Uuit9LearningLesson2LanguageLearningTipsLead-inTalkaboutyourdifficultiesinlearningEnglish.（Groupwork)DifficultiesIfindithard/difficulttoremember/memorisethespellingofthewordsIhavegreatdifficultyinunderstandingthesentencestructure.Ihavepoorpronunciation/vocabulary/fluencyinspeaking.Pre-listeningsimplifiedmemorisesufficientchunkacquireoddWordsadj.簡(jiǎn)化了的vt.記住；熟記adj.充足的n.語(yǔ)塊vt.學(xué)習(xí)；獲得adj.奇特的TipsonEnglish

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listenmoreY:Hello,Dr.Smith.MynameisYangAn.Ifindmemorisingnewwordsverydifficult.DS:Hi,YangAn.Sowhatdoyounormallydotomemorisenewwords?Y:Ijusttrytomemorisethewordlistanditissodifficultandboring.DS:Well,Idon’tthinkmemorisingthewordlististhebestwaytolearnwords.First,youshouldlearnwordsincontext.Forexample,whenreadingEnglishstories,trytokeepreadingonevenwhenyoucomeacrosssomenewwords.Alotofthetime,you’llbeabletoguessthemeaningofanunfamiliarwordwithoutlookingitup.Also,youshouldlearnwordsinchunks.Forexample,wesay“openthebook”,but“turnonthecomputer”.Orwesay“eatanapple”,but“takethemedicine”.OKIsee.SoIneedtolearnwordsincontextandinchunksThankyouverymuch.S:Hello,Dr.Smith.I’mSuQin.Learninggrammarisabigheadacheforme.l’veputsomuchtimeinmemorisinggrammarrulesanddoingalotofexercises,butmyEnglishisstillreallybad.DS:Hi,SuQin.Justmemorisingtherulesisnothelpful.Myadviceisthatwhenyoulearnagrammarrule,youshouldtrytouseitinspeakingandwritingactivities.Bydoingso,you’llbelearninggrammarinamorenaturalwaythanfromagrammarbook.Veryslowly,youwillstarttoacquiretherulesandusethemwithoutthinking.S:Ah!I’lltrythisandseehowitgoes.Thankyouverymuch.I:Thankyou,Dr.Smith,forjoiningustoday.I’msureouraudiencehasbetterideasabouthowtolearnEnglisheffectivelynow.1.WhyisitagoodideatoreadsimplifiedclassicliteratureandwatchEnglishfilmsandprogrammes?2.Whatdoes“l(fā)earningwordsincontext”mean?3.WhatisanaturalwaytolearnEnglishgrammarrules?Answercomprehensionquestions.Activity4PairWork:Discussthequestions.DoyoufindDr.Smith’sadvicehelpful?WhatareotherwaystolearnEnglishvocabularyandgrammareffectively?Activity5DoyouknowthedifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglish?Canyoulistsomeexamples?Spellingmemorise

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waysofpronouncingwordswater,tomato…example,dancingintheclassroomusesofwordssubway,underground,tubeActivity7Listen,imitate,andcompletethesentencesintheTalkBuilder.Showinginterest1.—Wehavedifferentwaysofpronouncingwords.Forexample,…

—That’sodd!_________________________!Dotheystillmeanthesamething?2.—Isay“example”and“dancingintheclassroom”,butRobert...—__________!Howdopeople…?3.—Wesay“l(fā)ift”,butAmericanssay“elevator”.—_____________!4.—TheAmerican“subway”iscalledthe“underground”inthe

UK,orthe“tube”inLondon.—__________!Ineverrealised…WowTheysoundsodifferentAhInterestingTheysoundsodifferentAh/WowWow/AhInterestingCanyouaddmoreexpressions?L:Englishisspokeninmanyareasoftheworld,forexample,theUS,theUK,AustraliaandNewZealand.Therefore,theEnglishlanguagemaybeusedslightlydifferentlyfromonecountrytoanother.Englishspeakersindifferentareasmayalsohavedifferentspeakinghabits.Today,we’rehonouredtohavetwospecialguestswithustotellusaboutthis.P:Heythere!I’mPam,fromtheUS.R:Hello,nicetomeetyou.I’mRobert,fromtheUK.L:Nicetomeetyou,PamandRobert.CanyoutellusthedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish?P:Well,I’mAmericanandRobertisBritish,sowehavedifferentwaysofpronouncingwords.Forexample,Britishpeoplesay“water”and“tomato”butAmericanssay“water”and“tomato”!L:That’sodd!Theysoundsodifferent!Dotheystillmeanthesamething?P:Theydo.Letmethinkofsomeotherexamplesforyou.Ah,Isay“example”and“dancingintheclassroom”,butRobertsays...R:“Example”and“dancingintheclassroom”.L:Ah!Howdopeopleunderstandeachotherwhenwordsarepronouncedsodifferently?P:Themoreyoulisten,theeasieritistocatchon.R:Apartfrompronunciation,weusedifferentwordsfordescribingthesamethings.Forexample,wesay“l(fā)ift”butAmericanssay“elevator”.Wesay“football”andAmericanssay“soccer”!