(共21张PPT)
Unit 1
How can we become good learners
Section A 3a-3b
The girl is Wei Fen.
What is she doing
Can you guess how she studies English
Before you read
1
Look at the photo, the questions in 3a and the title to the story on page 3. Then answer the questions below.
Who is the young girl in the picture
What does the passage talk about
Did the young people love English at first
1. Wei Fen.
2. It talks about learning English.
3. No, she didn’t. She find it difficult to learn it.
Read the title, the first sentence in each paragraphs and complete the table.
Time Attitude (态度)
Last year
One day
Now
did not like the English class
fell in love with Toy Story
really enjoy the English class
Read the passage and answer the questions.
1. Why did Wei Fen find it difficult to learn English
2. What did she do in English class
3. What is the secret to language learning
n. 秘密; 秘诀
adj. 秘密的; 保密的
3a 1. Why did Wei Fen find it difficult to learn English
2. What did she do in English class
3. What is the secret to language learning
Because the teacher spoke so quickly that she did not understand her most of the time.
She just hid behind her textbook and never said anything.
Listening to something interesting.
1.find it difficult to do sth. 发现做某事很困难
2.成功的秘诀 ____________________
门的钥匙 _____________________
问题的答案 ______________________
足球赛的票 _______________________
the secret to success
the key to the door
the answer to the question
the ticket to the football game / match
Read Paragraph 2 and fill in the chart.
get the
meaning
by
watching their body language
and the expressions on their faces
listening for key words
looking up new words
in a dictionary
watching an English movie
can
improve pronunciation
learn useful sentences
Read the first and last paragraph and then complete the table.
Changes in Wei Fen’s English learning
Last year
Now
She did not like the English class
She couldn’t understand her
English teacher
She was afraid to ask questions
and never said anything
She really enjoys the English class
She wants to learn new words
and more grammar
1. I can understand the meaning by watching their ______________ and the __________ on their faces.
2. I can get the meaning by listening for just the _________.
The ways to learn English:
expressions
key words
body language
n. 表情; 表示;
3. My pronunciation improved by listening to the _____________ in English movies.
4. I learned ______ sentences like “It’s a piece of cake” by watching the movies.
5. I can find the meaning of the new words by looking them up in a __________.
conversations
useful
dictionary
How I Learned to Learn English
Last year, I did not like my English class. Every class was like a bad dream. The teacher spoke so quickly that I did not understand her most of the time.
I was afraid to
ask questions because my poor pronunciation. I just hid behind my textbook and never said anything.
learn to do sth. 学会去做某事
be afraid to do sth.害怕去做某事
hide隐藏
Then one day I watched an English movie called Toy Story. I fell in love with
this exciting and funny movie! So I began to watch
other English movies, too. Although I could not understand everything the characters said, their body language
and the expressions on their faces helped me to get the meaning. I also realized I could get the meaning by listening for just the key words.
被叫做
爱上……
begin to do sth. 开始去做某事
人物
肢体语言
关键词
My pronunciation improved as well by listening to the conversations in English movies. I discovered that listening to something interesting is the secret to language learning. I also learned useful sentences like “It’s a piece of cake”
or “It serves you right.”
I did not understand these sentences at first. But because I wanted to understand the story, I looked them up in a dictionary.
n. 发音
v.发 现
……的
小菜一碟
你活该
起 初
look up (在词典中)查找;查阅,代词放中间
也(一般用在句末,前面不加逗号)
Now I really enjoy my English class. I want to learn new words and more grammar. Then I can have a better
understanding of English movies.
have a better understanding of
对……有更好的理解
n. 理解
那么我可以更好地理解英文电影。
Wei Fen disliked her English class last year, because she couldn’t understand her teacher. And her _________________ made the things worse. But one day, she _____________ a movie called Toy Story. She began to get the meaning by watching their ______________ and ___________ on their faces, by listening for ______________ and by ______________________ in a dictionary. Her _______________ was improved and many ______________ were learned. Now she enjoy learning English.
poor pronunciation
fell in love with
body language
expressions
key words
looking up new words
pronunciation
useful sentences
3
After you read
Fill in the blanks and copy the passage on your notebook and then recite it.
by working with friends
by making word cards
by reading the textbook
by listening to tapes
by asking the teacher for help …
Summary 1 ways to study English:
Note: by doing sth.
We can study
Summary 2 ways to study English:
get the
meaning
by
watching their body language
and the expressions on their faces
listening for key words
looking up new words
in a dictionary
watching an English movie
can
improve pronunciation
learn useful sentences
find it difficult to do sth.
the secret to language learning
be afraid to do sth.
fall in love with
body language
the expressions on the faces
key words
be interested in
look up the word in the dictionary
发现做某事很难
语言学习的秘密
害怕做某事
爱上
肢体语言
脸上的表情
关键 词
对……感兴趣
查字典
The way to learn a language is
to practice speaking as often as possible
b
Homework
Ⅰ. Read the passage at least 3 times.
(all the students)
Ⅱ. Remember the words and phrases in this lesson.
Ⅲ. Write a short passage: How I Learned to Learn English.(some students who like writing)
(Choose two of them.)