SectionBUnit1Howcanwebecomegoodlearners?What’syourproblemsinlearningEnglish?Howdoyousolvethem?ThedifficultieshehasinlearningEnglish•Newwords:can’tpronouncesomeofthewords/spellsomeEnglishwords•Speaking:beafraidtospeak•Listening:can’tunderstandspokenEnglish•Writing:can’tmakecompletesentences•Reading:readveryslowly•Grammar:makemistakesIhavedifficultiesinlearningEnglish.Canyouhelpme?Ican’tpronouncesomeofthewords.Ican’tunderstandspokenEnglish.Idon’tknowhowtoincreasemyreadingspeed.Ican’tspellsomeEnglishwords.Ioftenmakemistakesingrammar.1aLearningEnglishcanbedifficult.Whatthingsaredifficultforyou?Readthelist.Check(✔)thestatementsthataretrueforyou.Ødon’tknowenoughwordstowritewell.Øcan’tgetthepronunciationrightØbeafraidpeoplemightlaughatmeØcan’talwaysmakecompletesentencesØforgetalotofnewwordsØcan’tunderstandwhenpeoplespeaktooquicklyØdon’tgetmuchwritingpracticeØcan’tunderstandthewordsinmagazinesWhatotherthingsaredifficultforyou?Makealist.(1b)1cPaulfindsitdifficulttolearnEnglish.Listenandcompletethelearningchallengeshetalksabout.1.Hecan’tgetthe______________right.2.He___________alotofnewwords.3.Hecan’talways__________whenpeopletalktohim.4.Hedoesn’tgetmuch___________practice.Chanllengespronunciationforgetsunderstandwriting1dListenagain.Completethesolutions.1.________________canhelp.2.Hecanalways_____________________inhisnotebookandstudythemathome.3.Hecan________________________topracticespeaking.4.Heshouldfinda_______topracticewriting.SolutionsListeningwritethenewwordsjoinanEnglishlanguageclubpenpalmistakevt.弄错,误解Imistookthenumberandwenttothewrongroom.我记错号码,走错了房间。n.错误;过失Tomdidn’tmakeasinglespellingmistakeinhiscomposition.汤姆在这篇作文里一个字也没拼错。makemistakes犯错;出错Languagepointschallengen.挑战Hewantsacareerthatoffersachallenge.他想要一份有挑战性的事业。vt.向......挑战;对......提出异议Ichallengedhimtoshowhisproof.我要他拿出证据。Hechallengedmyviewonthatmatter.他就我对那件事的看法提出异议。solutionn.(问题、疑难等的)解决;解答Itmaytakealongtimetofindasolutiontotheproblem.也许要花很长时间才能找到解决这个问题的办法。Thesolutionoftheproblemrequiresalotoftime.解决这个问题需要很多时间。2aWhatgoodlearninghabitscanyouthinkof?Makealistanddiscussthemwithyourpartner.2bReadthepassagequicklyandcheckifanyofthehabitsyoulistedin2aarementioned.Whichfourhabitsofsuccessfullearnerscanyoufindfromthepassage?USINGDICTIONARIESThiscanhelpyoufindthedefinitionthatmatchesthecontextofthewordinthetext.HowCanYouBecomeaSuccessfulLearner?Everyoneisbornwiththeabilitytolearn.Butwhetherornotyoucandothiswelldependsonyourlearninghabits.Researchshowsthatsuccessfullearnershavesomegoodhabitsincommon.CreatinganinterestinwhattheylearnStudiesshowthatifyouareinterestedinsomething,yourbrainismoreactiveanditisalsoeasierforyoutopayattentiontoitforalongtime.Goodlearnersoftenconnectwhattheyneedtolearnwithsomethinginteresting.Forexample,iftheyneedtolearnEnglishandtheylikemusicorsports,theycanlistentoEnglishsongsorwatchsportsprogramsinEnglish.Thiswaytheywillnotgetbored.PracticingandlearningfrommistakesGoodlearnersthinkaboutwhattheyaregoodatandwhattheyneedtopracticemore.Remember,“useitorloseit”!Evenifyoulearnsomethingwell,youwillforgetitunlessyouuseit.“Practicemakesperfect.”Goodlearnerswillkeeppracticingwhattheyhavelearned,andtheyarenotafraidofmakingmistakes.AlexanderGrahamBelldidnotinventthetelephoneovernight.Hesucceededbytryingmanytimesandlearningfromhismistakes.DevelopingtheirstudyskillsItisnotenoughtojuststudyhard.Goodlearnersknowthebestwaystheycanstudy.Forexample,theymaytakenotesbywritingdownkeywordsorbydrawingmindmaps.Theyalsolookforwaystoreviewwhattheyhavelearned.Theymaydothisbyreadingtheirnoteseverydayorbyexplainingtheinformationtoanotherstudent.AskingquestionsGoodlearnersoftenaskquestionsduringorafterclass.Theyevenaskeachotherandtrytofindouttheanswers.Knowledgecomesfromquestioning.Learningisalifelongjourneybecauseeverydaybringssomethingnew.Everythingthatyoulearnbecomesapartofyouandchangesyou,solearnwiselyandlearnwell.2cReadthepassageagainandanswerthequestions.1.Doesthewriterthinkthateveryoneisbornwiththeabilitytolearnwell?Doyouagree?Whyorwhynot?No.No,Idon’t.Becausewhetherornotyoucanlearnwelldependsonyourlearninghabits.2.Whyisitagoodideatoconnectsomethingyouneedtolearnwithsomethingyouareinterestedin?Becauseifyouareinterestedsomething,yourBrainismoreactiveanditisalsoeasierforYoutopayattentiontoitforalongtime.3.Whatdothesayings“useitorloseit”and“practicemakesperfect”mean?Doyouagreewiththem?Weshouldkeeppracticingwhatwehavelearned.Evenifwelearnsomethingwell,wewillforgetituntilweuseit.Yes,Ido.4.Dogoodlearnerslearnfrommistakesoraretheyafraidofmakingmistakes?Goodlearnerslearnfrommistakes.6.Doyouagreethatlearningisalifelongjourney?Whyorwhynot?5.Whatstudyskillsdoesthewritertalkabout?Doyouhavethosestudyskills?Creatinganinterestinwhatyoulearn,practicingandleaningfrommistakes,developingstudyskillsandaskingquestions.Yes,Ido./No,Idon’t.Yes,Ido.Becauseeverydaybringssomethingnew.2dLookupthefollowingwordsfromthepassageinthedictionary.Thenwriteasentenceforeachword.brainn.connectv.overnightadv.attentionn.reviewv.knowledgen.abilityn.activeadj.wiselyadv.e.g.brain:Agoodwaytotrainthebraini