E10. UNIT 8. SPEAKING + LISTENING

electronic devices help students look up information, take notes, write papers and submit them to teachers.. They.[r]

Look at the pictures and answer the following

questions.

1 Can you name these electronic devices?

2 Do you have any personal electronic

devices?

3 What do you often use them/ it for?

Unit 8: NEW WAYS TO LEARN

- SPEAKING –

GO DIGITAL

* Vocabulary

1 electronic (adj)

2 backpack (n) ['bækpæk]:

3 assignment (n) [ə'sainmənt]

5 look up (v)

[,ilek'trɔnik] điện tử

electronic device (n.ph): thiết bị điện tử

ba lô

nhiệm vụ, bổn phận

tra cứu

1 Read through the arguments in favour of using electronic devices in learning and match arguments 1-4 with explanations a-d

1.Electronics or electronic devices

make my school life much easier

and more enjoyable

2 Electronics make learning and

teaching faster, easier and better.

3.Students can relax during break

time by listening to music, texting,

chatting or playing games on their

smartphones

4.Electronics make student’s

backpacks lighter.

a Students can replace the weight of papers and textbooks with a tablet that has notes and

assigments and allow acces to online textbooks.

b.Electronic devices help students look up information, take notes, write papers and submit them to teachers They allow teachers to prepare lessons and grade papers.

c Surveys show that ninety percent of people that listen to music before working on essays on projects have better results

d.I dislike homework, but I have fun when i do it

on a tablet My handwriting is horrible ,so typing makes it easier for me and my teacher , because I can change anything and my teacher can read what is written

2 Work in pairs Read the arguments and explanations

in 1 again Talk about the different ways of using

electronic devices Explain why

1 The two most effective ways of using electronics are

because

2 We think/ believe _

is an effective way of using

_because

_

3 In my opinion,

making learning and teaching faster, easier and better

electronic devices help students look up information, take notes, write papers and submit them to teachers They

allow teachers to prepare lessons and grade papers

listening to music, texting, chatting or playing games on their smartphones

listening to music before working on essays and projects help people have better results

electronic devices

electronics make students’ backpack lighter

*Expressions to give opinions

(Biểu đạt ý kiến)

- We think / believe…

- In my opinion/ For me…

- Personally,…

3 Discuss how useful electronic devices are in learning, using the arguments in 1

*Example:

A I think we can use electronic devices to look up

information

B In my opinion we can use electronic devices to type everything easier

- do homework

-type everything easier

-make learning and teaching faster, easier and better

-take notes, write papers

-relax during break time by listening to music, texting,

chatting or playing game on their smartphones

-…

What are the students doing?

They’re studying with modern

technology

They’re studying with modern

technology

What do you think you are going

to listen about?

What do you think you are going

to listen about?

Listen to some new ways to learn

by using electronic devices.

Listen to some new ways to learn

by using electronic devices.

UNIT 8: NEW WAYS TO

LEARN

Lesson: Listening

Triple “E” at your

fingertips

fingertip /ˈfɪŋɡətɪp/ (n)

efficient /ɪˈfɪʃnt/ (adj):

native /ˈneɪtɪv/ (adj):

search engine /sɜːtʃ ˈendʒɪn/ (n)

• Fingertip / ˈ fɪŋɡətɪp/ (n): đầu ngón tay

• Native / ˈ neɪtɪv/ (adj): bản ngữ

• Efficient /ɪ ˈ fɪʃnt/ (adj): có hiệu quả

• Search engine /sɜːtʃ ˈ endʒɪn/(n): công

cụ tìm kiếm

2 Listen to a teacher giving instructions on how to use online

English language materials Decide if the they are true (T) or false (F)

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3 Listen again and complete the following sentences by

writing no more than three words

1 I’ll show you how to learn English just with your fingertips.

easily and effectively

2 The secret is so simple: use electronic devices to _ advantage of online English language materials.

access and take

3 There are pictures, games and explanations, which are useful for and grammar.learning vocabulary

4 To improve your listening, speaking and pronunciation, practise online with native speakers

5 Technology has made learning English easy and efficient

and increased your _ chance of success

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• Learn new words by heart.