Unit One Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Learning a Language ome Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio Warm-up Questions 1. Do you think it is necessary to learn another language besides Read and Think your mother tongue? 2. How long have you been learning English? Do you think Listen and Think English is very difficult to learn? Think and Speak 3. If possible, what other foreign languages do you want to learn? Why? Background Information 4. Speaking from your own experience, what effective ways would you like to suggest to help others learn English? 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子就①
1. 2. 3. 4. Do you think it is necessary to learn another language besides your mother tongue? How long have you been learning English? Do you think English is very difficult to learn? If possible, what other foreign languages do you want to learn? Why? Speaking from your own experience, what effective ways would you like to suggest to help others learn English? Background Information Warm-up Questions Listen and Think Read and Think Think and Speak
Unit One Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Learning a Language ome Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio Directions: Read the following ad. What do you think of it? Do you believe that one can learn to speak English in only 30 days? Warm-up Questions For your Ears Only Learn like a spy! Read and Think Smith courses help people who need to learn another language quickly Our courses spent 40 years developing and are now used by the business Listen and Think professionals everywhere Think and Speak Start speaking English in 30 days or receive a full and courteous refund Background Information you have nothing to loose you really can learn everything you need to speak English fluently in only 15 hours Numerous studies have revealed that in every country native speakers use only about 2, 500 distinct words and phrases on a daily basis. Dr. Smith spent his lifetime studying these language building blocks. With the Smith approach, it's not how many words you know, but rather, which words you can use. By aiming each lesson at teaching you to use those 2, 500 words, the Smith approach teaches you to speak the most English in the least amount of time 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子就①
Directions: Read the following ad. What do you think of it? Do you believe that one can learn to speak English in only 30 days? Background Information Warm-up Questions Listen and Think Read and Think Think and Speak For Your Ears Only Learn like a spy! Smith courses help people who need to learn another language quickly. Our courses spent 40 years developing and are now used by the business professionals everywhere. Start speaking English in 30 days or receive a full and courteous refund. You have nothing to loose! You really can learn everything you need to speak English fluently in only 15 hours! Numerous studies have revealed that in every country, native speakers use only about 2,500 distinct words and phrases on a daily basis. Dr. Smith spent his lifetime studying these language building blocks. With the Smith approach, it’s not how many words you know, but rather, which words you can use. By aiming each lesson at teaching you to use those 2,500 words, the Smith approach teaches you to speak the most English in the least amount of time
Unit One Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Learning a Language ome Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio you learned your first language in between 10, 000 and Warm-up Questions 30, 000 hours but you were unconscious much of the time Read and Think With the Smith approach, you can now learn each of your next languages in only 15 hours Listen and Think Maybe you've already tried to learn a language but realized it was all in vain. Don't give up. It's time to change Think and Speak your approach! In only thirty days, you'll learn to speak English or we'll refund your money. you don't have anything Background Information to lose ou can start to speak English now! Learn 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子就①
Background Information Warm-up Questions Listen and Think Read and Think Think and Speak You learned your first language in between 10,000 and 30,000 hours but you were unconscious much of the time. With the Smith approach, you can now learn each of your next languages in only 15 hours. Maybe you’ve already tried to learn a language but realized it was all in vain. Don’t give up. It’s time to change your approach! In only thirty days, you’ll learn to speak English or we’ll refund your money. You don’t have anything to lose ... You can start to speak English now!
Unit One Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Learning a Language ome Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio Directions: George Pickering is an educational coach, consultant Warm-up Questions and trainer. He gives advice to students all around the world Read and Think about English learning on the BBC Learning English website which offers online English teaching. Here is a question from Listen and Think Hisham in Egypt: Please, I want to improve my English. How can do it? Think and Speak <e Listen to the answer. What is the advice that Mr. Pickering gives Background Information to Hisham? Jot down his points as many as possible Script 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子就①
Directions: George Pickering is an educational coach, consultant and trainer. He gives advice to students all around the world about English learning on the BBC Learning English website which offers online English teaching. Here is a question from Hisham in Egypt: Please, I want to improve my English. How can I do it? Listen to the answer. What is the advice that Mr. Pickering gives Background Information to Hisham? Jot down his points as many as possible. Warm-up Questions Listen and Think Read and Think Think and Speak
Unit One Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Learning a Language ome Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio Well Hisham, it's hard to give specific advice without knowing more about you, so I'm going to give you some general advice which will may be of interest to other listeners and readers Warm-up Questions Point 1 Be clear about why you want to learn English. Do you Read and Think want it for your job, to help you get a job, to talk to English speakers, to help you study? Listen and Think Point 2 Be clear about how good you want your English to be How good do you want to be at speaking English, listening, Think and Speak reading, writing? Background Information Point 3 Have a clear image of yourself when you have achieved the proficiency that you want. What will you see, what will you hear, how will you feel? Point 4 If possible, enroll on a language course. If you can't, put yourself in situations where you can use English which leads on to Point 5 Look for opportunities to learn and use English. Speak English whenever you can. Listen to the radio and CDs in English, read and write in English. If you look for opportunities, you will find them 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子就①
Well Hisham, it’s hard to give specific advice without knowing more about you, so I’m going to give you some general advice which will may be of interest to other listeners and readers. Point 1 Be clear about why you want to learn English. Do you want it for your job, to help you get a job, to talk to English speakers, to help you study? Point 2 Be clear about how good you want your English to be. How good do you want to be at speaking English, listening, reading, writing? Point 3 Have a clear image of yourself when you have achieved the proficiency that you want. What will you see, what will you hear, how will you feel? Point 4 If possible, enroll on a language course. If you can’t, put yourself in situations where you can use English which leads on to ... Point 5 Look for opportunities to learn and use English. Speak English whenever you can. Listen to the radio and CDs in English, read and write in English. If you look for opportunities, you will find them. Background Information Warm-up Questions Listen and Think Read and Think Think and Speak
Unit One Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Learning a Language ome Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio 1 Point 6 Write down new words and phrases in a notebook Keep the notebook with you so you can look at it when you have Warm-up Questions a spare moment Point 7 Practise, practise, practise. There's an expression in Read and Think English. If you don't want to lose it, use it. " This is very true when Listen and Think it comes to learning foreign languages There's a story about a teacher who told his students, You Think and Speak know you're making progress in English when you speak in English, think in English, and dream in English. "One day a Background Information student came into the class very excited and said,Teacher, Teacher, last night I dreamt in English. The teacher said, Thats wonderful. What did you dream about? And the student said, " dont know, it was in English Hisham, may you achieve your dream of learning English 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子就①
Point 6 Write down new words and phrases in a notebook. Keep the notebook with you so you can look at it when you have a spare moment. Point 7 Practise, practise, practise. There’s an expression in English. “If you don’t want to lose it, use it.” This is very true when it comes to learning foreign languages. There’s a story about a teacher who told his students, “You know you’re making progress in English when you speak in English, think in English, and dream in English.” One day a student came into the class very excited and said, “Teacher, Teacher, last night I dreamt in English.” The teacher said, “That’s wonderful. What did you dream about?” And the student said, “I don’t know, it was in English.” Hisham, may you achieve your dream of learning English. Background Information Warm-up Questions Listen and Think Read and Think Think and Speak
Unit One Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Learning a Language ome Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio Warm-up Questions 1. Imagine you are talking with a beginner in English. Give him some tips on the best ways to learn English fast Read and Think Listen and Think Think and Speak To learn English well, you' d better Background Information 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子就①
1. Imagine you are talking with a beginner in English. Give him some tips on the best ways to learn English fast. To learn English well, you’d better ... Background Information Warm-up Questions Listen and Think Read and Think Think and Speak
Unit One Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Learning a Language ome Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio 2. Read the advice on how to learn English. Check if they are Warm-up Questions similar to what you have written down Read and Think Tips for Beginners Listen and Think 1 Listen to the radio Think and Speak 2 Watch English TV programmes 3 Talk to yourself in English Background Information 4 Record your own voice 5 Read something every day 6 Record vocabulary in a personal dictionary 7 Always have an English-English dictionary nearby 8 Read at the appropriate level 9 Keep a diary/journal 10 Listen to automated answering machine recordings 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子就①
2. Read the advice on how to learn English. Check if they are similar to what you have written down. Tips for Beginners 1 Listen to the radio 2 Watch English TV programmes 3 Talk to yourself in English 4 Record your own voice 5 Read something every day 6 Record vocabulary in a personal dictionary 7 Always have an English-English dictionary nearby 8 Read at the appropriate level 9 Keep a diary/journal 10 Listen to automated answering machine recordings Background Information Warm-up Questions Listen and Think Read and Think Think and Speak
Unit One Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Learning a Language ome Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio 3. Match the details below with the Tips for Beginners a) You can find these numbers in telephone books in many Warm-up Questions English-speaking countries. Before you dial, make sure that you are calling the free numbers Read and Think b)You want to learn new vocabulary, but you also want to Listen and Think understand what you are reading. If you are looking up every word, the reading is too difficult Think and Speak c)It is a bad habit to always rely on a translation dictionary or electronic dictionary Background Information d)Talk about anything and everything. Do it in the privacy of your own home. If you can't do this at first, try reading out loud until you feel comfortable hearing your own voice in English e) Don't always have a pen in hand. Sometimes it helps to just listen f) This might feel very uncomfortable, but it will help you find your weak points in pronunciation. Listen to yourself a few days later. Which sounds do you have difficulty hearing? 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子就①
3. Match the details below with the Tips for Beginners. You can find these numbers in telephone books in many English-speaking countries. Before you dial, make sure that you are calling the free numbers. You want to learn new vocabulary, but you also want to understand what you are reading. If you are looking up every word, the reading is too difficult. It is a bad habit to always rely on a translation dictionary or electronic dictionary. Talk about anything and everything. Do it in the privacy of your own home. If you can’t do this at first, try reading out loud until you feel comfortable hearing your own voice in English. Don’t always have a pen in hand. Sometimes it helps to just listen. This might feel very uncomfortable, but it will help you find your weak points in pronunciation. Listen to yourself a few days later. Which sounds do you have difficulty hearing? Background Information Warm-up Questions Listen and Think Read and Think Think and Speak a) b) c) d) e) f )
Unit One Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Learning a Language ome Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio g)Children's books, simplified readers, newspapers, Warm-up Questions magazines, Internet sites, novels, and much much more h) Children,'s programming is very useful for ESL learners Read and Think Remember that much of what you hear on TV is slang i Keep this separate from other notebooks. Write sample Listen and Think sentences for yourself and review your personal dictionary Think and Speak every night before bed j Don't always pay attention to grammar Free-writing can be Background Information very useful. It can show you that writing is fun. Have fun with the language 1e,2h.3d,450.6,7c,8b,9.10a 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子就①
1e, 2h, 3d, 4f, 5g, 6i, 7c, 8b, 9j, 10a Background Information Warm-up Questions Listen and Think Read and Think Think and Speak Children’s books, simplified readers, newspapers, magazines, Internet sites, novels, and much much more ... Children’s programming is very useful for ESL learners. Remember that much of what you hear on TV is slang. Keep this separate from other notebooks. Write sample sentences for yourself and review your personal dictionary every night before bed. Don’t always pay attention to grammar. Free-writing can be very useful. It can show you that writing is fun. Have fun with the language. g) h) i) j)