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Learning Tips

• Use the prompts given.
In class • Use the vocabulary and the language you have learnt.
How to learn better in class • Don’t be afraid to make mistakes when you speak.
Look at your teacher and the board and take notes. • Speak only in English.
Listen carefully to your teacher and the recording.
Ask your teacher when you don’t understand. Read
Speak in English as much as possible. How to do better when doing reading tasks
Take part in pair- and group-work activities. • Before you read, try to predict what the text is about
with the help of the title and the pictures.
Outside the class • Keep in mind that a text will most probably include
unknown vocabulary. There’s no need to panic. It does
How to learn better outside the class not mean that you won’t be able to understand the
• Read the dialogues and texts in your book and listen to text as a whole.
the recordings. • Look for key words in the text to understand the main
• Read the dialogues and texts aloud and sometimes ideas.
record yourself. • Try to guess the meaning of unknown words.
• Study the vocabulary and grammar and then do your • Read the text quickly to understand the main idea.
situations). It is easier to remember them this way.Publications
homework. • Read the text carefully to understand speci ic details.
• Read selected texts from English magazines and • Decide in which part of the text you can ind the
newspapers. information you need.
• Read English websites. • Make sure you understand who or what the pronouns
• Listen to English songs. (he, it, this, them, etc.) refer to in the text.
• Watch English TV programmes.
Listen
Vocabulary How to do better when doing listening tasks

How to learn vocabulary better • Before you listen, look at the pictures and read the
• Write down new words in a notebook. questions and answers carefully. Make sure you
Together with the English word: haven’t got any unknown words.
- write the translation in your language, • Before you listen, try to predict what the speakers are
- write an example sentence, going to talk about.
- draw or stick a picture. • Before you listen, try to predict what kind of
• Put words in groups or use diagrams. information is missing.
• Learn whole phrases (e.g. verb + noun) not just • While listening, try to understand the general idea, not
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individual words. every single word.
• Learn new words in context (in sentences describing • While listening, don’t assume that an answer is correct
just because the speakers mention a word that is in
• When you learn new words, you must remember the activity. Listen carefully before you answer.
if they are verbs, nouns, adjectives, etc.
• When you learn a new word, learning its synonyms and/ Write
or opposites can help you increase your vocabulary. How to do better when doing writing tasks
• Refer to the Wordlist. • Make sure you understand what you are asked to
• Practise the spelling and pronunciation of new words. write.
• Look up unknown words in a dictionary. • Plan your writing and make notes before you write.
• Regularly revise words you have learnt. • Plan your paragraphs. Before you start, think of the
• Try to use words you have recently learnt when ideas you are going to include in each paragraph.
you speak or write. • Group relevant information together and put it in the
same paragraph.
Grammar • Do not write very short sentences. Join your ideas with
and, but, so and because.
How to learn grammar better • Use pronouns (he, she, it, them, there, this, etc.) to
• Refer to the Grammar Reference. avoid repeating the same words.
• Use grammar tables. • When writing to a friend, start and inish your letter/
• Have a grammar notebook. In it write: email in an appropriate way. Remember to use set
- tips and/or rules in your language, phrases.
- example sentences, • When you narrate events, write the events in
- important grammatical points, e.g. irregular verbs. chronological order. Use adverbs like suddenly,
• Make a note of grammatical errors that you luckily, fortunately to make your writing more
often make. interesting.
• Use a variety of vocabulary (e.g. adjectives) and
Speak grammatical structures in your writing to make it
more interesting.
How to do better when doing speaking tasks • Write neatly.
• Before you speak, make sure you understand the task • Write your irst draft and correct it. Check punctuation
and how you should use the prompts. and capital letters, word order, spelling, linking words,
• Look at the example given. grammar and vocabulary. Then write your inal draft.
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