Unit15Warm-upByGuangdongBowenInternationalSchoolXiangYa-liUnit15Warm-upGoodmemoryisveryimportantinlearningEnglish.HowlonghaveyoubeenlearningEnglish?HowcanyoulearnEnglishwordsbyhearteasily?Haveagroupdiscussionaboutthestrategiestoremembernewwords.Memorytest:Howmanywordsofthefollowingcanyourememberintwominutes.Writedownyourrecordandthoseofyourfriends’inyourgroup.NameTimeNumberRate(%)MeAminisurveyaboutmemorystrategies:Exchangeyourlearningexperiencetoseewhichisthebestwaytoremembernewwords.NameRate(%)TimeStrategiesTalkaboutlearningexperienceaccordingtotheinformationyouhavecollected.Thefollowingquestionsareforyourreference.1.HowlonghaveyoubeenlearningEnglish?2.WhatdoyouthinkisthemostdifficultinlearningEnglish?3.Howmanywordscanyoulearnbyheartintwominutes?4.Whatthewaydoyouusuallyuseinrememberingnewwords?5.Doyouthinkitiseffective?Haveyouevertriedthefollowingstrategiesorhassomebodytoldyouaboutthem?StrategiesTried/heardofAdvantageDisadvantageAnalyticalVisualSelf-testingOral-sayingStrategiesofrememberingnewwords:1.Analytical:Thinkingaboutthestructureofwords.2.Visual:Writing,drawing,connectingpictureswithwords.3.Self-testing:Doingpersonaltestsoraskingsomeonetotestyou(forexample,togiveyouadictation).4.Oral-saying:Sayingwordsaloud,makingconnectionsbetweenwords.Listentofourstudentstalkingabouthowtheyrememberwords.Recordtheirstrategies.NameStrategyAdvantageDisadvantageDaverLuningTonghuanXiaofangWhatareyougoodatinrememberingorlearning?Choosethreethingsfromthefollowingformandtellyourfriendshowyoudoit.ItemHowtodoItemHowtodoNumbersSoundsMachinesImagesActionsPlacesPeopleSmellsWorkingroups,askingaboutyourpartners’strategiesofrememberingorlearning.Makearecord.1.Whatareyougoodatinrememberingorlearning?2.Howdoyouremembernumbers(e.g.telephonenumbers,dates,scores,orprices)?Howdoyoulearnsounds(e.g.voices,piecesofmusic)?3.Areyougoodatmachines?Canyoudesignorrepairmachines?Howdoyoudoit?4.Howcanyoulearnfastoreasily,byreading,writingordoingactions?Learnthefollowingmemorystrategies.MaybetheyarehelpfultoyouinlearningEnglish.•Readthelistofwordsquietlyafewtimes.•Repeatthewordsaloud.Beginwithoneword,thentwo,thenthreeandsoon.*Thinkoftheitemsvisually,e.g.apictureofanenvelope.*Makeconnectionsbetweenwords,e.g.scarf,hat(clothes).*Classifywordsgrammatically,e.g.serious,empty,amazing(adjectives).*Classifywordsalphabetically,e.g.page,paperclip,philosophy.AssignmentWriteaboutyourlearningexperienceofEnglish.Introduceyourlearningstrategieswhichyouthinkareeffective.
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