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Lesson 1 Active Learning
Unit 9 Learning
Warming-up
Are you an active learner? What do you often do to take an active role in your learning? (Use around 40 words)
Warming-up
listen to a lecture
love reading and observing
have a group discussion
participate in an activity
give a presentation
take (neat) notes
ask (high-quality) questions
(willingly) listen to different points of view
focus on/pay attention to what others say
summarize and reflect on (what we have learnt)
Which do you think is the best way to learn?
Warming-up
Who do you think is an active learner in our class?
What does she/he usually do?
1. The passage is likely to appear in a/n ____.
novel B. guide brochure C. educational magazine D. book review
Pre-reading
√
Skim the title and the passage, and think
2. What is the structure of the passage?
√
While-reading
Fast-reading for main ideas of each paragraph
Careful-reading for details
While-reading
Suggestions Learning Actions Reasons Learning Effects
Listen to the outer voice
Argue with your inner voice
ask questions
get to the truth
focus on the message
Read Para 2 and fill in the form.
Suggestion Trait Learning Actions Reasons Learning Effects
Listen to the outer voice
Focus on what the speaker/ writer is saying rather than what their brain says in the background.
1) Useful as inner voice can be, it can also get in the way of learning.
2) Paying too much attention to inner voice, one may risk missing important information.
Active learners are in a better position to make decisions.
open-minded
Read Para 3 and fill in the form.
Suggestion Trait Learning Actions Reasons Learning Effects
Argue with
your inner voice
Think about why others may be right.
1) Your inner voice is difficult to control.
2) Your inner voice denies others’ opinions.
√ You may end up agreeing with others.
❌ If not, you have at least “listened to” another point of view.
flexible
Read Para 4 and fill in the form.
Suggestion Trait Learning Actions Reasons Learning Effects
Ask questions
Ask more questions about the topic that is involved in the information wherever you get it.
Asking questions is the easiest way to promote active learning.
The answers will lead you to further learning, and help you to achieve a higher level of understanding about the topic.
curious
Read Para 5 and fill in the form.
Suggestion Trait Learning Actions Reasons Learning Effects
Get to the truth
1) Find the truth at the heart of each idea.
2) Try to find out the source of an idea, no matter how crazy it seems.
1) Do not accept everything you learn.
2) Even when an idea sounds entirely unlikely, there may be an aspect of it that is based on truth.
You will increase your chance of learning something.
exploratory
Suggestion Trait Learning Actions Reasons Learning Effects
Focus on the message
objective
1) Separate the message from the messenger.
2) Do not judge people based on first impressions or personal feelings.
1) Many people miss out on learning if they let their personal feelings get in the way.
2) Judging people by first impressions prevents you from learning from them.
Learning opportunities are everywhere, which can help active learners learn all the time.
Read Para 6 and fill in the form.
When in class, focus on the voice expressing your own opinion. ( )
If you think a speaker is wrong, argue with him/her. ( )
Be curious to find more information about the topic. ( )
Believe what is said in books. ( )
Only engage in classes of your favourite teacher’s. ( )
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According to Kevin Daum, which of the following ways of learning are correct? If not, what should you do? Why?
1) To be an active learner, it is suggested that one should …
2) Among the five suggestions/features, which is the most useful for your own learning? Why?
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
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Ask questions
Listen to the outer voice
Argue with your inner voice
Get to the truth
Focus on the message
open-minded
flexible
curious
exploratory
objective
Discussion
post-reading
Reflect on your own learning (style? efficiency?) and analyze your own strengths and weaknesses.
What improvement would you like to make?
What do you plan to do in the future?
Discussion
Grammar
We need to train ourselves to be better learners—to activity take part in the learning process and to reflect on what we have learnt.
I suggest doing five things to take an active role in your learning.
If you keep paying too much attention to it, you risk missing important information.
Be flexible in your opinions and you might end up agreeing with the speaker/writer after all.
They attempt to find the truth at the heart of each idea.
If you try to find out the source of an idea, no matter how crazy it seems, you will increase your chance of learning something.
They refuse to learn or ignore what is said because of who the speaker/writer is.
It is true that we cannot help disliking some people—this is human nature, after all.
Observing
Verb + doing Verb + doing/to do Verb + to do
suggest doing
can’t help; try
need to do
P55-9 Look at the words in the blank. Complete the following table.
advise agree avoid can’t stand don’t mind enjoy start
help like manage practise regret seem remember
advise; avoid; can’t stand; don’t mind;
enjoy; practice;
risk; keep; suggest;
agree; help; manage; seem
attempt, agree, ask,
afford, arrange;determine, decide;
start; regret; remember; like
refuse; forget, stop;
Grammar Summary
+ -ing + to-infinitive
go on Although she asked him to stop, he went on tapping his pen on the table. After the interval, Pavarotti went on to sing an aria from Tosca.
stop They stopped laughing when Malcolm walked into the room She stopped to make a cup of tea.
remember I remember going to the bank, but nothing after that. Remember to take your hat when you go out.
forget He forgot washing the car. He forgot to take the car key with him.
regret It’s too late now, but I’ll always regret asking John to do the work. I regret to inform you that your application has been unsuccessful.
Translate the sentences. Summarize the meaning of “doing” and “to do”.
后悔做过某事
忘记做过某事
接着做在做的事
停下在做的事
记得做过某事
停下某事去做另一事
停下来要去做某事(目的)
记得要去做某事
遗憾地要去做某事
忘了去做某事
Recently, I’ve managed 1__________ (become) a more active learner. When I’m reading a book or listening to my teacher, I try 2 ____________ (forget) what I’ve learnt before or what I think about the book or the person giving me the information and practice 3____________ (concentrate) on the information itself. At the beginning, I found it difficult to do this and I couldn’t help 4 ___________ (question) the ideas I was reading or hearing. But now I’ve learnt to avoid 5_________ (listen) to my inner voice all the time and sometimes I even argue with it. On the other hand, I also attempt 6_________ (ask) as many questions as I can. I ask my teachers a lot of questions and I’ve noticed that the answers to the questions have really helped me understand the topic a lot better.
to become
to ask
concentrating
to forget
listening
questioning
P 55-10 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
try to do sth. 努力做某事
try doing sth. 尝试做某事
I tried to get the fridge through the door, but it was too big and I hurt my waist.
I tried taking some aspirin, but the pain didn’t go away.
Grammar Summary
Missing this train means waiting for another hour.
I meant to give you this book today, but I forgot.
mean doing 意味着
mean to do = plan to do 打算
Grammar Summary
They like singing.
They don’t like to sing this time.
doing 表长期的
to do 表暂时、一次性
Grammar Summary
How old were you when you first started playing the piano?
I start to understand the truth.
The snow started to melt.
doing表示开始一项长期活动或开始一种习惯时
to后接know, understand, realize这类表示心理状态或精神活动的动词
物作主语时,用start to do sth.
Grammar Summary
The human brain does not always work 1.____________(automatic) so we need to train 2.__________(our) to be active learners. There are many things we can do 3.___________(become) active learners. We all have two voices—our inner voice and outer voice. Our inner voice tells us 4.________(person) opinions and our outer voice deals with opinions and things we have heard or read. If we listen to our inner voice too much, it can stop you 5.______ learning. If your inner voice is difficult to control, you can 6.________(agree) with it. One of the easiest 7.______(way) to
automatically
to become
from
personal
disagree
ourselves
ways
Summary
promote active learning is to ask questions, 8._______ helps you gain more knowledge about a topic. In a word, you should never stop 9._______(be) curious. Active learners also try to question the world around them and understand the truth deep within every idea. Finally, as active learners, we should never form opinions about people on 10.____ basis of first impressions or personal feelings.
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