reading notes is good. having all your English notes written up in your anthology in shorthand sentences in other languages so the examiners can't take it off u for having 2 many notes in it is even better...sad of me, but i needed the written practice, so there were French and Spanish words and shorthand everywhere...i just spent three hours doing my Eng lang and lit AS. it went well, which probably means i did badly, lol. listening 2 music is a good idea too...i'm gonna find put on French mp3s whilst i learn my vocab now...