Lesson

1

Active

Learning2024/4/181Unit9

Learningtotakenotestoreflectontobeopen-mindedWhatdoactivelearnersdo?

Thinkaboutwhomaybeanactivelearnerinyourclass.

Usethephrasesbelowtohelpyou.tofocusontopayattentiontotolistentoadifferentpointofviewtoaskquestionstobecurious1.Thepassageislikelytoappearina/n

____.A.novel

B.

guidebrochureC.educationalmagazine D.bookreviewPre-readingSkimthetitleandthepassage,anddothefollowing

exercises.√2.Whatisthestructureofthepassage?154326154326154326154326A.B.C.D.√Task

1:

Read

the

first

paragraph.

Answer

the

following

questions.What

do

most

people

believe

about

the

human

brain?

Is

it

true?What

is

active

learning?What

is

Kevin

Daum

going

to

talk

about

in

the

article?Most

people

believe

that

our

brain

learns

automatically.

But,

it’s

not

true.Active

learning

is/refersto

training

ourselves

to

be

better

learners,

to

actively

take

part

in

the

learning

process.Kevin

Daum

is

going

to

talk

about

how

to

take

an

active

role

in

learning.Reading1.Findthesubheadingforthecorrespondingparagraph.

1A.Askquestions2

B.Gettothetruth3

C.Listentooutervoice4

D.Focusonthemessage5

E.Arguewithyourinnervoice2.Thetextismainlyabout___________________________.howtobecomeanactivelearnerActivity1

Fast-readingformainideasReadingTask

2:

Read

the

text.

Match

the

subheadings

with

the

corresponding

paragraphs.AskquestionsGettothetruthListentotheoutervoiceFocusonthemessageArguewithyourinnervoice__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________AskquestionsListen

to

the

outer

voiceArgue

with

your

inner

voiceGet

to

the

truthFocus

on

the

messageReadingThetextismainlyabout___________________________.howtobecomeanactivelearnerTask

3:

Read

the

first

suggestion

and

fill

in

the

form.SuggestionTraitLearning

ActionsReasonsLearning

EffectsListen

to

the

outer

voiceFocusonwhatthespeaker/

writerissaying

rather

than

what

their

brain

says

in

the

background.1)

Useful

as

inner

voice

can

be,

it

canalso

getinthewayoflearning.

2)

Payingtoomuchattentiontoinner

voice,

one

mayriskmissingimportantinformation.Activelearnersareinabetterpositiontomakedecisions.open-mindedReadingTask

3:

Read

the

second

suggestion

and

fill

in

the

form.SuggestionTraitLearning

ActionsReasonsLearning

EffectsArguewith

yourinnervoiceThinkaboutwhyothers

mayberight.1)

Yourinnervoiceisdifficulttocontrol.2)

Yourinnervoicedeniesothers’

opinions.√You

may

endupagreeingwithothers.

?Ifnot,youhaveatleast“listenedto”

anotherpointofview.flexibleReadingReadingTask

3:

Read

the

third

suggestion

and

fill

in

the

form.SuggestionTraitLearning

ActionsReasonsLearning

EffectsAskquestionsAskmorequestionsaboutthetopicthatisinvolvedintheinformationwhereveryougetit.Asking

questions

is

theeasiestwaytopromoteactivelearning.Theanswerswillleadyoutofurtherlearning,andhelpyoutoachieveahigherlevelofunderstanding

aboutthetopic.curiousTask

3:

Read

the

fourth

suggestion

and

fill

in

the

form.SuggestionTraitLearning

ActionsReasonsLearning

EffectsGettothetruth1)

Findthetruthattheheartof

eachidea.2)

Trytofindoutthesourceofanidea,nomatterhowcrazyitseems.1)Donotaccepteverythingyoulearn.

2)Evenwhenanideasoundsentirelyunlikely,theremaybeanaspect

ofitthat

isbasedontruth.Youwillincreaseyourchance

oflearningsomething.exploratoryReadingSuggestionTraitLearning

ActionsReasonsLearning

EffectsFocusonthemessageobjective1)

Separatethemessage

fromthemessenger.2)

Do

not

judge

people

basedonfirstimpressionsorpersonalfeelings.1)Manypeoplemissoutonlearningiftheylet

their

personal

feelings

get

in

the

way.2)Judgingpeoplebyfirstimpressionsprevents

youfrom

learning

from

them.Learningopportunitiesareeverywhere,whichcanhelp

active

learners

learn

allthetime.Task

3:

Read

the

fifth

suggestion

and

fill

in

the

form.ReadingWheninclass,focusonthevoiceexpressingyourownvoice.()Ifyouthinkaspeakeriswrong,arguewithhim/her.()Becurioustofindmoreinformationaboutthetopic.()Believewhatissaidinbooks.()Onlyengageinclassesofyourfavouriteteacher’s.(

)TFFFFTask

4:

According

to

Kevin

Daum,

which

of

the

following

ways

of

learning

arecorrect?

If

not,

what

should

you

do?

Why?ReadingTherearemanythingswecandotobecomebetterlearners.Weallhavetwovoices.Ourinnervoicetellsuspersonalopinionsandouroutervoicedealswithothers’opinionsandthingswehaveheard.Ifwelistentoourinnervoicetoomuch,itcan1blockusfromlearning.Ifyourinnervoiceisdifficulttocontrol,youcan2disagreewithit.Oneofthebestwaystopromoteactivelearningistoaskquestions.Thishelpsyou3gainmoreknowledge

aboutatopic.4Inaword,weshouldneverstopbeingcurious.Activelearnersalso5tryto

questiontheworldaroundthemandunderstandthetruth6deepwithineveryidea.Finally,asactivelearners,weshouldneverformopinionsaboutpeople7onthebasisof

firstimpressions.getinthewayoflearningarguewithachieveahigherlevelofunderstandingInshortattempttoattheheartofbasedonUsethephrasestoreplacetheunderlinedparts.(Ex.8,P55)Practice1)

To

be

an

active

learner,

it

is

suggested

that

one

should

…2)

Among

the

five

suggestions/features,

which

is

the

most

useful

for

your

own

learning?

Why?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Ask

questionsListen

to

the

outer

voiceArgue

with

your

inner

voiceGet

to

the

truthFocus

on

the

messageopen-mindedflexiblecuriousexploratoryobjectiveDiscussionReflect

on

your

own

learning

(style?

efficiency?)

and

analyze

your

own

strengths

and

weaknesses.What

improvement

would

you

like

to

make?What

do

you

plan

to

do

in

the

future?DiscussionExampleUseful

as

inner

voice

can

be,

it

canalso

getinthewayof

learning.Manypeoplemissoutonlearningopportunitiesbecausetheylettheirfeelingsgetintheway.Exercises:

Translate

the

following

sentences.

1)社交生活一定不能妨礙你的學習。

Yoursociallifemustnotgetinthewayof

your

studies.2)他不會讓情緒妨礙他的工作。

He

wouldn’t

allow

emotions

to

get

in

the

way

of

him

doing

his

job.get

in

the

waytopreventsomeonefromdoingsth.

妨礙，擋道NotesExample

Even

when

an

idea

sounds

entirely

unlikely,

there

may

be

an

aspect

of

it

that

is

based

on

truth.Exercises:

Translate

the

sentences

and

focus

on

the

subject

(主語)

and

the

voice

(語態)

of

each

sentence.

1)

這部小說是以歷史事實為根據的。

Thisnovelisbasedonhistoricalfacts.

2)

我把希望寄托在我們昨天得到的好消息上。

I

base

myhopeson

thegoodnewswehadyesterday.base

sth.

on

sth.usesthasgrounds,evidence,etcforsthelse以某事物為另一事物的根據、證據等【考點鏈接】人做主語常用主動語態，表示“人以……為依據”物做主語常用被動語態，表示“該事物基于……”NotesExample

Be

flexible

in

your

opinions

and

you

might

end

up

agreeing

with

the

speaker/writer

after

all.Translate

the

following

sentences.

1）她如果繼續這么花錢，最終會分文不剩。

She’ll

end

up

penniless

if

she

continues

to

spend

like

that.

2）我們計劃驅車游覽歐洲，我們將最終到達莫斯科（Moscow）。

We

plan

to

travel

across

Europe

by

car

and

we

will

end

up

in

Moscow.end

up

doing

sth.end

up

in

+

n.

reachacertainplace,stateoraction

最終到達或來到某處，

達到某狀態或采取某行動NotesExample

Even

when

an

idea

sounds

entirely

unlikely,

there

may

be

an

aspect

of

it

that

is

based

on

truth.

Translate

the

following

sentences.1)不太可能下雨。It

is

unlikely

to

rain.2)她很可能會給我打電話。It’sverylikely

thatshe’llringme.She

is

likely

to

ring/call

me.likely

unlikely

adj.be

likely/unlikely

to

do

sth.likely:

或有可能的unlikely:

未必會發生的NotesReflect

on

what

you

have

learnt

about

active

learning.

Write

a

summary

of

the

text

and

your

reflections

on

it.Assignment1.Whatdoestheauthoragreewith?A.Humanbrainalwayslearnsautomatically.B.Wecandonothingtochangeourwayoflearning.C.Wecanbecomebetterlearnersbytraining.D.Onecan’tlearnwellwithoutteachers.2.Accordingtoparagraph1,activelearningincludes

.A.learningallbyourselvesB.activeparticipationC.goingoverwhatwehavelearntD.bothBandCPara.1√√Activity2

Careful-readingfor

details1.Ifyoulistentotheouter-voice,

.A.youwillexpressyourpersonalopinionsbetterB.youwillmakebetterdecisionsC.youwillignoreothers’opinionsD.youwillconcentrateonwhatyourbrainissaying2.Bywhatmeansdoestheinnervoicegetinthewayoflearning?Para.2√Ifyoukeeppayingtoomuchattentiontoyourinnervoice,youriskmissingimportantinformation.1.Whatshouldyoudoifyouthinkanotherpersoniswrong?A.Followyourheart.B.Arguewithhim/her.C.Thinkinhis/hershoes.D.Agreewithhim/herunconditionally.Para.3√2.Howdoyouunderstandthesentence“Ifnot,atleastyouhave‘listenedto’anotherpointofview.”?Eventhoughyoudon’tagreewiththespeakerorwriter,youhaveconsideredotheropinioncarefully.Whatcanweinferfromparagraph4?A.Wemustaskothersquestionswhenlearningknowledge.B.Themorequestions，thebetterunderstanding.C.Alearnercan’tbetoocurioustofindinformationaboutthetopic.D.Wemustaskeasyquestionstopromoteactivelearning.Para.4√1.Whatdoestheauthormeanbysaying“Activelearnersdonotaccepteverythingtheylearn.”?A.Theydon’tacceptanythingtheylearn.B.Theyonlyacceptsomeofwhattheylearn.C.Theydosomethingmorethanjustacceptingknowledge.D.Theyrejectanideawhenitisunreasonable.2.Whydodinosaursmentionedinthisparagraph?Para.5Toshowhowanactivelearnertriestofindthetruthattheheartofeachideaeventhoughitsoundscrazy.√1.Howshouldweavoidmissingoutonlearningopportunities?A.Byignoringwhatissaidbypeoplewedon’tlike.B.Byjudgingpeoplebasedonfirstimpressions.C.Byagreeingtowhateverourfriendssay.D.Byseparatingthemessagefromthemessenger.Para.62.Howdoestheauthordevelopthisparagraph?A.Byanalyzingcausesandeffects.B.Bygivingexamples.C.Bylistingnumbers.D.Bymakingcomparisons.√√Activity3

Filltheformandtrytoretellthetext.Thehumanbraindoesnotalwayswork1.____________(automatic)soweneedtotrain2.__________(our)tobeactivelearners.Therearemanythingswecando3.___________(become)activelearners.Weallhavetwovoices—ourinnervoiceandoutervoice.Ourinnervoicetellsus4.________(person)opinionsandouroutervoicedealsw