Section B 2 (3a-selfcheck)

Studying aims;

1. Talk about how we can learn English well

2. Can Write a letter to your friend

3. Learn some useful sentences

Step 1 Free talk

Talk about how we can learn English well with your partner.

How can we learn English well?

by taking part in relevant activities in English

by reading English story book

by listening to tapes over and over again

by making word cards

by watching videos

Step 2 3a-3b

3a Your friend wants to improve his/her English and asks you for help. What are

the three best ways to learn and why? Make some notes in the chart.

3b Write a letter to your friend. Give him /her some advice about the best ways

to learn English. Use your notes in 3a.

Use the following expressions to help you:

There are three good ways to …

I think you should…

If you do this, you will…

It is also a good idea to …because…

You could try to improve your English by…

This will help you to…

Sample

Dear...,

        There are three good ways to learn English. You can learn by making word cards, reading story books, listening to tapes and so on. I think you should learn English by reading some English story books. If you do this, you will improve your reading speed. …

Your friend, …

Step 3 Self check

1. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.

practice       develop    remember   prepare     

take notes   until       worry about     everything

Are you stressed out each time you have a test? You don’t have to be if you __________ smart study skills. Remember to ___________ in class and review them on your own or with friends after class. Then __________ what you learned by doing exercises. Try to study and _________ information bit by bit instead of waiting ________ the last minute to study ___________ at once. If you __________ well for a test, then there’s nothing to ___________!

2. Number these sentences in order to make a conversation.

_____What’s the matter?

_____ Well, I practice my listening by listening to the tape over and over again until I can understand everything.

_____ So you want to practice your listening?

_____ Hi, Jake. I need your help.

_____ Uh-huh. Do you have any advice?

_____OK, I’ll try that.

_____ I have a listening test next week.

3. Give advice to these people.

1. Jane is a very slow reader.

  She should improve her reading speed _________________________________.

2. Li Ming wants to improve his listening.

  He could practice his listening __________________________________.

3. Meiping doesn’t know many English words.

  She could learn more words ____________________________.

Step 4 Exercises

单项选择题。

1. Good learners often ask ____ because they know knowledge comes from_____.

  A. question, question          B. questions, questions      

  C. questions, questioning       D. questioning, questioning

2. I sometimes learn English by _______ English-language videos.

  A. Watch                    B. watching   

  C. looking                   D. looking at

3. —____ do you study for an English test?

    —By making vocabulary lists.

  A. What                    B. When        

  C. How                     D. Who

4. Jean practices English by ________ English-language videos.

  A. read aloud               B. reading aloudly  

  C. read aloudly              D. reading aloud

5. My pronunciation is not good._______ reading aloud to practice

pronunciation?

  A. How                     B. What          

  C. What about               D. Can

6. ______ the English club at school is the best way to improve our English.  

   A. Join                    B. Joined     

   C. Joining                  D. Joins

7. If you don’t know a word, you must ______  in a dictionary.  

 A. look it up                 B. look up it   

 C. look over it               D. look it out

Keys: 1-5 CBCDC  6-7 CA

Step 5 Homework

Make a conversation with your partner about how can we learn English well.