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Overcoming Challenges in Learning English

Discover effective strategies for studying English, tackling pronunciation, grammar, and comprehension challenges to improve language skills. Learn from the experiences of others and find your favorite study methods!

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Overcoming Challenges in Learning English

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  1. Unit 1 How do you study for a test? Section B

  2. Revision. How do you study English? I study English … • by listening to tapes. • by studying with a group. • by watching English programs on TV. • by enjoying English songs. • by taking part in English classes.

  3. by getting an English tutor. • by reading English magazines and newspaper. • by surfing the Internet. • by making flashcards. • by reading the textbook.

  4. by asking the teacher for help. • by making vocabulary lists. • by taking notes carefully. • by having the English class carefully. • by finishing my homework seriously.

  5. Background. Learning English is very important. When you search ”learning English” on the Internet. You can get 4,060,000 pieces of information.

  6. can’t pronounce some words

  7. can’t spell some English words

  8. can’t understand spoken English

  9. read very slowly

  10. can’t spell some English words

  11. make mistake in grammar

  12. What things are difficult for you? What about you? Studying English is very important. But it’s too difficult for me. I can’t pronounce some of the words. I can’t understand spoken English. I read very slowly. I can’t spell some English words. I make mistakes in grammar.

  13. 2a Paul is learning English. Listen and check ()the learning challenges he talks about. Challenges 1. can’t get the pronunciation right 2. forget a lot of new words 3. can’t always understand when people talk to me 4. can’t understand the words in magazines 5. don’t get much writing practice n.挑战    

  14. 2b Listen again. Match the challenges in 2a with the solutions. n.(问题;疑难等的)解决;解答 Solutions a. You can always write the new words in your notebook and study them at home. b. You should find a pen pal. c. Listening can help. d. Why don’t you join an English language club to practice speaking English? 2 5 1 3

  15. PAIRWORK I don’t have a partner to practice English with. Maybe you should join an English language club.

  16. 3a Read the article. Then read the statements about the article. Write “T”(for true) or “F”(for false). How I learned to learn English Last year my English class was difficult . Firstof all, it wasn’t easy for me to understand the teacher when she talked to the class. To begin with, she spoke too quickly, and I couldn’t understand every word. Later on, I realized that it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand every word. Also I was afraid to speak in class, because I thought my classmate might laugh at me.I couldn’t always make completesentences, either. first of all首先;第一 laugh at sb笑话;取笑(某人) later on以后;随后 complete adj.完整的;完全的 be afraid todo sth害怕去做… be afraid of sth/doing sthbe afraid+that引导的从句 sentencen.句子 make a sentence造句

  17. Then I started to watch English language TV. It helped a lot. I think that doing lots of listening practice is one of the secrets of becoming a good language learner. Another thing that I found very difficult was English Grammar. So I decided to take lots of grammar notes in every class. Then I started to write my own original sentences using the grammar I was learning. It’s amazing how much this helped. Now I am enjoying learning English and I got an A this term. My teacher is very impressed. secretn.秘密;机密 take notes 做笔记;做记录 learnern.学习者 enjoy doing 喜欢做…乐于做… termn.学期 impressv.使感动…;给…深刻印象impress sth on sb /impress sb with sth使某人铭记某事

  18. Read the article and write “ T” or “ F” . • The writer found learning English difficult because… • the teacher’s pronunciation was poor. • people always laughed at her when she spoke. • she had trouble making complete sentences. • English grammar was difficult. F F T T Her English improved when she started… 5. going out with English-speaking friends. 6. lots of listening practice. 7. using grammar in original sentences. F T T

  19. What isn’t easy about learning English? What do you do about this? What is your favorite way to learn more English? INTERVIEW Ask three classmates about learning English. Take notes. Then tell the class about their answer.

  20. SELFCHECK feel spell write down join find write down • You should new English words in a • vocabulary list. • 2. If you don’t know how to new words, look • them up in a dictionary. • The best way to improve your English is to an • English club. • 4. Another thing that he very difficult was • English grammar. • 5. This kind of paper very soft. spell join finds feels

  21. HOWEWORK Write an article about the things that have helped you the most in learning another language.

  22. GoodBye!

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