Unit 1Unit 1 How do you study for a test?How do you study for a test?Unit 1Unit 1

How do you study for a test?How do you study for a test?

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Go for it J9

What are they doing?

They are having an English class.

T: How do you study English?S: I study English by reading the textbook.

T: Do you learn English by listening?

S: Yes , I do.

Pair workHow do you learn English?I learn by______________.Do you learn English by ______

______________? Yes ,I do.

Listen and match the questions and the answers.

Questions:

1. Do you learn English by watching English-language videos?

2. Do you evr practice conversations with friends?

3. What about reading aloud to practice pronunciation?

4. Have you ever studied with a group?

a. Yes, I have. I’ve learned a lot that way.

b. Oh, yes. It improves my speaking skills.

c. I do that sometimes.

d. No. it’s too hard to understand the voices.

Answers:

How do you study for a test?

I study by listening tapes.

How do you learn English?

I learn English with a group.

Do you learn English by reading aloud?

Yes , I do.

Task 1If you have some problems in remembering vocabulary, ask the students whose English is better for help.

A: How do you learn English?

B: I learn by ______________.

A: How do you remember vocabulary?

B: I remember by _________________.

A: _________________________?

B: _______________________.

Make a survey about learning English in groups ,and then interview others about their experiences of learning English. Write down your report.

homework

Section ASection A Section ASection A

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Check the homework ,report your survey and fill in the chart.

name ways

SA

SB

SC

Speaking

Watching movies

Studying grammar

name ways comments

SA speaking successful

SB Watching movies

ok

SC Studying grammar

Not successful

Then what do you think of these ways? Are they successful ,OK or not successful? Fill in the chart.

Fast reading

3a

Fill in the

chart Ways of learning English

Not successful

OK successful

Lillian Li

Wei Ming

Liu Chen

Task 2If your partner has problems in leaning English, ask him or her what his or her trouble is and then give some advice.

A: Do you have any problems in learning English?

B: Yes, I do.

A: What’s the problem?

B: _____________________________.

A: _____________________________.

B: Thank you . I’ll try it.

Section BSection B Section BSection B

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Do you

think

English is

difficu

lt?

Yes. I can’t

spell some

English words.

Task 3

group

workAsk your partners their problems in learning English . Then give your advice.

You can use these to give your advice

•You can _______________________________.

•You should ___________________________________.

•You could ____________________________________.

•Maybe you can _________________________________.

•Why don’t you _____________________________________?

•Why not _________________________________?

Reading Read the article. Then decide “T” or “F” of the statements.

The writer found learning English difficult because …

•The teacher’s pronunciation was poor.

•People always laughed at her when she spoke.

•She had trouble making complete sentences.

•English grammar was difficult.

Her English improved when she started …

•Going out with English-speaking friends.

•Lots of listening practice.

•Using grammar in original sentences.

F

F

T

T

F

T

T

Paul is learning English . Listen and check the learning challenges he talks about.

After reading 3a ,complete the conversation in pairs.A: I’m glad to hear that you got an A in English

this term.

B: Thanks a lot.

A: Did you have any difficulties in learning English last year?

B: Yes. To begin with, 1________________.

A: Really?

B: Later on, I realized 2_________________.

A: Can’t you speak in class?

B: No. and I couldn’t always make complete sentences.

A: How did you improve it?

B: 3___________________. It helped a lot.

A: How did you learn English grammar?

B: 4__________________________.

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 can try to ________________

_____________________

_____________________

_____________________

yours ______

readingreadingreadingreading

It’s not a problem – it’s a challenge. Enjoy facing it.

Who is this?

It is Stephen Hawking – a great scientist.

What’s wrong with him?He can’t walk or even speak.

Oh! It is a big problem to him.

Task 2

group

work

What about your recent life? Talk about it to your partners. Ask and answer about your problems happening in your recent life.

Target language A: Do you have any problems recently?

B: Yes. I had a fight with my cousin.

A: I think you can deal with it by talking with him.

Read the article quickly and try to find at least three ways to solve problems.

Key words: unless regard influence soldier unfair solve deal

These three ways are

•By learn to forget

•By regarding problems as challenges

•By thinking of something worse.

下面是 Tina 同学在留言板中的留言 , 请你根据她的留言和提示 ,以 Dudu 的名义回答她的问题 . 文章的开头已经给出 .

提示 :1.学好数学并不难 , 关键要有好方法 .

2.根据你自己的体会给她一些建议 .

3.激励她要坚持下去 , 祝愿她学习进步 .

I’m a middle school student in Junior Two. I need help with my math. I’m really bad at it. Please help! Tina- 2 September 13:05

Hi Tina! First I want to tell you that many students have the same problem as yours. _____________________________________________________________________________________.Dudu- 3 September 18:30