1、Unit 15 Lesson 1Unit 15Unit 15Lesson 1 Lesson 1 Life-long Learning Life-long Learning For most people,learning is something they should do all their life.It is important to continue studies after formal education.You will find many ways for post-education,as long s you would like to go on with your
2、studies.Mini survey Collect information of the education your father or mother has ever had.WhoJobYears of workingSchooleducationPost educationReasonTalk about the necessity and importance of life-long learning.Ask about the education of each others father or mother,using the information collected.1
3、.When and where did your father graduate?2.Whats your fathers present job?And how long has he been working?3.Has he ever had any post education?4.What does he think of post education?5.What do think of the necessity and importance of post education?Work in group.Talk about the changes in your city a
4、nd the necessity and importance to continue learning.Collect information while others are speaking.TimeTelecommunicationElectronicsWorkplace20 years agoPresentIn 10 or 20 years Questions for discussion:1.How did people communicate 20 years ago?How do they do it now?2.How much did people use electron
5、ics 20 years ago?Whats the situation now?3.What was the workplace like 20 years ago?How have things changed?4.How can people keep up with the changing world?Read the article and find the main idea for each paragraph and that for the article.NumberTopicDetails 1 2 3 4 5Article12345Supporting details:
6、Paragraph 1:Reasons for Life-long Learning:1.To keep up with the fast changing world.2.To enrich working experience,to develop new skills,and to meet new challenges.Supporting details:Paragraph 2:Effective Life-long Learning:1.Not only to collect formal qualifications;2.To form habits to help one st
7、udy;3.To develop attitudes to make one receptive to learning.Supporting details:Paragraph 3:Relationship between learning habits and attitudes:1.Habits help one in learning include time management,notice taking,analysis and writing.2.Learning attitudes include being open-minded,and expecting to lear
8、n something new and valuable.Supporting details:Paragraph 4:Ideal place for life-long learning:1.Schools supply support and resources;2.School is the place to develop learning skills.Supporting details:Paragraph 5:Learning that will go with you through your career 1.One must be ready for unpredictab
9、le changes;2.One must be ready to keep oneself up-to-date with any challenge.Reread the article and answer the questions according to it,using the information you have collected.1.What are the major differences between the work and study of today compared to 20 years ago?2.Why is life-long learning
10、so important for people today?3.What is life-long learning for and why is it important to be a life-long learner?4.What do you need to be a good life-long learner?5.What do you need to do today to prepare yourself to be a life-long learner?Differences between work and study today compared to 20 year
11、s agoTimeWorkStudy20 years agoTodayWorked in the same jobA special skill or professionChanging jobLearn new thingsLearn to enrich work experience,develop new skills1.20 years ago,people worked in the same job from graduation till retirement,so they learned a special skill for the job.But today,in or
12、der to keep up with the fast changing world people have to continue their study all their life.2.Today,jobs are changing and developing so fast that if you dont continue your study,you will fall behind the competitive job markets.3.Life-long learning enable you to be ready for the unpredicted change
13、 and to develop your skills to meet one and another challenge in your career,so you should be a life-long learner to keep the fast changing world.4.To be a life-long learner,you should form the habits to help you study and develop attitudes to make you receptive to learning.5.To be a life-long learn
14、er,one needs to develop learning skills and learn how to learn.Test your memory:Put in the missing words according to the article.Today you cannot _ that completing a course will Today you cannot _ that completing a course will give you _ that will see you through your give you _ that will see you t
15、hrough your career.Change is _ and you must be ready for it.career.Change is _ and you must be ready for it.In fact,there is no profession that doesnt _ constant In fact,there is no profession that doesnt _ constant learning.But this is not something to be _ of.All you learning.But this is not somet
16、hing to be _ of.All you need to do is to _ learning skills and learn how to learn need to do is to _ learning skills and learn how to learn so that you are ready to keep yourself _with any so that you are ready to keep yourself _with any changes that come your way.Be _,have the changes that come you
17、r way.Be _,have the right _,and be ready for the next _.right _,and be ready for the next _.assumequalificationsunpredictablerequirescareddevelopup-to-dateopen-mindedattitudechallengeWhat do they mean?Read the article again and guess the meaning of the words and expressions.Look them up in the dicti
18、onary to see if you are right.Constantly From time to time Aim Enrich Competitive Commit oneself to Qualification Receptive to Ideal Invest time in doing Assume See.through Be scared of 1.Constantly:continuously One should learn constantly in order to keep up with the fast changing world.2.From time
19、 to time:occasionally,once in a time,sometimes While I was in New York,some friends of mine visited me from time to time.3.Aim(v):have an aim We aim to make greater contributions to our country.4.Enrich:make richer Reading widely can enrich our knowledge.5.Competitive Liking competition or inclined
20、to compete Keep on learning,or you fall behind the competitive job market.6.Commit oneself to devote oneself to Many adults commit themselves to life-long learning.7.Qualification A quality,an ability,or an accomplishment that makes a person suitable for a particular position or task.8.Receptive to
21、Ready or willing to receive favorably receptive to their proposals9.Ideal A conception of something in its absolute perfection.ideal job10.Invest in To spend or devote for future advantage or benefit:invested much time and energy in getting a good education.11.Assume To take upon oneself:assume resp
22、onsibility;assume anothers debts.12.See.through To understand the true character or nature of:We saw through his superficial charm.13.Be scared of:be afraid of Dont be scared of any difficulty.Grammar:Third conditionalListen to the first part of an interview.Collect information about their life-long
23、 learning experiences.NameSubject studiesReasons for studyWay to studyResult of effortListen to the the second part of the interview,and complete the conditional sentences.IfMain clauseIf someone life me _ Into university through the college exam,he _ no chance of getting a degree.If a person _ for
24、a company for 20 years,he _ there until retirement.In the past,if I _ my graduation,I _ them in person.Work in pair and make up more sentences.Assignment Interview a person in an important position,such as a manager,a headmaster of a school,a doctor,etc,about their post education and write a passage about life-long learning.
