Unit15Lesson1Unit15Lesson1Life-longLearningFormostpeople,learningissomethingtheyshoulddoalltheirlife.Itisimportanttocontinuestudiesafterformaleducation.Youwillfindmanywaysforpost-education,aslongsyouwouldliketogoonwithyourstudies.MinisurveyCollectinformationoftheeducationyourfatherormotherhaseverhad.WhoJobYearsofworkingSchooleducationPosteducationReasonTalkaboutthenecessityandimportanceoflife-longlearning.Askabouttheeducationofeachother’sfatherormother,usingtheinformationcollected.1.Whenandwheredidyourfathergraduate?2.What’syourfather’spresentjob?Andhowlonghashebeenworking?3.Hasheeverhadanyposteducation?4.Whatdoeshethinkofposteducation?5.Whatdothinkofthenecessityandimportanceofposteducation?Workingroup.Talkaboutthechangesinyourcityandthenecessityandimportancetocontinuelearning.Collectinformationwhileothersarespeaking.TimeTelecommunicationElectronicsWorkplace20yearsagoPresentIn10or20yearsQuestionsfordiscussion:1.Howdidpeoplecommunicate20yearsago?Howdotheydoitnow?2.Howmuchdidpeopleuseelectronics20yearsago?What’sthesituationnow?3.Whatwastheworkplacelike20yearsago?Howhavethingschanged?4.Howcanpeoplekeepupwiththechangingworld?Readthearticleandfindthemainideaforeachparagraphandthatforthearticle.NumberTopicDetails12345Article12345Supportingdetails:Paragraph1:ReasonsforLife-longLearning:1.Tokeepupwiththefastchangingworld.2.Toenrichworkingexperience,todevelopnewskills,andtomeetnewchallenges.Supportingdetails:Paragraph2:EffectiveLife-longLearning:1.Notonlytocollectformalqualifications;2.Toformhabitstohelponestudy;3.Todevelopattitudestomakeonereceptivetolearning.Supportingdetails:Paragraph3:Relationshipbetweenlearninghabitsandattitudes:1.Habitshelponeinlearningincludetimemanagement,noticetaking,analysisandwriting.2.Learningattitudesincludebeingopen-minded,andexpectingtolearnsomethingnewandvaluable.Supportingdetails:Paragraph4:Idealplaceforlife-longlearning:1.Schoolssupplysupportandresources;2.Schoolistheplacetodeveloplearningskills.Supportingdetails:Paragraph5:Learningthatwillgowithyouthroughyourcareer1.Onemustbereadyforunpredictablechanges;2.Onemustbereadytokeeponeselfup-to-datewithanychallenge.Rereadthearticleandanswerthequestionsaccordingtoit,usingtheinformationyouhavecollected.1.Whatarethemajordifferencesbetweentheworkandstudyoftodaycomparedto20yearsago?2.Whyislife-longlearningsoimportantforpeopletoday?3.Whatislife-longlearningforandwhyisitimportanttobealife-longlearner?4.Whatdoyouneedtobeagoodlife-longlearner?5.Whatdoyouneedtodotodaytoprepareyourselftobealife-longlearner?Differencesbetweenworkandstudytodaycomparedto20yearsagoTimeWorkStudy20yearsagoTodayWorkedinthesamejobAspecialskillorprofessionChangingjobLearnnewthingsLearntoenrichworkexperience,developnewskills1.20yearsago,peopleworkedinthesamejobfromgraduationtillretirement,sotheylearnedaspecialskillforthejob.Buttoday,inordertokeepupwiththefastchangingworldpeoplehavetocontinuetheirstudyalltheirlife.2.Today,jobsarechanginganddevelopingsofastthatifyoudon’tcontinueyourstudy,youwillfallbehindthecompetitivejobmarkets.3.Life-longlearningenableyoutobereadyfortheunpredictedchangeandtodevelopyourskillstomeetoneandanotherchallengeinyourcareer,soyoushouldbealife-longlearnertokeepthefastchangingworld.4.Tobealife-longlearner,youshouldformthehabitstohelpyoustudyanddevelopattitudestomakeyoureceptivetolearning.5.Tobealife-longlearner...
