Yes, I do. It helps my pronunciation.
You can read faster by reading word groups.
One way is by listening to tapes.
4a Match the questions and answers.
1. How do you practice speaking? ___c_____ 2. How do you learn new words ? ____e____ 3. How do you improve your writing? _____f___ 4. How do you practice listening? _____b___ 5. How do you improve your pronunciation? ___a___ 6. How do you learn grammar? ___d_____
4. I learned __u_s_e_f_u_l____ sentences like “It’s a piece of cake” by watching the movies.
5. I can find the meaning of the new words by looking them up in a _d__ic_t_io_n_a_r_y____.
2b Listening Listen again. Match each answer
below with a question above.
Questions
Answers
1. Does anyone learn English by watching
videos?
__d____
2. Do you have conversations with friends in English?
3b Complete the sentences with what Wei Fen learned from watching movies. Use words and phrases from the passage.
1. I can understand the meaning by watching their_b_o_d_y__la_n_g_u__a_g_e_ and the _e_x_p_r_es_s_i_o_n_s on their faces.
Questions
Answers
1. Does anyone learn English by watching
videos?
__d____
2. Do you have conversations with friends in English?
__b______
3. What about listening to tapes?
a. By watching English programs. b. By listening to a tape and repeating out loud. c. By having conversations with friends. d. By taking notes, doing exercises and reading a lot. e. By making word cards. f. By writing e-mails to my pen pals.
__c____
4. What about reading aloud to practice
pronunciation?
______
5. Have you ever studied with a group? __a____
2b
Listen again. Match each answer below with a question above.
a. Yes, I have. I’ve learned a lot that way. b. Oh, yes. It really improves my speaking skills. c. I do that sometimes. I think it helps. d. No. It’s too hard to understand spoken English.
3a Read the passage about Wei Fen and answer the questions.
1. Why did Wei Fen find it difficult to learn English?
The teacher spoke so quickly that she did not understand her most of the time and she was afraid to ask questions because of her poor pronunciation.
Unit1 How can we become good learners?
Section A 3a-4c
3a Before reading
1. What do you think the text is about when you read this title? 2. What’s the girl doing in the picture? 3. How do you think the girl is learning English, according to the picture? 4. How does watching English movies help us learn English? Or what can we learn from an English movie?
Unit 1 How can we become good learners?
Section A 1a-2d
Lead-in
A: What do you usually do when you study English?
B: I usually …
make word cards
work with friends
e.g. I usually practice my English by taking notes/ speaking English with my classmates / memorizing sentence patterns.
4c Pairwork : Check(✓) what you do to learn
√ 1a Check ( ) the ways you study for an English test.
Then add other ways you sometimes study.
____a. by working with friends ____b. by making word cards ____c. by reading the textbook ____d. by listening to tapes ____e. by asking the teacher for help ______________________
2. I can get the meaning by listening for just the _k_e_y__w_o_r_d_s___ .
3.My pronunciation improved by listening to the__c_o_n_v_e_r_sa_t_i_o_n_s in English movies.
Presentation
A: How do you study for a test? B: I study …
…by reading the textbook …by listening to tapes
… by asking the teacher for
help
…by looking up the dictionary
___a_____ 1. Meiping ___c_____ 2. Peter ____b____ 3. Tony
How do you study for a test?
I study by working with a group.
2a Listening
Listen and check (√) the questions you hear.
_______________________
Listening 1b Listen and check your answers in 1a.
1b Listen. How do these students study for a test? Write letters from the pictures below.
4b Make sentences using the structure “do sth. by doing” with the subjects in the box and information that is true for you.
math physics chemistry Chinese history geography
Make conversations using the
2c information in 2a and 2b.
Have you ever studied with a group?
Yes, I have. I’ve learned a lot that day.
2d Role-play the conversation.
After reading
Make sentences with the language points:
1. an English movie called Toy Story; 2. fall in love with…; 3. the secret to …; 4.a piece of cake; 5.It serves someone right.