初中英语山东版八年级下--Unit 2 A

UNIT 2 How do you study for a test?

[00:09.67]SECTION A

[00:11.94]Language Goal:Talk about how to study

[00:17.88]1a Check (√)the ways you study for an English

[00:22.19]test.

[00:23.73]Then add other ways you sometimes use.

[00:28.26]by working with friends

[00:31.28]by listening to tapes

[00:34.34]by making flashcards

[00:37.70]by asking the teacher for help

[00:41.81]by reading 1 the textbook 2

[00:45.50]by making vocabulary 3 lists

[00:49.52]I study by making flashcards.

[00:53.62]Mei   Antonio   Pierre

[00:59.56]1b Listen.How do these students study for a test

[01:06.10]Write letters from the pictures above.

[01:09.47]Hey,gang.There's a big test on Tuesday.

[01:12.46]I really need some help.Can you tell me how you

[01:15.25]study for a big test?

[01:17.18]Sure!Yes.Sure we will.

[01:20.17]You did really well on the last English test,

[01:22.57]didn't you,Mei?

[01:24.02]Yeah,I did OK.

[01:25.71]Well,how did you study?

[01:28.43]By making flashcards.

[01:30.32]Maybe I'll try that.How did you study,Pierre?

[01:34.07]By asking the teacher for help.

[01:36.02]She was really happy I asked.

[01:37.99]That's interesting,How do you study,Antonio?

[01:41.41]I like to study by listening to tapes.

[01:44.33]But sometimes my mother thinks I'm listening to

[01:46.74]music.And then she gets mad.

[01:50.14]Oh,well...

[01:52.99]1c  PAIRWORK

[01:55.37]Ask your partner how he or she studies for a

[01:58.85]test.

[02:00.85]How do you study for a test?

[02:03.22]I study by working with a group

[02:07.74]2a Listen and check (√) the questions you hear.

[02:13.23]Welcome to the English club.

[02:15.86]Today we're going to talk about the best ways to

[02:18.82]learn English.  Who has an idea?

[02:22.50]Do you learn English by watching English-

[02:25.38]language videos?

[02:26.95]No.It's too hard to understand the voices.

[02:30.88]What about keeping a diary in English?

[02:34.30]Do you learn English that way?

[02:36.99]I think so.It helps to write English every day.

[02:40.64]Have you ever studied with a group?

[02:43.77]Yes,I have!I've learned 4 a lot that way.

[02:47.40]Do you ever practice conversations with friends?

[02:51.11]Oh,yes.It improves my speaking skills.

[02:54.41]What about reading aloud to practice

[02:57.07]pronunciation?

[02:58.80]I do that sometimes.I think it helps.

[03:01.70]I do too.And I always look up new words in a

[03:04.46]dictionary.That's a great idea!

[03:08.01]2b Listen again.Match each question above with

[03:12.58]an answer below.

[03:15.69]2c  PAIRWORK

[03:18.53]Make conversations using the information from

[03:22.04]2a and 2b.

[03:25.48]Have you ever studied with a group?

[03:28.01]Yes,I have.I've learned a lot that way.

[03:33.50]Grammar Focus 5

[03:35.85]How do you study for a test?

[03:38.37]I study by listening to tapes.

[03:41.70]How do you learn English?

[03:44.14]I learn by studying with a group.

[03:47.38]Do you learn English by reading aloud?

[03:50.11]Yes,I do.

[03:52.37]Do you ever practice conversations with friends?

[03:55.77]Oh,yes.It improves my speaking skills.

[04:00.33]Have you ever studied with a group?

[04:03.59]Yes,I have.I've learned a lot that way.

[04:08.63]3a  Read the article and complete the chart 6.

[04:15.95]How do you learn best?

[04:19.38]This week we asked students at New Star High

[04:24.19]School about the best ways to learn more English

[04:28.59]Many said they learnt by using English.

[04:31.79]Some students had more specific 7 suggestions.

[04:35.92]Lillian Li,for example,said the best way to

[04:39.61]learn new words was by reading English magazines

[04:44.18]She said that memorizing the words of pop songs

[04:47.42]also helped a little.

[04:49.42]When we asked about studying grammar,she said,

[04:52.90]"I never study grammar.It's too boring.

[04:57.90]Wei Ming feels differently.He's been learning 8

[05:01.35]English for six years and really loves it.

[05:05.17]He thinks studying grammar is a great way to

[05:07.91]learn a language.

[05:09.95]He also thinks that watching English movies

[05:13.25]isn't a bad way because he can watch the actors

[05:16.04]say the words.

[05:18.18]Sometimes,however,he finds watching movies

[05:21.53]frustrating because the people speak too quickly

[05:26.86]Liu Chang said that joining the English club at

[05:29.77]school was the best way to improve her English.

[05:33.89]Students get lots of practice and they also have

[05:36.72]fun.

[05:38.81]She added 9 that having conversations with friends

[05:41.54]was not helpful at all.

[05:43.90]"We get excited about something and then end up

[05:47.11]speaking in Chinese,"she said.

[05:51.08]3b  PAIRWORK

[05:54.03]Role play.Student A,pretend to be one of the

[05:59.06]people in 3a.

[06:01.82]Student B,interview Student A about learning

[06:05.86]English.

[06:07.51]I'm doing a survey about learning English.

[06:10.75]Can I ask you some questions?

[06:12.89]Sure.Great!What's your name?

[06:17.11]Wei Ming.

[06:18.67]And how do you learn English,Wei Ming?

[06:23.42]4 PAIRWORK

[06:26.27]Check(√)what you do to learn English.

[06:29.24]Then interview your partner.

[06:31.95]Do you write vocabulary lists?

[06:34.74]Oh,yes.I do it often.

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