1、Unit 5Languages Around the WorldReading for Writing宁陕中学 l What is your biggest problem with English learning?l Who do you often ask for help when you meet these problem?Activity 1.Lead-inremeber vocabularyunderstand native speakers talk in English understand a novel.teachers friendparentsonline sour
2、ces.where are the texts from in the picture?1.Who starts this blog?2.Who commented on it?3.What is the blog mainly about?comment Activity2.Reading for main ideaproblemsadviceWhat does each of the students write about?problemgive advice+problemgive advice+problem Name Problem AdviceLiu WenJia Xins ad
3、viceJia XinLi Ruis adviceLi RuiYour adviceActivity 3 Read for detailed information Read these posts and fill in the table.(P66)NameProblemAdviceLiu Wentrouble with listening to native English speakersJia Xins adviceListen to English radio programmes,repeat what you hear,record your voice and compare
4、 to the radio hostsNameProblemAdviceJia XinLi Ruis advicehow to be polite in EnglishUse short requests for close friends,use longer requests for people who are not so close,use more polite phrases for people senior to youNameProblemAdviceLi RuiYour adviceremembering vocabulary Read a lot.When you me
5、et certain words in a text many times,you can remember them.Use or practice the words.Make sentences with the words or do exercises about the words.Review the words constantly.Hi!Ive been studying English since primary school.I used to get high marks in English,but now Im having a lot of trouble wit
6、h my listening.When I listen to native English speakers talking in a video,I can catch only a few words.I can never quite get the main idea.Any advice?Liu Wen221Im having a lot of trouble with.Listening to English radio programmes helps me get used to how fast native speakers talk.I also repeat what
7、 I hear to help myself to experience the feeling of the language.Sometimes I even record my voice so I can listen to myself and compare my pronunciation with the radio hosts!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 so
8、und 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 the window,please?”or even longer“Would you mind opening the window,please?”Jia Xin002My biggest headache is.Yeah,thats really hard!I think it all depends on who your
9、e talking to.If Im talking to a close friend,I can use short requests,like“Open the window”our relationship is close and were equals,so I only need a few words to bridge the gap between us.But if Im talking to someone who isnt very close to me,I must make my request longerand I must make it a questi
10、on,not a demand,e.g.,“Could you open the window,please?”If Im talking to someone senior to me,then I should say,“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 ca
11、nt remember how to use them all properly.HELP!Li Rui400For me,.is my biggest problem.1.But now Im having a lot of trouble with my listening.2.I can never quite get the main idea.3.My biggest headache is how to be polite in English.4.For me,vocabulary is my biggest problem.5.I cant keep all the new v
12、ocabulary straight in my head.6.I certainly cant remember how to use them all properly.Activity 4 Read for expressions Expressions related to the difficulties in learning English.Useful Sentence Structures Decribing problemsI dont know how to is a big difficulty for me.is my biggest problemI can not
13、/I can neverI have no idea how/what.My biggest problem/headache is I(also)have trouble withI have some difficulties in Giving adviceYou might try.Why not.My advice is.Its very important to.It is a good idea for you to.List your problems in learning English and brainstorm some useful advice.spoken En
14、glishunderstanding othersgrammar problemsvocabulary problemproper use of Englishlack of confidence Activity 5 Group WorkActivity 6 Writingwrite a blog about English studystate the biggest problemadviceEvaluation of the advice.is a big difficulty for me./.detailsmy classmates had some suggestions for
15、 me.detailsI think.Exchange drafts.Assess your partners work according to the checklist.General content Does the writer give a clear description of the problem?Is the advice clearly explained?Does each sentence relate to the main idea?Basic writing skills Does the writer use pronouns（代词）（代词）to refer
16、 to things or people correctly?Does the writer use correct spelling(拼写拼写),punctuation（标点符号）（标点符号）?Are there any grammar mistakes（语法错误）（语法错误）?Homework1.Revise your blogs again and hand them in.2.Post your blog to give KienelUnni Share some advice on learning Chinese.I have trouble with phrasal verbs.
17、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 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 u
18、sually use the wrong one!use flash cards on which I write down the phrasal verb and a sentence with it.In this way,I can study them when I have time.Another suggestion is to use the phrasal verb in a sentence that is true for me so that its easier to remember.Im trying them now.I hope they will work for me.One possible version：
