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True or false

1.Generally,everyone has mastered

the basics of his mother tongue by

the age of six.

2. Successful language learners

can plan and evaluate their

learning, so they gain confidence.

3. We can’t get lots of help in

learning a foreign language .

F

F

T

4. Actually, one learns a foreign

language slower than learning his

mother tongue.

5. Successful learners usually have

greater control and a strong sense

of achievement.

6. Successful learners like thinking

in their own way.

T

T

F

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How was it possible to acquire our mother tongue without formal instruction?

Different answers to how we can learn languages.

Learning a foreign language is different from learning one’s mother tongue.

Find the main idea of each paragraph

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Why some people are better at learning a foreign language than others.

The characteristics of successful learners.

Every one of us can learn a foreign language well.

Answer the following questions:

The writer thinks that learning a foreign

language is faster than learning one’s

mother tongue, why?

Comparing the time we spent on the two different learnings ,we can find much more time are spent in learning one’s mother tongue than in learning a foreign language .

We can get lots of help in learning a foreign language and the learning is more efficient.

2. If you want to be a successful language learner, what characteristics must you have?

interested in understanding my

own thinking;

curious about the world;

willing to take chances ;

confident in my ability;

use different ways of learning ;

plan my studies in order to deal

with academic challenges.

1.acquire vt. to gain or come to possess

得到,获得,养成(习惯,嗜好)

I managed to acquire two tickets for the

concert.

翻译：

积极学习者能更快地获得新技能。

___________________________________.

他养成了吸烟的习惯。

___________________________________.

Active learners can acquire new skills faster

He acquired a habit of smoking.

2. adopt v.

?to take (someone else’s child) into one’s

family for ever 收养

?to take and use as one’s own 采用，采纳

翻译：

He is not my real father; I’m adopted.

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我们学校采用了新的教学方法。

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他不是我生父，我是被领养的。

Our school has adopted a new teaching method.

3. regardless of: without worrying about

All our proposals were refused, regardless

of their value.

翻译：

他们不惜成本装修了这房子。

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They decorated the house regardless of the cost

Discuss in groups on how to learn English according to this text.

Write a short passage on how to learn English, according to this text, about 100 words.