UNIT 6 How do you study for a test?
SECTION A
1b Listen. How do these students study for test? Write letters from the picture above.
2a Listen and check (P) the questions you hear.
2b Listen again and match question above with an answer below.
3a Read the article and complete the chart.
How do you learn best?
This week we asked students at New Star High School about the best was to learn more English.
Many said they learn by using English.
Some students had more specific suggestions.
Lillian Li, for example, said the best way to learn new words was by reading English magazines.
She said that memorizing the words of pop songs also helped a little.
When we asked about studying grammar, she said, "I never study grammar.
It's too boring."
Wei Ming feels differently.
He's been learning English for six years and really loves it.
He thins studying grammar is a great way to learn a language.
He also thinks that watching English movies isn't a bad way because he can watch the actors say the words.
Sometimes, however, he finds watching movies frustration because the people speak too quickly.
Liu Chang said that joining the English club at school was the best way to improve her English.
Students get lot of practice and the also have fun.
She added that having conversations with friends was not helpful at all.
"We get excited about something and then end up speaking in Chinese." She said.
SECTON B
2a Paul is learning English. Listen and check (P) the learning challenges the talks about.
2b Listen again. Match the challenges in 2a with the solutions.
3a Read the article. Then read the statements about the article. Write "T" (for ture ) or "F" (for false).
How I learned to learn English
Last year my English class was difficult for me.
First of all, it wasn't easy for to understand the teacher when she talked to the class.
To begin with, she spoke too quickly, and I couldn't understand every word.
Later on, I realized that it doesn't matter if you don't understand every word.
Also I was afraid to speak in class, because I thought my classmates might laugh at me.
I couldn't always make complete sentences, either.
Then I started to watch English-language TV.
It helped a lot.
I think that doing lots of listening practice is one of the secrets of becoming a good language learner.
Another thing that I found very difficult was English grammar.
So I decided to take lots of grammar notes in every class.
Then I started to write my own original sentences using the grammar I was learning.
It's amazing how much this helped.
Now I am enjoying learning English and I got an A this term.
My teacher is very impressed.