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Unit 9 Viewing Workshop
【学习目标】
Learning Objectives
1.To know how different stages of brain development affect our learning ability by watching a video
2.To learn to give advice to others about brain learning
【学习过程】
Learning activities
目标一:To know how different stages of brain development affect our learning ability by watching a video
Activity 1: There is a saying in English: "You can never teach an old dog new tricks." Do you think we can only learn certain topics at certain times? Why?
Suggested Answers
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Watch the video and check your answers.
Activity 2: Watch the video again. Find out what the video is mainly about. Choose the best answer from a, b, c.
a. The latest research finding on brain research.
b. Why people can learn from birth until death.
c. How different stages of brain development affect our learning ability.
Activity 3: What abilities or actions are best learnt or done in the two sensitive stages? Watch the first part of the video and choose from the opinions (a-e) for the right boxes.
Experience Expectant Learning
Experience Dependent Development
a. Practising motor skills.
b. Learning a foreign language
c. Getting enough visual and light input
d. Having many kinds of sounds around us.
e. Studying various school subjects.
Activity 4: Watch the final part of the video and answer the questions.
1. What is “brain plasticity”? Why is it important for the function of the brain?
2. What is the result of the people taking juggling exercises in just three months in the 2004 research?
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目标二:To learn to give advice to others about brain learning
Activity 1: Group Work. Answer the following question.
· What advice might you give to elderly people and parents of school children?
Group A: discuss and give advice for t