1、THE DYNAMIC BRAIN To discuss ways to learn and develop our brian To watch and understand a video on the lesson topicTo extract specific details from a video and answer questions To give a presentationDo we continue to learn and develop our brain throughout life or are we predisposed to learn certain
2、 topics only at certain times? This video shows how our brains learn.There is a saying in English: You can never teach an old dog new tricks. Do you think we can only learn certain topics at certain times? Why?You can never teach an old dog new tricks.It is very difficult to teach someone new skills
3、 or to change someones habits or characer. 1. Do you think some people cannot learn a new skill or habit? 2. Is it easier to learn something new when you are yonger or older?Watch the video and find out the answers to the questions in Activity 1 according to Dr. Frederic Dick, a scientist in brain r
4、esearch.We can continue to learn even after the development years due to brain plasticity.Watch the video again. Find out what the video is mainly about. Choose the best answer from a, b, c.a. The latest research finding on brain research.b. Why people can learn from birth until death.c. How differe
5、nt stages of brain development affect our learning ability.What abilities or actions are best learnt or done in the two sensitive stages? Watch the first part of the video and choose from the options (a-e) for the right boxes.a. Practising motor skills.b. Learning a foreign language.c. Getting enoug
6、h visual and light input.d. Having many kinds of sounds around us.e. Studying various school subjects.Experience Expectant LearningExperience Dependent Developmentc. d.a. b. e.Watch the final part of the video and answer the question.1. What is brain plasticity? Why is it important for the function
7、of the brain? Brain plasticity means our brains can continue to change and develop in response to our experiences. It is really perhaps the fundamental organising principle in brain function.2. What is the result of the people taking juggling exercises in just three months in the 2004 research? Ther
8、e was significant expansion in areas of the brains associated with visual processing in the experiment.What did you learn from the video? What advice might you give to elderly people and parents of school children?Group A: discuss and give advice for the elderly Group B: discuss and give advice for parents of school children.What advice might you give to elderly people and parents of school children? Write a short passage.
