REMOTE CONTROL | DANTON REMOTO | 07/21/2009 3:20 AM Views and analysis www.abs-cbnnews.com 1. Listen to the teacher. When the teacher repeats a point two times, red flag it and take notes. That means what she is saying is super important, that is why it is repeated twice, not that she already has Alzheimer’s (she will, 20 years down the road, after teaching young people like you). 2. Read everything thrice. The first is to scan the text, like an eagle surveying the field, before it swoops down for the kill. The second is to read slowly, marking important points on the margins, or underlining key words in the text. The third is to summarize the points in your head, in your notebook, or on the last page of the text. I tell my students: unless you have summarized the text in three sentences, in your own words, then you haven’t gotten it right. 3. Master the four skills. Being a teacher of the old school, I tell my students the four skills of language learning are still important. T...