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HANU_ English Department
10A_07
Supervisor: Nguyen Ngoc Tan
Students: Dang Thi Hai Van
Le Thi Dao
“Success in any endeavor requires single-minded attention to detail and total concentration”
* Willie Sutton *

Concentration
loss
Frequency
Symptoms
Solutions
Causes
I. Frequency
Figure 1: Concentration loss

62%
30%
6%
2%
The first 25 minutes: warming up
The next 35 minutes: getting deeply involved
The following 70 minutes: annoying with tasks
The rest time: studying less effectively and being fatigue
Figure 3: The fluctuation of concentration (Evans, 1999)
Being distracted
Physical symptoms
Emotional symptoms
Tiredness
Muscle weakness
Sleepiness
Forgetfulness
Anxiety
Stress
III. Causes of poor concentration.

Figure 3 External distractions
Noises
Friends’ conversations
Material shortage
Family’s requirements
Ringing of telephone
Peers’ desire to talk
Temperature
Lighting quality
2
6
6
6
10
12
20
38
Hanu
Concentration
Figure 4: Internal distractions
Stress
Physical discomfort
Personal problems
Assignment completion
Poor motivation
Worries to grade, course
Instructors, courses
2
6
12
12
18
24
26
Solution
Physical
health
Intellectual
functioning
Hanu
Hanu
12%
Hanu
IV. Solution
Common strategies
Specific strategies
goals
skills
Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets.
_Nido Qubein_

Interest level
LISTENING
Identifying main ideas
Listening for signals of changing or emphasis
Doing home
assignments
Proper environment
Positive thinking about assignment completion
V. Conclusion
“Focused mind power is one of
the strongest forces on earth”

* Mark Victor Hansen *

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