Unit 1 How can we become good learners? Section B 3a-Self Check初中英语九年级上册 RJLearning goalsWriting: Write a letter about learning English.What good ways of learning English we have learnt in thisunit? Warming upüby watching English programsüby asking the teacher for helpüby doing exercise s and reading a lot üby reading the textbooküby making word cardsüby writing to a tape and repeating out loudüby working with friends / a groupI learnEnglish …üby explaining the information to anotherstudentüby writing for just the key words üby trying many times and learning frommistakesüby writing e-mails to pen palsI learnEnglish …3a Your friend wants to improve his/her English and asks you for help. What are the three best ways to learn and why? Make some notes in the chart.Best ways to learn Reasons Examples1. Being interested in what you do If you are interested insomething, your brain willbe more active and...If you like music, you canlearn English by listeningto English songs.2.3.………You can choose information from the summary of this unit.Exchange your chart with your partner, and discuss it.I don’t think this sentence “you canlearn many new words and see howto use” is right.Emm, maybe it can be: you canlearn many new words and see howthey are used.Suggested answers:Best ways to learn Reasons Examples1. Being interested in what you do If you are interested in something, yourbrain will be more active and...If you like music, you can learnEnglish by listening to English songs.2. Reading English books If you read English books that are well-written and show good use of thelanguage, you can learn many newwords and see how they are used.If you like to read, you can learn English by reading well-known storybooks like Harry Potter or simplified versions of famous books like Pride and Prejudice.3. Watching English movies If you watch English movies, you canpractice listening to natural speech andyou can use the storyline, body language,actions and facial expressions toimprove your understanding.If you like to watch movies, you can learn English by watching popular movies like Hunger Games and Kung Fu Panda.………3b Write a letter to your friend. Give him/her some advice about the best ways to learn English. Use your notes in 3a.How to write a letter:Dear …,There are three ways …The first way is/First, …The second way/Secondly, ...The third way/Finally, …Yours sincerely,…3b Write a letter to your friend. Give him/her some advice about the best ways to learn English. Use your notes in 3a. Try to use the following expressions:•There are three good ways to …•I think you should ...•If you do this, you will ...•It is also a good idea to ... because ...•You could try to improve your English by ...•This will help you to ...3b Sample writing:Dear Wenxin,There are three good ways to learn English. One way is being interested in what you are doing. If you are interested in something, your brain will be more active and you will be more focused. If you like music, I think you should listen to English songs. If you do this, you will be able to improve your pronunciation.It is also a good idea to read English books because well-written books can teach you many new words and how they are used. You could try to improve your English by watching English movies. This will help you to improve your listening and speaking skills and you will have a chance to listen to natural speech.I hope these three ways will work well for you!Yours sincerely,Li Ting1. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.practice develop remember prepare take notes until worry about everything Are you stressed out each time you have a test? You don’thave to be if you ________ smart study skills. Rememberto __________ in class and review them on your own or with friends after class.develop Self Checktake notesThen ________ what you learned by doing exercisess.try to study and_________ information bit by bitinstead of waiting _________ the last minute tostudy_________ at once. If you ________well for a test, then there’s nothing to _____________!practice develop remember prepare take notes until worry about everythingpractice remember until everything prepare worry aboutLanguage points1. remember （教材P8 Self Check）remember to do & remember doing remember to do记得要做某事（某事未做）remember doing记得做过某事（某事已做）Ø Remember to write to us when you get there.ØI remembered closing the door.ØDon’t forget to turn off the light when you leave the room.ØHe forgot handing in his homework.forget to do & forget doing 类似表达：forget to do忘记要去做某事（某事未做）forget doing 忘记做过某事（某事已做）ØWhen you’re stressed out, you can listen to music.2. Are you stressed out each time you have a test? （教材P8 Self Check ） be stressed out 紧张的；焦虑的3. … review them on your own or …（教材P8 Self Check ）one’s 要用形容词性物主代词。
