MODULE1Daming’sstudydiaryPart2:TeachingResources第二部分教学资源Section1:BackgroundReadings1.EnglishGap-FillingExercisesMakeyourowngap-fillingexercisesfromEnglishtexts.Chooseashort,interestingEnglishtextthatisnottoodifficult(e.g.lyrics,textfromyourtextbook,news,excerptfromastory/novel).Copythetextanddeletesomewordsinthecopy,e.g.:prepositionsadjectivesverbsinacertaintenseTrytofillthegapscorrectlyandthentaketheoriginaltexttocheckyouranswers.Thissureismorefunwhendoingitwithfriends.Everyonepreparesashorttextandgivesacopytotheothers,whowilltrytofillthegapscorrectly.Tomakethingsabiteasier,youcanprovidethewordsinadifferentorderorasatranslation.2.EnglishGrammarinTextsHowcanyoubeststudyandremembercertainaspectsofEnglishgrammar(e.g.tenses)?WhenreadingEnglishtexts(lyrics,novels,news,textbooks)lookoutforthegrammaraspectyouwanttoremember.Markitandreflectonwhyitisusedthere.Toseewhetheryou'rerightaboutarule,lookupthetopicinanEnglishgrammarreference,yourEnglishtextbook.3.StudyEnglisheveryDayHowmanyEnglishwordscanIlearnperday?10Englishwordsorphrasesperdayaren'ttoomany,arethey?Justgiveitatry.Youwillfindthatyoucanlearntheminnexttonotime.Sowhynottakealittletimeeachday(MondaytoFriday)tolearn10newwords?Usetheweekendtorevisewhatyouhavelearnedduringthepastweek(s).Thiswayyou'llenrichyourEnglishvocabularyby50newwordsperweek.(That's200newEnglishwordsafteramonth!)4.LearnEnglishthroughReadingReadEnglishtextsasoftenasyoucan.Thiscouldbethenews,shortstoriesornovels,textsfromyourtextbookorego4u.Chooseaninterestingtextthatisnottoodifficultforyou(otherwiseitwouldn'tbefun).Don'tlookupeverywordwhichisnewtoyou-evenwithoutadictionaryyouwillunderstandalot.Justconcentrateonwhatyoudounderstandandtrytofindouttherestbyintelligentguessing.Thatworksratherwell,especiallyifyouareinterestedinthetopic.Ifyouareafootballfanaticforexample,youprobablywon'thaveproblemsunderstandinganEnglishtextaboutfootball.Ontheotherhand,someonewhoisbetterinEnglishthanyoubutnotinterestedinfootballwillhavemoreproblemsunderstandingthesametext.DoalsowatchthenewsinyournativelanguageandtrytofindEnglishnewstosomeofthetopics.Evenifyoudon'tunderstandeverywordintheEnglishtext,youwillgetthemessageasyoualreadyknowwhatthetextisabout.5.LearnEnglishthroughFilmsThankstoDVD,watchingfilmsinEnglishhasbecomeaneasythingtodo.Chooseyourfavouritefilm-you'vewatchedthatfilmadozentimesandprobablyknowallthedialoguesoffbyheartinyournativelanguage.Sofollowingthestorywillbeeasyforyou.Havepaperandpenreadyasyoumaywanttojotdownusefulwordsorphrasesthatyouwishtolearn.Englishsubtitlesmightbeusefulforthat(althoughtheymightdifferfromwhatisactuallybeingsaid).IfyouarenotusedtowatchingfilmsinEnglish,chooseaonlyfewepisodes-atthebeginningitisn'teasytoconcentrateonlisteningtotheforeignlanguageforalongtime.6.LearnEnglishthroughSongsVocabularyneedstoberevisedagainandagain.Well,whatcouldbebetterthanstudyingvocabularybylisteningtoyourfavouritesongs?Readthelyricsfirstandtrytounderstandthem.Youdon'thavetotranslatethelyricswordbyword,justtrytofindoutwhatthesongisallabout.(Note:'Rap'mightnotbepracticalasthosesongsusuallycontainslangwordsthatnoteven'ordinary'Englishnativespeakersknow.)Picksomewordsorphrasesfromthesongthatyouwouldliketolearn.Ifnecessary,lookuptheirexactmeaninginadictionary.Adictionarymightalsobeusefultofindotherinterestingphraseswiththeword.Now,tolearnthevocabulary,allyouhav...
