1、 to take notes to focus on to ask questions to pay attention to to be curious to follow instructions to receive information to be open-minded to listen to a different point of view to listen to explanations to reflect on Do our brains learn by themselves? How can we become active learners? Read the
2、first paragraph and answer the questions. 1. What do most people believe about the human brain? Is it true? Most people believe that our brain learns all by itself. No, its not always true. 2. What is active learning? Active learning is training ourselves to be better and to reflect on what we have
3、learnt. 3. What is Kevin Daum going to talk about in the article? The author is going to talk about the five things to take an active role in our learning. Read the text quickly. Write the subheadings before the corresponding paragraphs. 阅读技巧提示：选小标题，不应过于注重细节信息， 重心应放在主旨大意上，可从该段的中心句着手。 要求： 请找出每段中帮助你确定
4、标题的句子。 Listen to the outer voice Argue with your inner voice Ask questions Get to the truth Foucs on the message Check your answers. Listen to the outer voice 1. Learning actions 3. Reasons 2. Learning effects be open-minded and focus on what the speaker/writer is saying If you keep paying too much
5、attention to inner voice, you risk missing important information. be in a better position to make decisions Read the first suggestion. Identify the learning actions, reasons and learning effects in the diagram. And describe the first suggestion with an influent paragragh. In the first suggestion, we
6、 are advised to be open-minded and focus on what the speaker/writer is saying. If so, we will be in a better position to make decisions . The reason is that if you keep paying too much attention to inner voice, you risk missing important information. Do the same for the other four suggestions. 2. Ar
7、gue with your inner voice Learning actions Learning effects Think about why the speaker or writer may be right. End up agreeing with the speaker/ writer after all or at least “listen to” another point of view. ReasonsInner voice is difficult to control. Learning actions Reasons Learning effects When
8、 you get information from someone, from books or the Internet, ask two, three or more questions about the topic. Be curious. It is easiest way to promote active learning. lead you to further learning, and help you to achieve a higher level of understanding about the topic 3. Ask questions Learning a
9、ctions Reasons Learning effects Dont accept everything they learn and find the truth at the heart of each idea. Even when an idea sounds entirely unlikely, there may be an aspect of it that is based on truth. Increase your chance of learning something. 4. Get to the truth Learning actions Reasons Le
10、arning effects Dont let your feelings get in your way. Separate the message from the messenger. You may miss out on learning opportunities. Even if you dont like a person, you can still learn from him. Focus on the message 1. In small groups of five, each student chooses one suggestion so that every
11、one has a different one and introduces it to others. 2. You can think of some additional information to make your presentation more interesting and convincing. 参考句式： 1. The reason why I choose this one is that. 2. Its believed that. 3. 非限制性定语从句 4. the 比较级., the 比较级。 Are the following ways of learnin
12、g correct according to Kevin Daum? Write T (true) or F (false). If not, what should we do? Why? P54 6 1. When in class, focus on the voice expressing your own opinion. ( ) 2. If you think a speaker is wrong, argue with him/her. ( ) 3. Be curious to find more information about the topic. ( ) 4. Belie
13、ve what is said in books. ( ) 5. Only engage in classes of your favourite teachers. ( ) F F T F F be open-minded and focus on what the speaker/writer is saying. why the speaker/writer may be right think about Find the truth at the heart of each idea. Separate the message from the messenger. You can learn something from people you dislike. 1. Which is the most important suggestion? 2. what are the advantages and disadvantages of each question? Write a short article to describe how you will learn in the future.
