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Seminar:IndependentLearningTime:90-120minutesLevel:*****[B1/B2/C1]

LessonPlan Aim:todevelopthestudents’understandingofindependentlearningandimprovetheirawarenessofstudyskills.Thislessonprovidesaninsightintoindependentstudyinfouruniversitiesandoutlinesthekeyareasofwhatisexpectedatuniversity.1.Leadin

• Askstudents(insmallgroups)todiscusswhatis‘independentlearning’.• Feedbackideasontheboard.• Explaintheyaregoingtowatch/listentofourvideosfromfouruniversities.Take

notesoneachvideoandthesenoteswillbeusedforadiscussion(seminar).

Videos:[preparation-A4padandpens]-Studentslistenandtakenotes.Askthestudentstotakeparticularattention in their notes towhich university saidwhat (this is important because students should referverballytotheauthorinaseminar.E.g.UniversityofWestminsterhighlightedthat…).IndependentLearner#1:[giveoutworksheet]studentssummarisetheirnotesonthissheet.Againusingthecode(UoL/UoW/NTU/UoE)toindicatewhosaidwhat.IndependentLearnerActionPlan:[giveoutworksheet]studentsshouldreflectontheirindependentstudyandfillintheactionplanonhowtheycanimprovethis.SeminarQuestions#3:Holdaseminar-studentsrun&controladiscussionusingthequestions.ASeminar

• consistsof3-6people.• asetofquestions.

(giveoutquestionsatthebeginning-studentshavetwominutestoreadthroughandformulatetheiranswers).

• 25-30minutesdiscussiontime.• 5minutesbeforetheend-eachstudentsummarisesakeypointdiscussed.• StudentsCANusetheirnotes.

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AnIndependentLearnerWatchthesefourvideosandtakenotesonwhatthespeakerstalkabout.

UniversityofLeicester(UoL)-becomingamore'independentlearner'[4:44]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sfLcM0MdpE

UniversityofWestminster(UoW)-IndependentStudy[4:12]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir7H7HJGudM

NottinghamTrentUniversity(NTU)-IndependentLearning[2:45]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir8MZJkddIA

UniversityofEdinburgh(UoE)-IndependentlearningatEdinburgh[2:57]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAZ6NnHLo



Independentlearner#1Summarisethekeyideasandimportantpointsofthevideosinthissection.

Refertowhateachuniversitysaidbyusingthecodes(UoL/UoW/NTU/UoE).Bepreparedtotalkaboutwhattheseuniversitiessaidaboutindependency.



IndependentLearnerActionPlan

ThefollowingquestionscanhelpyoutogathertogethertheinformationyouneedtodevelopanIndependentLearningactionplanforstudy.

Whatareaofyourindependentstudywouldyouliketodevelop?

Whatparticularresearch,topicsorquestionswouldyouliketoexplore?

Whatparticulargoalswouldyouliketoachievewithyourindependentstudy?

e.g.Iwouldliketohavegreaterknowledgeof…/developtheabilityto…

Whatstrategieswillyouusetoachievethesegoals?(places/time/etc…)

Howwillyoushowthatyourgoalshavebeenachieved?

Whatmightmakeitdifficultforyoutoachievethesegoals?

Whattime-scaledoyouhaveforachievingthesegoals?



Seminar:IndependentLearningQuestions

1. Reflectonyourapproachtoreading&listening.

2. DefineIndependentlearning(I.L).

3. WhattypesofI.Lactivitieswerediscussedinthevideos?

4. WhyisIndependentLearningfundamental?

5. WhatarethechallengesforyouimplementingI.L?

6. Discusswhereyoucanstudyatthisuniversity?

7. Discussyourgoals,actionplansandfocusforthenextcouple

ofweeks.

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