浙江广播电视大学 英语专业（开放本科） 《高级日常英语》学习方法指导 How to Study This Course Hello.We are friends now,aren't we?I'd like to say a couple of things about how to study this course.I hope they will be of some help to you. Resources checklist First things first.Let's make sure that you have everything you need. The materials you动ehe Have you got them? .There is a audio cassette accompamying the book.It is for listening tasks.And all the listening tasks are integrated with the other tasks of the book.It is therefore absolutely essential that you have it. For each unit there is a supplementary listeming material.It is included in the Appendix.This extra listening material is also recorded,and is to be found in the supplementary listening cassette If you foel that your listening competence needs some more training. you are advised to listen to this supplementary material. There are also eight video programmes accompanying the book They show some authentie clips of the daily life lived by British and American people You are not expected to stuy them intensively,of course,but you should at least watch them in the tutorial centre You should have a caxsette recorder.It is useful for listening and sclf-recording. You should have at least one notebook
1 浙江广播电视大学 英语专业（开放本科） 《高级日常英语》学习方法指导 How to Study This Course Hello, We are friends now, aren’t we? I’d like to say a couple of things about how to study this course. I hope they will be of some help to you. Resources checklist First things first. Let’s make sure that you have everything you need. The materials you should have Have you got them? • There is a audio cassette accompanying the book. It is for listening tasks. And all the listening tasks are integrated with the other tasks of the book. It is therefore absolutely essential that you have it. • For each unit there is a supplementary listening material. It is included in the Appendix. This extra listening material is also recorded, and is to be found in the supplementary listening cassette. If you feel that your listening competence needs some more training, you are advised to listen to this supplementary material. • There are also eight video programmes accompanying the book. They show some authentic clips of the daily life lived by British and American people. You are not expected to study them intensively, of course, but you should at least watch them in the tutorial centre. • You should have a cassette recorder. It is useful for listening and self-recording. • You should have at least one notebook
You have the resources now.They will remain wusted if you fail to use them wisely. Daily Life of British and American People As indicaed by the course title.Eaglish Dily is imtended to get you involved in the daily life of British and American poople.There are altogether 8 aspects of their daly life that are highlighed.namely the fimily the home.daily munimes.geting od local comunity:fe ond lationships heal and people.These aspects of life are filled with activities such as meeting with friends,commuting to work,talking to a doctor,getting to know neighbours.taking care of children,and of course many others.These activities are all carried out through language,viz English.Such a variety of English is informal and colloquisl The best way to learn to use t is to take active part in the activities British and American people do themselves There are altogether 56 activities in the course,and you are expected to do most,if not all,of them. As we all know it may take a couple of hours to finish a daily life activity.It is unrealistic to expect you to have this long stretch of study time without interruption In order to facilitate your study,we have broken activities into smaller tasks,each of which you can finish within a short period of time (varying from 5 to 20 minutes) Do you know how mamy tasks there are in the whole course?There are 260 tasks,plus 8 warm-ups and 8 supplementary tasks If you want to do them all,you have to finish a total of 276 within8韩ecks'time. Now let's do a simple calculation.Suppose that you spend 10 hours a week on the course.So you have 80 hours which are cqual to 4800 minutes,to be divided by 276 tasks.It takes an average of 17.39 minules to finish a task. We can do another simple calculation.You have 56 days to finish 276 tasks.In average you have to finish 4.92 tasks a day.Since it takes 17.39 minunes to finish a task,you need 85.56 minutes, which are less than an hour and a half a day Now can you spare 85.56 mimtes a day?Don't tell me that you cannot.But let's talke no chances Let's plan our study carefully. An 8 week planner (if you have already done so during your study of A Guide to Success 1: Orientation,skip this) I know you are very busy,like everybody else.It is essential that you prioritize your time very well.It takes 8 weeks to finish this course.The first step,therefore,is to draw an 8 week planner. Your planner may look like this:
2 You have the resources now. They will remain wasted if you fail to use them wisely. Daily Life of British and American People As indicated by the course title, English in Daily Life is intended to get you involved in the daily life of British and American people. There are altogether 8 aspects of their daily life that are highlighted, namely the family, the home, daily routines, getting around, local community, life and relationships, health and people. These aspects of life are filled with activities such as meeting with friends, commuting to work, talking to a doctor, getting to know neighbours, taking care of children, and of course many others. These activities are all carried out through language, viz. English. Such a variety of English is informal and colloquial. The best way to learn to use it is to take active part in the activities British and American people do themselves. There are altogether 56 activities in the course, and you are expected to do most, if not all, of them. As we all know, it may take a couple of hours to finish a daily life activity. It is unrealistic to expect you to have this long stretch of study time without interruption. In order to facilitate your study, we have broken activities into smaller tasks, each of which you can finish within a short period of time (varying from 5 to 20 minutes). Do you know how many tasks there are in the whole course? There are 260 tasks, plus 8 warm-ups and 8 supplementary tasks. If you want to do them all, you have to finish a total of 276 within 8 weeks’ time. Now let’s do a simple calculation. Suppose that you spend 10 hours a week on the course. So you have 80 hours which are equal to 4800 minutes, to be divided by 276 tasks. It takes an average of 17.39 minutes to finish a task. We can do another simple calculation. You have 56 days to finish 276 tasks. In average you have to finish 4.92 tasks a day. Since it takes 17.39 minutes to finish a task, you need 85.56 minutes, which are less than an hour and a half a day. Now can you spare 85.56 minutes a day? Don’t tell me that you cannot. But let’s take no chances. Let’s plan our study carefully. An 8 week planner (if you have already done so during your study of A Guide to Success 1: Orientation, skip this) I know you are very busy, like everybody else. It is essential that you prioritize your time very well. It takes 8 weeks to finish this course. The first step, therefore, is to draw an 8 week planner. Your planner may look like this:
Course sthu向 CalendarWeek Tasies Tutorial Hours p.w. weck 3 20y0a92709/图 U1 Sat 26ch 10-12 English in 4 U2 5 U3 Daiy Life 6 U4 U5 UG U7 10 U8 Semester Exam A weekly planner (if you have already done so during your study of A Guide to Success 1: Orientation,skip this) The next thing you should do is to draw a weekly planner.Your planner may look like this Monday Thursday 6:308tup 6:30 get up 7:00-7:30 hreakfast 7:00.7:30 hreakfast 8:00.1200 8:00.1200 12:00 -2:00 lunch break 12:00-2:00 lunch break 200.6:00 200.6:00 6.00-7:30 dinner 6.00-7:30 dinne 7:30-1000 7:30.10.00 10:30 bed time 10:30 bed time An howr a野on distance learuing An houra句on distance learning
3 Course Study week Calendar Week Tasks Tutorial Hours p.w. English in Daily Life 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20/09/99-27/09/99 U1 U2 U3 U4 U5 U6 U7 U8 Sat, 26th 10--12 Semester Exam A weekly planner (if you have already done so during your study of A Guide to Success 1: Orientation, skip this) The next thing you should do is to draw a weekly planner. Your planner may look like this. Monday Thursday 6:30 get up 6:30 get up 7:00 - 7:30 breakfast 7:00 - 7:30 breakfast 8:00 -12:00 8:00 -12:00 12:00 - 2:00 lunch break 12:00 - 2:00 lunch break 2:00 - 6:00 2:00 - 6:00 6:00 - 7:30 dinner 6:00 - 7:30 dinner 7:30 -10:00 7:30 -10:00 10:30 bed time 10:30 bed time An hour a day on distance learning An hour a day on distance learning
Tuesday Friday 6:308tup 6:30 get up 7:00-7:30 breakfast 7:00.7:30 hreakf 800.1200 8:00.1200 12:00 -2:00 lunch break 12:00.2:00 lunch break 200-6:00 200.600 6:00-7:30 dinner 6:00-7:30 dinner 7:30.1000 7:30.10.00 10:30 bed time 10:30 bed time An hour a day on distance learning An hour a dar on distance learning Wednesday Saturday: 6:30 get up 6:30tp 7:00-7:30 breakfast 7:00.7:30 breakfa 8.00-12.00 8:00-1200 12:00-2:00 lunch break 12:00-2:00 lunch break 200-6:00 200-6:00 6:00.7:30 dinner 6:00.7:30 dinner 7:30-1000 7:30-10.00 10:30 bed time 10:30 bed time An hour a day on雀ance learing A distance leaming day!!! Sunday 6:30 get up 7:00-7:30 breakfast 8.00-12.00 12:00-2-00 lunch break 200-600 6:00-7:30 dinner 7:30-10.00 10:30 bed time Half a day on点tance learning The two planners are effective means for self-discipline and self-management. Emphasis on skills in using English,and listening and speaking in particular The 276 tasks are not only daily life tasks,but also language learning tasks Some are listening ones,some speaking ones,ochers reading ones,and so on As you know now very well,the five skills you are familiar with are all integrated into one another in the series.In each unit you are expected to meet all of them.They do not carry the same weight though.The emphasis of this
4 Tuesday Friday 6:30 get up 6:30 get up 7:00 - 7:30 breakfast 7:00 - 7:30 breakfast 8:00 -12:00 8:00 -12:00 12:00 - 2:00 lunch break 12:00 - 2:00 lunch break 2:00 - 6:00 2:00 - 6:00 6:00 - 7:30 dinner 6:00 - 7:30 dinner 7:30 -10:00 7:30 -10:00 10:30 bed time 10:30 bed time An hour a day on distance learning An hour a day on distance learning Wednesday Saturday: 6:30 get up 6:30 get up 7:00 - 7:30 breakfast 7:00 - 7:30 breakfast 8:00 -12:00 8:00 -12:00 12:00 - 2:00 lunch break 12:00 - 2:00 lunch break 2:00 - 6:00 2:00 - 6:00 6:00 - 7:30 dinner 6:00 - 7:30 dinner 7:30 -10:00 7:30 -10:00 10:30 bed time 10:30 bed time An hour a day on distance learning A distance learning day!!! Sunday 6:30 get up 7:00 - 7:30 breakfast 8:00 -12:00 12:00 - 2:00 lunch break 2:00 - 6:00 6:00 - 7:30 dinner 7:30 -10:00 10:30 bed time Half a day on distance learning The two planners are effective means for self-discipline and self-management. Emphasis on skills in using English, and listening and speaking in particular The 276 tasks are not only daily life tasks, but also language learning tasks. Some are listening ones, some speaking ones, others reading ones, and so on. As you know now very well, the five skills you are familiar with are all integrated into one another in the series. In each unit you are expected to meet all of them. They do not carry the same weight, though. The emphasis of this
course is on listening and speaking.In other words,you will do more listening and spexking taks than the other kinds. Finally,this course is designed to enhance your skills in using English rather than to increase your knowledge about English.The Principle ofLemming by Doing should be strictly observed. As for how to enhance listening and speaking skills,you are advised to consult the relevant sections in A Guide fo Saccess 1:Orientation and A Guide to Saccess 2:Leamming Srrategies
5 course is on listening and speaking. In other words, you will do more listening and speaking tasks than the other kinds. Finally, this course is designed to enhance your skills in using English rather than to increase your knowledge about English. The Principle of Learning by Doing should be strictly observed. As for how to enhance listening and speaking skills, you are advised to consult the relevant sections in A Guide to Success 1: Orientation and A Guide to Success 2: Learning Strategies