Contents
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Modules |
Titles |
Pages |
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Module 1 |
Learning to Learn |
10 |
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Unit 1 |
The Way We Learn |
11 |
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Unit 2 |
Study Smart, Not Hard |
23 |
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Unit 3 |
Review |
32 |
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Module 2 |
What’s it Like Being a Student in Sciences? |
35 |
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Unit 1 |
Making Choice can be Hard Work |
36 |
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Unit 2 |
There is So Much to Study in Science |
48 |
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Unit 3 |
Review |
59 |
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Module 3 |
How to Survive in the Information Age? |
63 |
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Unit 1 |
Information Hunting |
64 |
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Unit 2 |
Treasure House |
75 |
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Unit 3 |
Review |
92 |
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Module 4 |
Evolution of Natural Sciences |
95 |
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Unit 1 |
Necessity is the Mother of Invention |
96 |
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Unit 2 |
A Giant Leap |
118 |
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Unit 3 |
Review |
133 |
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Module 5 |
Burning Issues |
136 |
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Unit 1 |
Our Home – Planet Earth |
137 |
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Unit 2 |
The Downside of the Computer Era |
156 |
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Unit 3 |
Review |
168 |
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Module 6 |
The 20th century and Beyond |
172 |
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Unit 1 |
Gaining on previous success |
173 |
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Unit 2 |
Visions of the Future |
189 |
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Unit 3 |
Review |
203 |
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Module 7 |
On the Job |
206 |
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Unit 1 |
Jobs for Students |
207 |
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Unit 2 |
The Skillful Me! |
221 |
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Unit 3 |
Review |
234 |
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Audio Scripts |
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238 |
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Keys |
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258 |
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Literature |
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281 |
“They know enough who know how to learn”
Henry Brooks Adams
Learning Objectives
In this module you will
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start developing good study skills
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talk about your ways of learning English and effective learning techniques
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learn to organize information in a mind map
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start keeping a learner diary
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learn how to give advice
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revisit Present Tenses
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Unit 1 The Way We Learn |
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Lead in |
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Discuss the reasons people have to study the English language.
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Think about the reason/s why you learn the English language and finish the sentence:
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to …
I learn English
because …
for …
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Reading |
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Read these interviews with three people who were asked why they study English as a foreign language. Complete the following chart.
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Reason(s) |
Main focus of study |
Ways of learning |
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Antonio
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Natasha
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Christina
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You
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Discuss
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How do you learn a foreign language?
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What aspects of the language (e.g.: grammar, vocabulary, …) do you find
most important?
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What way(s) of learning do you enjoy?
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Which of them do you find easy/difficult?