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Learning Tips
In class Speak
How to learn better in class How to do better when doing
Look at your teacher and the board speaking tasks
and take notes. Look at the example given.
Listen carefully to your teacher and the CD. Use the prompts given.
Ask your teacher when you don’t understand. Use the language you have learnt.
Speak in English as much as possible. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes when you speak.
Take part in pair and group work activities. Speak only in English.
Outside the class Read
How to learn better outside the class How to do better when doing
Read the dialogues and texts from your book and reading tasks
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listen to your CD. Before you read, try to predict what the text is
Read the dialogues and texts aloud and sometimes about with the help of the pictures.
record yourself. Look for key words in the text to understand the
Study the vocabulary and grammar and then do main ideas.
your homework. Try to guess the meaning of unknown words.
Read selected texts from English magazines and Read the text quickly to understand the main
newspapers. idea.
Read English websites. Read the text carefully to understand speci ic
Listen to English songs. details.
Watch English TV programmes and DVDs. Decide in which part of the text you can ind the
information you need.
Vocabulary
How to learn vocabulary better Listen
Write down new words in a notebook. How to do better when doing
Together with the English word: listening tasks
- write the translation in your language, Before you listen, look at the pictures and read
- write an example sentence, the questions and answers carefully.
- draw or stick a picture. Before you listen, try to predict what the speakers
are going to talk about.
Put words in groups or use diagrams.
Learn whole phrases (e.g. verb+noun) not just Before you listen, try to predict what kind of
individual words. information is missing.
When you learn new words, you must remember While listening, try to understand the general
if they are verbs, nouns, adjectives, etc. idea, not every single word.
Refer to the Wordlist. While listening, don’t assume that an answer is
correct just because the speakers mention a word
Practise the spelling and pronunciation of new words. that is in the activity. Listen carefully before you
Look up unknown words in a dictionary. answer.
Regularly revise words you have learnt.
Try to use words you have recently learnt when Write
you speak or write. How to do better when doing
Grammar writing tasks
Make sure you understand what you are asked
How to learn grammar better to write.
Refer to the Grammar Reference. Plan your writing and make notes before you
Use grammar tables. write.
Have a grammar notebook. Join your ideas with and and but.
In it write: - tips and/or rules in your language, Use pronouns (he, she it, them, etc.) to avoid
- example sentences, repeating the same words.
- important grammatical points Write neatly.
e.g. irregular verbs. After you inish, check your writing. Check
Make a note of grammatical errors that you punctuation and capital letters, word order,
often make. spelling, linking words, grammar and vocabulary.
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