How Do You Learn English? Unit 4, Book 3

see English movies listen to English programs sing/ listen to English songs Look up new words in the dictionary

read English storybooks read English newspapers speak English with friends read English magazines

How do you learn English? See English movies Read English storybooks Read English newspapers/ magazines Listen to English songs/ programs Sing English songs Look up new words in the dictionary Speak English with friends/ foreigners

Speak up

I learn English by_______. How do you learn English _______?

Dialog _listen page

(The students are listening to English songs in the classroom.) Miss Lin: Do you enjoy listening to these old English songs? Ella: Yes. But we can’t sing them. They’re too hard for us.

Miss Lin: Not really. You just need to practice singing them again and again. Ella: But I have no time after class. I have to finish my homework first. Tony: Miss Lin, can we begin singing these songs now?

Miss Lin: Of course, we can. Let’s do it together. Lisa: But there are too many new words. Miss Lin: Don’t worry. Just try to sing along to the CD. Now, let’s begin.

(Tony is talking to Harry.) Tony: Miss Lin is right. These old English songs are not too hard. And they’re helpful in learning English. In fact, I often sing English songs. Harry: What songs do you sing? Tony: The alphabet song! ABCDEFG… Harry: Tony, you’re too old for that.

Q&A 1. Where are they? 2. What are they doing? 3. How many people are there in the classroom? 4. How do they learn English? 5. Are English songs hard for students?

Answers: 1. They are in the classroom. 2. They are listening to English songs. 3. There are more than five people in the classroom. 4. They learn English by listening to English songs. 5. No, they are not hard for them.

Fill in the blanks.

learn-learned I like to learn everything. I learn English online. How do you learn English? I learn it by seeing movies.

enjoy-enjoyed I enjoy playing computer games. You enjoy swimming. He enjoys reading. She enjoys singing. They enjoy doing homework.

finish-finished I finished doing my homework. Did you finish talking on the phone?

practice-practiced I practice playing the violin every day. He practices speaking English. She practiced dancing last Thursday.

worry-worried Don’t worry. Be happy. Mom always worries about me. Don’t worry about your test. You can pass it.

begin-began Let’s begin to sing. The semester begins in September. We began singing songs.

try-tried The test is coming. I try to study hard. Compare try to do something and try doing something: If you try to do sth, you make an effort to do sth, but do not succeed. If you try doing sth, you do it in order to see what will happen.