Unit 2 English around the World Workbook Listening, Speaking and Writing by Cathy Gong

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I felt really anxious /worried/nervous/ embarrassed ashamed I used to be poor at English. I was not able to pronounce words in correct ways. speak English fluently. I had difficulties with English speaking.

I believe I can do it Did I give up?

My ways of improving the speaking skills I improve my Englishby by ________________________________ _______________________ Just don't give up I'm working it out idiomatic expressions listening to English music, listening to English radio/video programs

__________________________ can help me improve my English speaking subtitle Watching English movies/TV series

____________________is a good way to improve my speaking by talking to foreigners, especially native speakers. making friends social networking such as.... Skype QQ We-chat Talking to people in English

Listening Hello, Wang Ting Hey, Chen Peng

What are Wang Ting and Chen Peng talking about? ----They are talking about ways to improve their English listening. 1st Listening

What does Wang Ting advise Chen Peng to do? 1.Why not ________________ or listen to songs like me? 2.Why don’t you also listen to the ________________ and improve your ________________? 3.My teacher always says that _________________is the way to learn. watch CCTV9 native speakers listening skills “little and often” 2nd Listening

“Little and often” is the way to learn? He should do a little bit of listening everyday to make progress.

Brainstorming problems in learning English Speaking Grammar … We have difficulties in... Vocabulary Writing Listening Reading

How can we solve these problems? Group work: in Vocabulary Speaking Grammar Writing

Group work: S1: Hey,XXX. You seem/look _____. What's the matter? S2: I have problems/difficulties with my English grammar. Do you guys have any suggestions? S3:... S4:... words to use: more than one way /solution talk to each other because/because of come up with enrich my vocabulary make use of subtitle a large number of it's an easy way to... regularly

Ways of Improving Listening Of the four skills, I think listening is the hardest. I like watching films but I can't understand them without the Chinese subtitles.I am not satisfied with this situation, so recently I had a talk with my friend Wang Ting. She told me some good ways of improving listening. She suggested using CDs to listen to English songs and learn English expressions, watching the news and interviews on CCTV9, AND trying to listen to native speakers.I will do as she advised. I'm sure I will gradually make progress. title

Ways of Improving Listening Of the four skills, I think listening is the hardest. I like watching films but I can't understand them without the Chinese subtitles. I am not satisfied with this situation, so recently I had a talk with my friend Wang Ting. She told me some good ways of improving listening. She suggested using CDs to listen to English songs and learn English expressions, watching the news and interviews on CCTV9, AND trying to listen to native speakers. I will do as she advised. I'm sure I will gradually make progress. The main problem--listening Suggestions on how to solve the problem Conclusion

Para 1: Para 2: Para 3: talk with native speakers watch English movies and TV programs listen to English songs Study the structure the main problem--listening suggestions on how to solve the problem conclusion (failing to understand what others say) (If we keep working on it, we’ll make progress.)

Another way of writing the passage? beginning body conclusion I find it the most difficult to improve English listening/ I have difficulties with.../ I feel anxious about.... More than one way can be adopted to improve my English listening. First of all,... In addition,... Last but not least,... In this way, I can improve my English listening

Writing task 1. Write about problems with your English and the solutions 2. Around 100 words 3. Use the following words: more than one way /solution such as talk to each other because/because of come up with enrich the vocabulary make use of imitate a large number of it's an easy way to... regularly In this way

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