Objectives:
by the end of the lessone 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.
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A. Think about how you
yoursalf learn English.jot down a few points quickly and then compare them with
those of other students in your group.
Talk with teachers/friends
Listen to the radio/ television
Watch English films
Read textbooks
Read newspapers and magazines
Write letters
Read grammar books
Do translations
Memorise conversational English
B. Read the following passage about how a new language can be learn.
Two friends, David and Habib, wanted
to learn how to ride a cycle. Habib bought a book called how to ride a cycle
and started reading it. On the other hand,David took out his cycle on the street
and started trying to ridging it.he fell off several times and Habib laughed at him.
However, by the time Habib finished
the first chapter of his book, David was riding his cycle fairly well. Habib
knew how the cycle worked but did not know how to use it. David did not need to
know everything about how his cycle worked but he know how to use it from
first-hand experience.
Learning a language is like riding a
cycle. The most important thing about any 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 David learn 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 Habib’s problem in learning
to ride a cycle?
3.how is learning a language similar
to ride 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 to only by
writing.
