1.  Write some personal ideas about the above questions and share them with the class

2. Can you think which is the connection between learning English and to ride a bike?

3.  Tick the one you think the best choice Do you remember how you learned to ride a bike…?  Read books  Study bicycle rules  Your parents help you  Practice  Draw your own conclusion: I learned how to ride a bike by… now watch the “Life is short” video

4.  After watching the video: Use the pictures and some words to express the main video message: Fall Try Better Studying Doing Listen Speak Need Balance Confident Successful

5.  Should you focus on the shape of the language or the meaning? That is, g------ or v---------?  Discuss these questions with your partners

6.  Ask someone in your class: Have you studied lots of grammar rules over the years? Or spent a long time studying vocabulary? So Which one is more important for you? Which one will help you become more fluent? The shape or the meaning?

7. cubical cylindrical straight curved crooked broad narrow flat steep solid hollow Vocabulary

8. Sure, you know the previous shape words. Can you explain them to your partners with your own words? Coming back to our topic, well, actually neither grammar nor vocabulary will help you become more fluent!!!!  Why is that?  Watch the card trick video to be able to undestand something about the mind…