Unit9Learning

Lesson1ActiveLearningAnActiveLearnerActivity1Whatdoactivelearnersdo?ActivelearnersAreyouanactivelearner?Do/Areyou…?takenotesfocuson…askquestionsreflecton…payattentionto…listentoadifferentpointofviewcuriousopen-minded…Activity1Activity2Beforeyouread,discussthefollowingquestions.1.Doourbrainslearnbythemselves?2.Howcanwebecomeactivelearners?Activity3Readthefirstparagraphandanswerquestions.1.Whatdomostpeoplebelieveaboutthehumanbrain?Isittrue?2.Whatisactivelearning?3.WhatisKevinDaumgoingtotalkaboutinthearticle?Activity3Readthefirstparagraphandanswerquestions.1.Whatdomostpeoplebelieveaboutthehumanbrain?Isittrue?2.Whatisactivelearning?3.WhatisKevinDaumgoingtotalkaboutinthearticle?Mostpeoplebelievethatourbrainlearnsautomatically.But,it’snottrue.Activelearningistrainingourselvestobebetterlearners,toactivelytakepartinthelearningprocess.KevinDaumisgoingtotalkabouthowtotakeanactiveroleinyourlearning.

Mostpeopleassumethatthehumanbrainisseton

“automatic”-thatmeansitlearnsallbyitself.Butthisisn’talwaystrue.Weneedtotrainourselvestobebetterlearners-toactivelytakepartinthelearningprocessandtoreflectonwhatwehavelearnt.Thesekindsoflearningbehavioursarecalled“activelearning”.Isuggestdoingfivethingstotakeanactiverole

inyourlearning.Activity4Findthesubheadingforthecorrespondingparagraphs.AskquestionsGettothetruthListentotheoutervoiceFocusonthemessageArguewithyourinnervoice12345Activity5Identifythelearningactions,reasonsandlearningeffectsforteachsuggestion.1.ListentotheoutervoiceLearningactions:________________________________Reasons:________________________________Learningeffects:________________________________1.ListentotheoutervoiceLearningeffects:________________________________Learningactions:__________________________________Reasons:___________________________________InabetterpositiontomakedecisionsFocusonwhatthespeaker/writerissaying,notonwhattheirbrainissayinginthebackground.Theoutervoicetellsyouaboutopinionsfromwhatyouhearorread.Therearetwokindsofvoices:theinnervoiceandtheoutervoice.Yourinnervoiceexpressesyourpersonalopinions,whiletheoutervoicetellsyouaboutopinionsfromwhatyouhearorread.Althoughyourinnervoicecanbeuseful,itcanalsogetinthewayoflearning.Ifyoukeeppayingtoomuchattentiontoit,youriskmissingimportantinformation.Instead,activelearnersareopen-mindedandfocusonwhatthespeaker/writerissaying,notonwhattheirbrainissayinginthebackground.Inthisway,theyareinabetterpositiontomakedecisions.Ifyoufindyourinnervoicedifficulttocontrol,youcanarguewithitasmostactivelearnersdo.Whenyourinnervoicetellsyouaspeaker/writeriswrong,thinkaboutwhythespeaker/writermayberight.Beflexibleinyouropinionsandyoumightendupagreeingwiththespeaker/writerafterall.Ifnot,atleastyouhave“listenedto”anotherpointofview.Askingquestionsistheeasiestwaytopromoteactivelearning.Whenyougetinformationfromsomeone,frombooksortheInternet,asktwo,three,evenfivequestionsaboutthetopic.Theanswerswillleadyoutofurtherlearning,andtheveryactofworkingoutquestionswillhelpyoutoachieveahigherlevelofunderstandingaboutthetopic.Inshort:Donotstopbeingcurious.Activelearnersdonotaccepteverythingtheylearn.Theyattempttofindthetruthattheheartofeachidea.Evenwhenanideasoundsentirelyunlikely,theremaybeanaspectofitthatisbasedontruth.Soifsomeonesaysthatdinosaursstillexisttoday,thinkaboutwhytheybelievethis.Wheredoestheideacomefrom?Dotheyhaveenoughdatatosupporttheirviews?Ifyoutrytofindoutthesourceofanidea,nomatterhowcrazyitseems,youwillincreaseyourchanceoflearningsomething.Manypeoplemissoutonlearningopportunitiesbecausetheylettheirfeelingsgetintheway.Theyrefusetolearnorignorewhatissaidbecauseofwhothespeaker/writeris.Itistruethatwecannothelpdislikingsomepeople-thisishumannature,afterall.Butdonotforgetyoucanstilllearnfromthem.Activelearnersdonotjudgepeoplebasedonfirstimpressionsorpersonalfeelings.Instead,theyseparatethemessagefromthemessenger.Thisgoestheotherwayaswell-donotjustassumethatsomepeoplearealwaysrightbecauseofwhotheyareorjustbecausetheyareyourfriends.Activity6Whatisthemostusefulsuggestion?Introduceittoothers.1.Listentotheoutervoice2.Arguewithyourinnervoice3.Askquestions4.Gettothetruth5.FocusonthemessageActivity7WriteTorF.Ifit’sfalse,whatshouldwedo?Why?Wheninclass,focusonthevoiceexpressingyourownopinion.()Ifyouthinkaspeakeriswrong,arguewithhim/her.()Becurioustofindmoreinformationaboutthetopic.()Believewhatissaidinbooks.()Onlyengageinclassesofyourfavouriteteachers.()FFTFFChoosethebestansweraccordingtothetext.1)Mostpeoplebelievethat___.A.weneedtotrainourselvestobebetterlearners.B.thehumanbrainlearnsallbyitself.C.weneedtoactivelytakepartinthelearningprocess.D.itisn’talwaystruethatthehumanbrainisseton“automatic”2)Howmanysuggestionsaregiveninthetexttotakeanactiveroleinlearning?A.FiveB.FourC.ThreeD.Six3)Whichoneistheeasiestwaytopromoteactivelearning?A.Listeningtotheoutervoice.B.Arguingwithyourinnervoice.C.Askingquestions.D.Gettingtothetruth.4)Whatcanwelearnfromthetext?A.Theoutervoiceexpressesyourpersonalopinions.B.Activelearnersfocusonwhattheirbrainissayinginthebackground.C.Activelearnersaccepteverythingtheylearn.D.Activelearnersdon’tjudgepeoplebasedonfirstimpressionsorpersonalfeelings.Activity8Readthesummary.Payattentiontotheunderlinedparts.Therearemanythingswecandotobecomebetterlearners.Weallhavetwovoices.Ourinnervoicetellsuspersonalopinionsandouroutervoicedealswithothers’opinionsandthingswehaveheard.Ifwelistentoourinnervoicetoomuch,itcan1blockusfromlearning.Ifyourinnervoiceisdifficulttocontrol,youcan2disagreewith

it.Oneofthebestwaystopromoteactivelearningistoaskquestions.Thishelpsyou3gainmoreknowledge

aboutatopic.4Inaword,weshouldneverstopbeingcurious.Activelearnersalso5trytoquestiontheworldaroundthemandunderstandthetruth6deepwithin

everyidea.Finally,asactivelearners,weshouldneverformopinionsaboutpeople7onthebasisof

firstimpressions.Usethephrasesbelowtoreplacetheunderlinedparts.Inshort basedon attheheartof attempttoarguewith achieveahigherlevelofunderstanding getinthewayoflearning1blockusfrom

learning __________________________2disagreewith __________________________3gainmoreknowledge __________________________4Inaword __________________________5tryto __________________________6deepwithin __________________________7onthebasisof __________________________getinthewayoflearningarguewithachieveahig