- •О.И. Сафроненко, к.С.Петросян, с.Ю. Резникова learning to learn in english
- •Методическая записка
- •Contents
- •Unit 1 Learn How to Learn
- •What do you think?
- •Focus on Language
- •Focus on language
- •What do you think?
- •Keep learning? Keep earning!
- •Comprehension check
- •What do you think?
- •Unit 2 Study Smart, Not Hard
- •What do you think?
- •Focus on language
- •What do you think?
- •What are effective study habits?
- •Focus on language
- •Practice
- •Unit 3 Revise & Practise
- •Progress Test
- •Unit 1 Making the Choice of Your Life
- •What do you think?
- •Focus on Language
- •First degree courses in the uk
- •Comprehension check
- •What do you think?
- •Unit 2 Your Personal Science Odyssey
- •What do you think?
- •Comprehension check
- •Focus on Language
- •Practice
- •Unit 3 Revise & Practise
- •Game “Why physics or math, etc.?”
- •Progress Test
- •Unit 1 Secret of Success
- •What do you think?
- •Focus on language
- •Practice
- •Thinking about what we have found!
- •Comprehension check
- •Focus on language
- •“The World Wide Web: the battle for your mind at your fingertips”
- •Unit 2 Hunting for Treasures
- •Comprehension check
- •What do you think?
- •Focus on Language
- •Practice
- •Technology and Libraries
- •Comprehension check
- •What do you think?
- •Unit 3 Revise & Practise
- •Progress Test
- •Unit 1 Scientific Milestones
- •Metric system telescope compass thermometer microscope
- •Comprehension check
- •Focus on Language
- •Practice
- •Practice
- •Invention /discovery
- •Unexpected Discoveries
- •Comprehension check
- •What do you think?
- •Focus on language
- •Practice
- •What do you think?
- •Unit 2 Scientific Revolution
- •Breakthroughs of the 20th century
- •What do you think?
- •Focus on language
- •Verb Suffixes
- •Practice
- •What do you think?
- •Unit 3 Revise & Practise
- •Progress Test
- •Rules of the Lab
- •Unit 1 Global Issues
- •Comprehension check
- •Focus on language
- •Practice
- •Practice
- •What do you think?
- •Global Warming: Facts vs. Myths myths:
- •Comprehension check
- •Focus on language
- •Practice
- •Comprehension check
- •Focus on Language
- •Work in teams of 3. Make as many words as possible using the prefixes re-, dis-, over-, sub-, en-, up- . Compare as a class.
- •Practice
- •Unit 3 Revise & Practise
- •Progress Test
- •Unit 1 The 20th Century and Beyond
- •Science for the Twenty-First Century
- •Focus on language
- •Practice
- •As old as writing
- •What do you think?
- •Unit 2 Into the Future
- •What do you think?
- •Focus on the language
- •Practice
- •Practice
- •What do you think?
- •Unit 3 Revise & Practise
- •Progress Test
- •Unit 1 Job Opportunities for Students
- •Part-time Jobs vs. Holiday Jobs
- •Comprehension check
- •What do you think?
- •Focus on language
- •Practice
- •What do you think?
- •Focus on language
- •Unit 2 On the Job
- •What do you think?
- •Focus on language
- •Practice
- •What can I do with a Science degree?
- •What do you think?
- •Unit 3 Revise & Practise
- •Progress Test
- •Scripts Module 1 Unit 1 Five New Year's Resolutions for English Learners
- •Module 1 Unit 2
- •Module 2 Unit 1 a Look at Washington University
- •Module 2 Unit 1
- •Module 3 Unit 1
- •Module 3 Unit 2 Website of the Week — Universal Digital Library
- •Module 4 Unit 1
- •Module 4 Unit2 The Discoveries Behind This Year's Nobel Prizes for Science
- •Module 5 Unit 1 Cities Around the World Are 'Going Green'
- •Module 5 Unit 2 Electronic Waste
- •Is it illegal to dispose of computers in the trash?
- •Module 6 Unit 1 Scientists Receive National Medals of Science and Technology
- •Module 6 Unit 2
- •Module 7 Unit 1 Job Centre
- •Module 7 Unit 2
- •Interns Provide Free Labor, But Internships Are Not Always Free
- •Keys Module 1 Unit 1
- •Module 1 Unit 2
- •In the Realm of Science 1
- •Module 1 Unit 3
- •Module 2 Unit 1
- •Module 2 Unit 2
- •Module 2 Unit 3
- •Модуль 3 Unit 1
- •Module 3 Unit 2
- •Module 3 Unit 3
- •Module 4 Unit 1
- •Module 4 Unit 2
- •In the Realm of Science 2
- •In the Realm of Science 3
- •Module 4 Unit 3
- •Module 5 Unit 1
- •Module 5 Unit 2
- •Module 5 Unit 3
- •Module 6 Unit 1
- •In the Realm of Science 1
- •Module 6 Unit 2
- •Module 6 Unit 3
- •Module 7 Unit 1
- •Module 7 Unit 2
- •Module 7 Unit 3
- •List of materials used
- •Part-time Jobs vs. Holiday Jobs// Retrieved from e4s:co uk http://www.E4s.Co.Uk/docs/part-time-jobs.Htm
- •Internet recourses
What do you think?
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Can you say that you are information literate?
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Why do educators today address the issue of information literacy?
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Why do you think the 21st century is called the Information age?
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What other types of literacy do you think a literate person should possess in the modern world?
Focus on language
Read the sentences below and explain how simple instructions are given.
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Think carefully about which keywords could be used to define the concept you are interested in.
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To search using a search engine, type words into a search box.
Simple and complex instructions
e.g.: If you're looking for the Moscow University homepage, just enter Moscow University and click "I'm Feeling Lucky". Don’t rely on a date given on the search engine’s View Page.
e.g.: To search using a search engine, type words into a search box. e.g.: Use keywords to form search phrases by putting quotation mark around the key words.
e.g.: After you've entered your search terms, try the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button. Continue this process until you reach the first single slash (/).
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Practice
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Complete the instructions with the correct form of the word in brackets.
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……………. (put) a quotation mark around the phrase if you are not sure in its exact wording.
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………….. (focus) on a particular meaning of a keyword, put a minus sign "-" in front of words related to the meaning you want to avoid, e.g.: intelligence –computing.
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You can restrict your search to only one specific website by ………. (do) site: search. …………, type the word “site” and a colon. ……….., add the domain name and ………….., press the search button. (sequence words)
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…………… (set, having + participle II) ranges for everything from dates (von Neumann 1933…1945) to weights (5000...10000 kg truck), you can easily search for specific information within the range of numbers.
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Attach a “+” sign to a word or digit ……………. (narrow) your search, e.g.: World War +П.
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After ……………….. (define) the search request as precisely as possible and ……………….. (choose) relevant keywords, start searching.
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Keep truncating back the URL until ……………………… (find) the page’s publisher.
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Once………………………… (link) to a retrieved site, check to see if
any information about the page’s creator is provided.
Speaking |
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Refer back to the definition of information literacy and in groups of 3-4
match the steps in solving an information problem with the stages:
stages |
steps |
information
information
is extracted
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Report on the algorithm for solving an information problem. Make use of the sequence words in the box. Make sure you use various instruction models.
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Tool box: Listing 2
First, …
Second, …
Third, …
Another/Next, …
Then, …
Last, …/Finally, …
The next step is …
As soon as you …, move on to … .
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Choose one of the tasks below and describe how you apply the algorithm for solving an information to complete the task.
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Advise a secondary school student on the best computer program to create presentations
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Present the faculty courses at the University Open Days
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Speak about the latest IT technologies at a seminar
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Make a presentation on negative effects of computer technologies to environment at a conference
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Write an essay on “The Internet and Game Addiction” in sociology
Listening |
Recording 3.1
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You are going to hear a radio programme about some of the computer terms and their origin. Work with a partner and check you can give definitions to the following words:
hacker blogger spam software search engine
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Listen to the talk and complete the sentences.
Computer technology has become ……………………………………………. . It has its own special words. Example:
The idea was developed in …………………………by Douglas Engelbart. First devices – a carved block of wood with …………………………………….. Its name is due to ……………………………………… which was …………… ………………….. to the computer.
in a special computer language. The other meaning of the word is a person who tries ………………………………………………………………………………. .
People use it to …………………………………………………………………… . The name is connected to extremely large number in math – 1+100 zeroes. When you google a – you get ………………… of information about it.
comments, …………….., and ……………… to other Web sites. Their owners are ……………………………………………….. .
your mailbox. The name is due to a …………….. on a British …………………. .
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Reading |
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Before you read the text answer the following questions:
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What does WWW stand for?
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What do abbreviations http, www, html, URL, .ru mean?
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Is WWW a good source of information?
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Who owns WWW?
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Is the information posted in the Web regulated or monitored?
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Have you ever used WWW as a research tool?
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Comment on the cartoon by Peter Steiner.
(The New Yorker, July 5, 1993)
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Discuss with a partner if it is necessary to evaluate the information you have
found? Give your reasons.
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Read the text to check your guesses.