. Get more involved on campus.

  9. Reduce social media / video games time.

  10. Prepare for life after college / university.

  

Academic Resolutions Lesson [new 2022]

A fun, engaging lesson where students use their skills of description, analysis and evaluation to discuss ‘Resolutions’. The worksheet includes a brainstorming activity, a language review section, ten academic resolutions to describe, analyse and evaluate and seminar questions. Level ***** [B1/B2/C1/C2] TEACHER MEMBERSHIP / INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP

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The lesson

Aim: To support students in their understanding of how description, analysis and evaluation through creating resolutions.

Lesson Tables

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Resolutions analysis and evaluation example

  

Academic Resolutions Lesson [new 2022]

A fun, engaging lesson where students use their skills of description, analysis and evaluation to discuss ‘Resolutions’. The worksheet includes a brainstorming activity, a language review section, ten academic resolutions to describe, analyse and evaluate and seminar questions. Level ***** [B1/B2/C1/C2] TEACHER MEMBERSHIP / INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP

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