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Lesson 3
How to learn English
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• thought about-how you learn English
• read a passage about ways you can learn English
• discussed some statements
• written a letter of advice
A Think about how you yourself learn English. Jot down a few points quickly and then compare them with those of other students in your group.
Now check which of the following you do:
Talk with teachers / friends
Listen to the radio / television
Watch English films,
Rend textbooks
Read newspapers & magazines Write letters
Do grammar exercises,
Read grammar books
Do translations
Memorise conversational English
B Read the following passage about how a new language can be learnt.
Two friends, Raghib and Adeeb, wanted to learn how to ride a cycle. Adeeb bought a book called How to Ride a cycle and started reading it. On the other hand, Raghib took out his cycle on the street and started trying to ride it. He fell off several times and Adeeb laughed at him.
However, by the time adeeb finished the first chapter of his book, Raghib was riding his cycle fairly well. Adeeb knew how the cycle worked but did not know how to use it. Raghib did not need to know everything about how his cycle worked but he knew how to use it from first-hand experience.
Learning a language is like riding a cycle. The most important thing about andy language is communication. You learn to communicate effectively by using a language, by doing things with it, and by experiencing it. You can learn English in the same way that Raghib learnt to ride a cycle. Don’t worry if people laugh at you when you make mistakes. You can certainly learn through mistakes.
Now discuss the following questions in small groups.
1 Who is more practical among the two? How?
2 What was Adeeb's problem in learning to ride a cycle?
3 How is learning a language similar to riding a cycle?
4 What is the writer's attitude towards making mistakes? Are mistakes tolerated
in your English class? What about in other classes?
C Discuss in pairs what you understand by the following statements.
You can learn to speak only by speaking.
You can learn to listen only by listening.
You can learn to read only by reading.
You can learn to write only by writing,
D Write a letter to your younger brother/sister/cousin giving some practical hints on how to improve his/her proficiency in English.
Focus :
Skills.
Speaking,
reading,
writing.
Functions.
Giving advice.
Grammar/Structure.
Present & past simple, comparing.
Vocabulary.
effectively, memorise, experience (verb), fairly.
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Lesson 3
How to learn English
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• thought about-how you learn English
• read a passage about ways you can learn English
• discussed some statements
• written a letter of advice
A Think about how you yourself learn English. Jot down a few points quickly and then compare them with those of other students in your group.
Now check which of the following you do:
Talk with teachers / friends
Listen to the radio / television
Watch English films,
Rend textbooks
Read newspapers & magazines Write letters
Do grammar exercises,
Read grammar books
Do translations
Memorise conversational English
B Read the following passage about how a new language can be learnt.
Two friends, Raghib and Adeeb, wanted to learn how to ride a cycle. Adeeb bought a book called How to Ride a cycle and started reading it. On the other hand, Raghib took out his cycle on the street and started trying to ride it. He fell off several times and Adeeb laughed at him.
However, by the time adeeb finished the first chapter of his book, Raghib was riding his cycle fairly well. Adeeb knew how the cycle worked but did not know how to use it. Raghib did not need to know everything about how his cycle worked but he knew how to use it from first-hand experience.
Learning a language is like riding a cycle. The most important thing about andy language is communication. You learn to communicate effectively by using a language, by doing things with it, and by experiencing it. You can learn English in the same way that Raghib learnt to ride a cycle. Don’t worry if people laugh at you when you make mistakes. You can certainly learn through mistakes.
Now discuss the following questions in small groups.
1 Who is more practical among the two? How?
2 What was Adeeb's problem in learning to ride a cycle?
3 How is learning a language similar to riding a cycle?
4 What is the writer's attitude towards making mistakes? Are mistakes tolerated
in your English class? What about in other classes?
C Discuss in pairs what you understand by the following statements.
You can learn to speak only by speaking.
You can learn to listen only by listening.
You can learn to read only by reading.
You can learn to write only by writing,
D Write a letter to your younger brother/sister/cousin giving some practical hints on how to improve his/her proficiency in English.
Focus :
Skills.
Speaking,
reading,
writing.
Functions.
Giving advice.
Grammar/Structure.
Present & past simple, comparing.
Vocabulary.
effectively, memorise, experience (verb), fairly.