主講人 : 中央大學語言中心 劉詠華老師 April 30 th , 2010

2. 主講人: 中央大學語言中心 劉詠華老師 April 30th, 2010

3. Outline1.何謂【自學】2. 英語自學Know-How -- Listening & Speaking -- Reading & Writing3. 英語自學資源導覽4. Q & A

4. Self-paced Learning DefinitionIn self-paced learning, the content,learning sequence, pace of learning and possibly even the media are determined by the individual.

5. ListeningTwo basic processes: 1. Top-down processing Meaning  Language 2. Bottom-up processing Language Meaning

6. How to Practice Top-down Listening 1. Pre-listening a. Background knowledge b. Related vocabulary 2. While-listening 3. Post-listening

8. How to Practice Bottom-up Listening1. Sounds words sentences meaning2. Implications for learning: -- Meaningful chunks

9. Interesting Hotels (Touchstone 2, Unit 7 Going Away)Lisa When I arrived at my hotel in Cappadocia, in Turkey, I looked up at my room and thought, “Uh-oh. How am I going to get up there?” You actually stay in caves in the rocks, and you have to climb a ladder to get to your room.

10. Speaking1. Material: TV Series; Movies2. How to practice speaking: a. 3’s a Charm d. Role-playing b. Mimicking e. Retelling the story c. In other words

11. TV Series台科大圖書館 1樓視聽資料區—

12. Two kinds of Reading * Intensive reading * Extensive reading

13. Intensive Reading • Texts: short and difficult • Aims: to learn vocabulary and grammar • to develop reading skills • Process: close guidance from the teacher

14. Benefits of Extensive Reading • Enhance vocabulary, grammar, and text structure • Increase knowledge of the world • Improve reading and writing skills • Develop a reading habit • Pleasure of reading

15. Materials for Extensive Reading • What to read? • Choice: your own interest • Level: your current proficiency level • Quantity: large amounts • (50 pages a week) • Variety: different topics and genres

16. Extensive Reading Process • How to read? • Read for general understanding • Focus on meaning, rather than on the language • Read rapidly • Compete only against yourself • No pressures of testing

17. Suggested Word-level • Basic: Readers 300-1000+ • Intermediate: Readers 1200+ • Advanced: Readers 1700+ • Young Adult Literature • Bestsellers

18. Oxford Bookworms

20. When I graduated from college I took a job at an insurance company in this huge downtown office building. On my first day, I was escorted to this tiny cubicle surrounded by what seemed like thousands of other tiny cubicles, and put to work doing some meaningless thing… A Bouquet of Flowers (1)

21. It was so terribly depressing I almost broke down crying. At lunch, all I could think about was how much I wanted to quit, but I couldn’t because I desperately needed the money. When I got back to my cubicle after lunch, there was a beautiful bouquet of flowers sitting on my desk. For the whole first month I worked there, flowers just kept arriving on my desk. I found out later that it had been a kind of spontaneous office project. A woman in the cubicle next to me brought in the first flowers to try to cheer me up, and then other people just began replenishing my vase. A Bouquet of Flowers (2)

22. I ended up working there for two years, and many of my best, longest-lasting friendships grew out of that experience. A Bouquet of Flowers (3)

23. One more thing…

24. Source: Second Thoughts on Teaching Listening by Jack C. Richards Touchstone 2, Cambridge University Press 「自學英文：視聽資料停看聽」中央大學語言中心許玉珍老師 Extensive Reading , Workshop given by Prof. Pi-feng Liu, Language Center, Central University