If you are new to Airbus, as I was, one thing you might find useful is to get your hands on one of the reference booklets for abreviations or at least copy them from the manual to have handy. At times I felt as if I was learning a new language.
Funny that the instructors all seemed to have the small handy dandy editions, even they seemed to need them from time to time. I think you will like it though.