Unit 15 Learning Warm-up 教学课件.ppt

Raphael. The School of Athens, 1509 What does this picture mainly talk about?Can you think of some idioms about learning? Knowledge is power. (知识就是力量)。 Learning is the eye of the mind.(学识乃心灵之慧眼) It is never too old to learn.(活到老，学到老） If you want knowledge, you must toil for it. (要想求知，就得吃苦 ) Remember: We should always be a continuous/ life-long learner. Study smart, not just study hard. Fill in the blanks Dava:I_______ new words several times on paper. this helps me spelling, too. oh, and I also ____little pictures in my vocabulary book, you know, for “fur Id maybe draw a fur coat. and I also _______ of the textbook in my head, you know, photos might help me remember a few words, even grammar structures. analytical Tonghuan: mm, it’s hard to say. it depends on the words, but I often sort of _____ a word by breaking it up into different parts, you know, like “entertain—ment” and this helps me understand how they fit together. sometimes a word _____ similar to another word in Chinese, which helps me remember it. self--testing Xiaofang:This may sound silly, but I have a jar in my room. I write translation of new words on bits of paper and put them in the jar. After a week, I open the jar and see if I can _____ the words in English and I write translations in my vocabulary book and ask my mom to ____ me . And sometimes I test myself on my way to school .you know ,I say things in English to myself. * * Unit15 Warm-up Memory quiz: How many words of the following can you remember in two minutes. letter,serious,heart,philosophy,envolope,page,arrow,2000 years, oxygen, scarf, rabbit, tick, five o’clock, empty, hat, ox, universe, fur, hair, amazing, world, half an hour Learn the following memory strategies. Maybe they are helpful to you in learning English. Read the list of words quietly a few times. Repeat the words aloud. Begin with one word, then two,then three and so on. *Think of the items visually, e.g. a picture of an envelope. *Make connect