Unit1 How can we become good learners? Section B 3a-3b

How do you study for a test? I study by making word cards. I study by working with friends. I study by reading the textbook. I study by listening to tapes. I study by asking the teacher for help.

Why do you study English by doing…? Making word cards makes me remember more words. Working with friends makes me feel relaxing Making notes makes me learn something for a long time Reading the textbook makes me remember more sentences Listening to tapes makes me improve my listening skills Asking the teacher for help makes me understand grammar clearly.

Write a letter telling a friend how to become a better language learner. Dear _______, I know it isn’t easy to learn _________, but I have some ideas that may help. You said important words, not every word, ____________ _________________________________________ _______________________________ Yours, ________

Write an article about the things that have helped you the most in learning another language.

写作在线 假如你叫Liu Mei。前不久，你和来自英国的一位中学生Allen一起讨论了一个话题：The ways to learn English better。现请你根据他的观点和你自己的观点，用英语给你的外籍老师Mr. Brown写一篇关于这次讨论的汇报材料。注意： 1．所写内容必须包括表格中他的观点和你自己的至少三个观点。 2．词数：70个左右（不包括已给出部分）。

Mr. Brown， Recently I have had a discussion about the ways to learn English better with Allen, a student from Britain. ______________________ _________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Liu Mei

思路点拨 此篇作文以谈论怎样学习英语为主线，主要内容是谈论英语学习的方法。写作内容渗透着本单元的话题和语言目标——谈论怎样学习。 在写作过程中要明确以下几点： （1）由作文要谈及的主要内容决定我们在写作中要运用表示方式的“by+v. -ing”结构，动名词短语作主语等。 （2）结合话题内容，我们在写作过程中要大量用到表达英语学习方式的短语。

例文赏析 Mr. Brown, Recently I have had a discussion about the ways to learn English better with Allen, a student from Britain. In his opinion, the best ways are by reading English newspapers and talking with friends. He also believes that sometimes seeing English films isn’t a bad way.

I quite agree with him. However, I think, we can go surfing online, where we can find a lot of information in English to read. Besides, we can look for a pen pal from an English-speaking country so that we can get to know something about his or her country. Finally, learning English grammar well is also a great help. Liu Mei

You have read the article about how to learn English well You have read the article about how to learn English well. Can you write a letter to tell one of your friends how to become a better language learner? First, you should pay attention to the form of a letter.

A sample version Dear Li Lei, I know it isn’t easy to learn English well, 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 important words, not every word. You can also do lots of listening practice. I think it’s one of the secrets of becoming a good language learner. Another important thing that I think is English

grammar. In order to learn it well, you have to take a lot of grammar notes in every class. You can write English sentences using the grammar you are learning. You can also read more English books. Reading is as important as listening for us to learn English well. If you do so, I believe that you can learn English very well later on. Yours, Meimei

INTERVIEW Ask three classmates about learning English. Take notes and then tell the class about their answers.