Have you noticed that you often make the same language mistakes over and over? Here are some suggestions for how to remember them, especially if you have an exam coming up.

• Know your weaknesses
  Be conscious of the mistakes you do when reading and writing. This is one of the most important functions your language teacher has - pointing out your errors so you can work on them. View all the red scribbling on your essays and papers as a potential for improvement.
   
• Write it down at the exam
  Learn your list of common errors by heart and write it down on a piece of paper at the beginning of the exam, and refer back to it regularly during the exam.
   
• Review your answer wearing a pair of "error glasses"
  Many people find it hard to look over their essay before turning it in, fearing that they might change good and correct phrases into bad ones. You should by all means look it over before you hand it in, but try to do so by searching for the mistakes you tend to make (look at list you wrote down at the beginning of the exam). You should certainly not spend time rewriting the answer to improve the handwriting. This is a language test, not a calligraphy test.
    
• Get hold of a good native friend
  Also when you talk you will benefit from having someone able and frank to point out your mistakes now and then. Otherwise it will take much longer (possibly never) before you get rid of your mistakes. A good friend with the language as her mothertongue might be just what you need.