Thử thách Luyện Nghe Tiếng Anh Cơ Bản 15 phút mỗi ngày - Part 4

Nhiệm vụ 12 Điều về học ngôn ngữ Xin chào, Susan. Các bạn đang làm thế nào với nghiên cứu tiếng Anh? Nó khá khó. Tôi đã ở England một năm rồi. Nhưng tôi vẫn có rất nhiều vấn đề, đối với việc nói và đọc. Đừng lo. Các bạn phải bình tĩnh và thực hành hơn. Nó rất lạ. Các bạn biết đấy, con trai tôi, Eric, chỉ có 4 tuổi. Nhưng hắn có vẻ học tiếng Anh rất nhanh hơn tôi. Tại sao vậy? Tại sao nó dễ dàng cho con trai trẻ học một ngôn ngữ? Đó là một câu hỏi tốt. Tôi nghĩ phần trả lời là con trai có rất nhiều yếu tố. Họ cần được giúp đỡ bởi những con trai trẻ. Họ phải làm những yếu tố của họ biết. Và họ luôn xem kết quả những gì họ nói và cố gắng cách mới để lấy những gì họ muốn. Con trai học những thứ mới mỗi lúc. Tôi đồng ý với anh. Chúng ta, trẻ trẻ, cũng cần học những thứ mới, đặc biệt khi chúng ta trở thành một quốc gia ngoài. Nhưng chúng ta cần một thời gian dài để tham gia một cuộc sống mới hơn những con trai trẻ. Họ có vẻ hợp tác hơn nhanh hơn. Vâng. Một câu hỏi khác tôi muốn hỏi là con trai không phải, như những người trẻ hay những người trẻ có vẻ hợp tác trong cách sống của họ. Khi họ được lấy từ một quốc gia đến một quốc gia khác, họ thay đổi dễ dàng từ một ngôn ngữ đến một ngôn ngữ. Từ một ngôi nhà đến một ngôi nhà khác. Từ một nước ăn đến một ngôi nhà khác. Người trẻ có vẻ hợp tác hơn trong cách của họ. Họ đã nghe và nói một ngôn ngữ từ lâu rồi. Cách của họ nghe và làm giọng và làm giọng cùng nhau giống như đường một tàu đi. Họ đã lên và xuống đoạn nói của họ và đã nghĩ quá nhiều lần để thay đổi dễ dàng. Tôi đồng ý với anh. Một trẻ có vẻ hợp tác trong cách của họ. Họ có vẻ như một con trai. Họ có vẻ có vẻ Họ có thể làm thêm những từ trong nhiều cách trong nói ngôn ngữ chính thức. Tôi nghĩ đó là lủi cho sở hãi chúng biết thứ trôi ng 50 đến. Coi nào. Càng s rounds chúng đến càng nhiều nói tốc độ tiếng là ch naught trong cách thay đổi đó. Do relaxed lời không vắng The same is true of long and wrong. If a learner does not hear these different sounds as different, he may get the wrong meaning. That's true. I have had this kind of problem. Six months ago, I was asking the way to the station. The man told me to turn to the right. But what I thought he said was to turn at the light, so I tried to find the light. It took me hours to get to the station. I'm sorry to hear that. You know, most people learn their mother language without being able to give any account at all of how it works. They learn to talk as they learn to walk, without any idea of how they do it. People who learn to use a language well do so through talking with others who use it well. Through reading good writers. And through watching the effects on others of what they say and how they say it. I will try all these. The world needs more people who can use languages well. Language is as necessary to our minds as the air we breathe is to our bodies. Exercise Thirteen How to Take Notes Today's discussion is on note-taking. Note-taking is one of the important skills for classroom success. There is no one best way to take notes. But your own experience and some suggestions may help you to cope well with university study here. Chris, you start first. How do you take notes when you are in class? I always keep track of the notes by putting a date and heading on the first page. And numbering pages that follow. And I often make sure to identify the lecture topic and the class in which the lecture takes place. I think this is very important because when you study later, you will be able to match up class notes and textbook notes or assignments on the same topic. I do the same. I often keep the notes for one class separated from the notes for other classes. So I use separate notebooks for each class. I use dividers to set aside different sections in one notebook. I think both of the methods are good. Some students like to use a loose-leaf binder so that lecture notes, textbook notes and the instructor's handout may be taken out of it and reorganized for study purposes. That's a good idea to use a loose-leaf binder. I will buy one for my note-taking. I like to use a ballpoint pen for taking notes. So do I, but I prefer to use blue or black ones because the other colors, such as red or green, are hard on the eyes. It's a good idea to use a ballpoint pen because pencils fade easily and a pen sometimes blurs and soaks through the paper. My handwriting is poor, so I often print the notes for clarity after class. That's a very good way to do it. It's very important to make your notes clear to read because you may use them for your essay. I often use standard abbreviations in my notes in order to speed up note-taking. For example, intro for introduction, info for information, depth for department. This is one way to speed up your writing. You can also make up some of your own words or phrases that you use often. Make a key for your abbreviations so you won't forget what they mean. Okay, I will try next time. I often copy anything that is written on the board or on overhead transparencies into my notes because I find test questions often come from material that is presented in these ways. Really? I hadn't noticed that. I think you'd better organize your notes after class. Try to summarize the points in your own words. It will be easier for you to remember your notes. That is a good suggestion. Another suggestion is that you should review your notes to fill in gaps while the information is still fresh in your mind. The purpose of taking notes is to help you remember information. When I seem to be missing something, I often compare notes with my classmate or see the instructor. That's the way to do it. Thank you very much for your time. I think new students may use and adapt some of your good methods for note-taking into their own study. Exercise 14, the Dean's Speech. Good morning, students. As many of you have already heard, tuition fees will be going up to $3,600 per term starting in September 2001. I felt I should explain to you why the fees are increasing. The primary reason is, of course, that expenses have increased, including faculties and staff salaries. Our operating expenses have also increased in the past year. As we try to maintain a high level of service to our international students, we have added new staff in the last year to meet the growing needs, including a manager of admissions. We have also expanded our homestay staff to improve our homestay services. Unfortunately, when expenses increase, the costs have to be passed on to the student. This is the first increase in fees since 1998, however, and we are trying to keep the fees as reasonable as possible. To compare our fees with other institutions in the province, the University College of the Caribou is raising its fees to $3,800 per semester starting in September 2001. Programs at UBC start at $13,830 per year. At many institutions, the tuition fees for academic courses in the third and fourth year level are higher than those for the first two years are because the costs to run the courses are higher. We have decided not to differentiate the fees but to balance the costs by charging the same tuition for all four years. I would like to tell you that we value your opinion and want to make sure that you are satisfied as a student at the college. If any of you would like to meet with me to discuss the fees or any other matter, you are welcome to visit me in my office in Building 359. Please phone 741-2795 for an appointment. Exercise 15 How to Write a Summary Good morning, everyone. Today, I'm going to talk about how to write a summary. I think if you remember one word, it will help you to write a summary. The word is simple. This word represents six steps to writing a good summary. Simple's first letter is S. S here stands for the first step you should do, that is, to study the text carefully, and letter I here stands for the second step, to identify the key points while you read the text. M here represents the third step of writing a summary, that is, to make notes. Then the fourth one is to put points in order. The next step is to leave out unnecessary detail. The last step is to edit your first draft. Now, I will talk about these steps one by one. Let us start with studying the text. When you get an article, you should read it first fairly quickly to get a sense of the general meaning. Then, read it more carefully, following the writer's argument and noticing what is fact and what is opinion, what is a general statement, and what is a particular example. It is often helpful to summarize each paragraph in a few words at this stage. Now, let's turn to identifying the key points. You must go through the text and mark the places where important information is given. You can underline or highlight with a colored pen, or simply make a mark in the margin. The third step is to make notes. This is a very important stage. You should write down the key points you've identified in note form in your own words. This is also especially important in an exam because the examiner needs to know you understand what you have written and that you are not just copying from the text. Let's turn to the fourth step, to put points in order. You should look at the list of points you have made and see if there are any which go together. Then decide the best order to put the points in. Number the points in order. Now, let's look at the next stage. Leave out unnecessary detail. This stage is much like the tailor who cuts off unnecessary parts for making clothes. You should choose the important facts and get rid of unnecessary detail. The last stage is to edit your first draft. You should check the spelling and grammar, counting the number of words. If you have many fewer than the limit, you should add in something, so it is important to check the original text again. If you have more than the limit, look for ways of combining points in one sentence or of losing words here and there. If you follow the word simple, it may help you to make a good summary in an academic essay.