1、B1U5 Languages around the worldFree-talkingAfter almost a semester spent learning English in senior high school, what are your biggest problems with learning English? l dont know how to . .is a big difficulty for me. l cannot.I have no idea how/what.My biggest problem/headache is.I(also)have trouble
2、 with ReadingWhere is the passage from? How do you know? the posts from an online forum the topicthe commentsReadingNameProblemAdviceLiu WenListen to English radio programmesJia XinLi Ruitrouble with listening to native English speakershow to be polite in Englishremembering new vocabularyrepeat what
3、 you hear, record your voice and compare to the radio hostsuse short requests for close friends, longer requests for people who are not so close, more polite phrases for people senior to you?advice, problemWhat are the two factors in a piece of comment? What advice can you give to Li Rui? You might
4、try.My advice is. This worked for me.lts very important to 1. create your own word bank: carry a small notebook with you everywhere, and add new words when you learn them2. learn word chunks instead of single word3. learn word formation.Write a blog about your problem with English learning. First de
5、scribe your problem clearly, then share the convincing advice from the classmates. Hi! Ive been studying English since primary school. I used to get high marks in English, but now Im having a lot of trouble with my listening. When I listen to native English speakers talking in a video, I can catch o
6、nly a few words. I can never quite get the main idea. Any advice?My biggest headache is how to be polite in English. Its so much easier to just say “Open the window!”, but in English that can sound really terrible. I have to think about who Im talking to and then decide whether to say, “Open the win
7、dow, please!” or “Could you open the window, please?” or even longer “Would you mind opening the window, please?”For me, vocabulary is my biggest problemthere are just SO MANY new words!I cant keep all the new vocabulary straight in my head, and I certainly cant remember how to use them all properly
8、. HELP!How do they make problem description clear? Hi! Ive been studying English since primary school. I used to get high marks in English, but now Im having a lot of trouble with my listening. When I listen to native English speakers talking in a video, I can catch only a few words. I can never qui
9、te get the main idea. Any advice?My biggest headache is how to be polite in English. Its so much easier to just say “Open the window!”, but in English that can sound really terrible. I have to think about who Im talking to and then decide whether to say, “Open the window, please!” or “Could you open
10、 the window, please?” or even longer “Would you mind opening the window, please?”For me, vocabulary is my biggest problemthere are just SO MANY new words! I cant keep all the new vocabulary straight in my head, and I certainly cant remember how to use them all properly. HELP!examplecontrastbe specif
11、icbe vivid: capitalized words, punctuationPlease describe your problem clearly, then exchange your works with your deskmate to write down some convincing advice for each other. Combine the description and the advice into one passage for the blog, then give it to your another partner to assess your b
12、log with the following checklist. General content:Does the writer give a clear description of the problem?ls the advice clearly explained?Does each sentence relate to the main idea?Basic writing skills:Does the writer use pronouns to refer to things or people correctly?Does the writer use correct sp
13、elling, punctuation, and capitalisation?Are there any grammar mistakes?Get your draft back and revise it.Sample writingI have trouble with phrasal verbs. There are so many of them and it seems impossible to work out the meanings just from the words. And some of the verbs have different meanings. For
14、 example, put off can mean postpone, discourage (someone from doing something), and make someone dislike (something). I try to use phrasal verbs sometimes, but I usually use the wrong one! My classmates had some suggestions for me. One was to use flash cards and to write down the phrasal verb on one
15、 side and a sentence using the phrasal verb on the other side. Then I can study them when I have time, like on the bus. Another suggestion was to use the phrasal verb in a sentence that is true for me, so that its easy to remember. For example, I always put off doing my homework. I think my classmates gave me some good advice. Next time I hear a phrasal verb, Ill write it down and think of a sentence that uses the verb. Maybe Ill draw a picture too, to make it easier to remember.Clear?Convincing?1. Finish the writing.2. Finish the relative exercises.
