HOW I LEARNED TO LEARN ENGLISHName: _______________ Class: _______________BEFORE YOU READ Warming-up: Doraemon (哆啦A梦)–Memory Bread for TestingTry to take notes: new phrases1. ______________________________2. ______________________________3. ______________________________4. ______________________________5. ______________________________6. ______________________________Practice: What happened to Nobi Nobita (大雄)?It was a(n) ____________________ story. ____________________, Nobi Nobita was worried,because he ____________________ take the tests. ____________________ Doraemon gave NobiNobita some memory bread for testing. After eating the memory bread, it____________________ Nobi Nobita __________ take the tests. I think Nobi Nobita will getgood grades __________ the memory bread.Brainstorm: What are your problems in learning English?_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________WHILE YOU READ Read the student’s letter and circle her problems in learning English.Her English has improved since she started … (write T or F)going out with English-speaking friends.( )doing lots of listening practice.( )making original sentences using new grammar( )HOW I LEARNED TO LEARN ENGLISH Last year my English class was difficult for me. First of all, it wasn’t easy for me to understand the teacher when she talked to the class. To begin with, she spoke too quickly, and I couldn’t understand every word. Later on, I realized that it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand every word. Also I was afraid to speak in class, because I though my classmates might laugh at me. I couldn’t always make complete sentences, either. Then I stated to watch English-language TV. It helped a lot. I think that doing lots of listening practice is one of the secrets of becoming a good language learner. Another thing that I found very difficult was English grammar. So I decided to take lots of grammar notes in every class. Then I started to write my own original sentences using the grammar I was learning. It’s amazing how much this helped. Now I am enjoying learning English and I got an A this term. My teacher is very impressed.


AFTER YOU READ Read again more carefully and fill in the chartPROBLEMSSOLUTIONSWatch the video clip and find out the students’ problems in learning EnglishNAMESPROBLEMSSOLUTIONSWrite a letter telling one of them how to become a better language learner.HOMEWORK 1.Finish the letter2.Think about how you learned to learn some other subjects. Share your experience with yourclassmates and write a passage about that.Dear _______________,I know it’s not easy to ______________________________, but I have some ideas that may help. You said you __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Well, you can try to ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Yours,_______________