●●●。。。。。·····●·●·●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● a a 2a Listen and check () the questions you hear. Questions Answers Do you learn English by watching English-language videos? Do you ever practice conversations with friends? What about listening to tapes What about reading aloud to practice Have you ever studied with a group Listen again. Match each question above with an answer belo a. Yes, I have. I've learned a lot that way. b. Oh, yes. It improves my speaking skills G. I do that sometimes, I think it helps d. No. It's too hard to understand the voices 2e PAIRWORK e conversati。 ns using the informat。nfr。m2aand之b A: Have you ever studied with a group? B: Yes, I have. I've learned a lot that way. How do you study for a test? I study by listening to tapes. How do you learn English? I learn by studying with a group Grammar Do you learn English by reading aloud? Focus Do you ever practice conversations with Oh, yes. It improves my speaking friends Have you ever studied with a group? Yes, I have. Ive learned a lot that JNIT 1. How do you study for a test
p●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● ad the article and complete the chart. How do you learn best This week we asked students at New Star High School about the best ways to learn more English Many said they learnt by using English. Some students had more specific suggestions. Lillian Li, for example, said the best way to learn new words was by reading English magazines. She said that memorizing the words of pop songs also helped a little. When we asked about studying grammar, she said, "I never study grammar. It's too boring Wei Ming feels differently. He's been learning English for six years and really loves it. He thinks studying grammar is a great way to learn a language. He also thinks that watching English mov isn't a bad way because he can watch the actors say the words. Sometimes, however, he indies watching movies frustrating because the people speak too quickly. Liu Chang said that joining the English club at school was the best way to improve her English Students get lots of practice and they also have fun. She added that having conversations with friends not helpful at all. " We get excited about something and then end up speaking in Chinese, " she Ways of learning English Successful Lillian Li studying grammar Wei Ming Liu Chang 3b PAIRWORK A: I'm doing a survey about learning English Role play. Student A, pretend to Can I ask you some questions? be one of the people in 3a. B: Sure Student B, interview student A about learning English. A: Great! What's your nam B: Wei Min A: And how do you learn English, Wei Ming?' PAIRWORK A: Do you write vocabulary lists? Check (v) what you do to learn English. B: Oh, yes. I do it often Then interview your partner. I do this My partner does this often sometimes never often never write vocabulary lists read English books/ magazines study grammar listen to tapes ask the teacher questions watch English-language TV UNIT 1. How do you study for a test
●●····●··●●·●●··●··。●··●··●··●●· SECTION Learning English can be difficult. What things are difficult for you? Read the list Check (v the statements that are true for you. I can't pronounce some of the words. I can't spell some English words. I can't understand spoken English make mistakes in grammar I read very slowly. What other things are difficult 1. I dont know how to use commas 2, 5 Paul is learning English. Listen and check (v the learning challenges he talks about Challenges can't get the pronunciation right forget a lot of new words can't always understand when people talk to me can't understand the words in magazines don't get much writing practice Listen again. Match the challenges in 2a with the solutions. Soluti。ns a.-2 You can always write the new words in your notebook and study them at home You should find a pen pal Listening can help Why don't you join an English language club to practice speaking English Zc PAIRWORK a partner to practice Role play c。 overeat。 ns using the information from 2a and 2b B: Maybe you should join an English language club. UNIT 1. How do you study for a test?
●●。●●●●●●●●●。●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● Read the article. Then read the statements about the article. Write"T"(for true) or"F"【 for false》 How I learned to learn English Last year my English class was difficult, First of all, it wasn't easy for me to understand the teacher when she talked. To begin with, she spoke too quickly, and I couldn 't understand every word. Later on, I realized that it doesn't matter if you don't understand every word. I was also afraid to speak in class, because I thought my classmates might laugh at me. I couldnt always make complete sentences, either. Then I started to watch English-language TV It helped a lot. I think that doing lots of listening practice is one of the secrets of becoming a good language learner. Another thing that I found very difficult was EnglisI grammar. So I decided to take lots of grammar notes in every class, Then I started to write my own original sentences using the grammar I was learning It's amazing how much this helped. Now I am enjoying learning English and I got an A this term. My teacher is very The writer found learning English difficult because Her English improved when she started .. 1. the teacher's pronunciation was poor. F 5. going out with English-speaking friends 2. people always laughed at her when she spoke 6. lots of listening practic 3. she had trouble making complete sentences. 7. using grammar in original sentences. 4. English grammar was difficult Write a letter telling a friend how to become a better language learner. I know it isn't easy to learn but I have some ideas that may help. You said you couldn't understand people who talked fast. Well, you can try to listen for the most Yours Hc Write an article about the things that have helped you the most in learning 4 INTERVIEW Ask three classmates about learning English. Take notes. Then tell the class about their answers Han Wen says that 1. What isn't easy about learning English? 2. What do you do about this? difficult if people speak too fast 3. What is your favorite way to learn more English UNIT1. How do you study for a test?
●●● ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● SELF feel spell write down join find CHECK You should new English words in a vocabulary 2. If you don't know how to- new words, look them up in a dictionary Flin each blank with the 3. The best way to improve your English is to correct word given. Chan the orm of the word i English club necessary Thon make y 4. Another thing that he very difficult was English wLE grammar. 5. This kind of paper ery soft 2 Xu Zheng won a prize for his essay about the importance of English. Later, a reporter from the school magazine interviewed him. Use the reporter's notes te write an article about xu Zheng. Notes Interview wilb Xu Zbeng Likes: taking notes /watching movies/ listening to pop songs Finds difficult: pronunciation native speakers talking too quickly Learns by: making up conversations/ speaking to friends in English Thinks: most people speak English as a second language/ English is used around the world for computers/ English is often used in science English can help us understand many new books and movies Just for Fun! ≤+M A what do you Leaming English. SHoMd think you UNIT 1. How do you study for a test?