About Your Learning
Read the questions and choose all of the answers you agree with
1. How do you like to learn English?
a.
from the teacher
b.
from a course book
c.
from a grammar book
d.
by speaking to other people
e.
by watching TV and listening to English
f.
by taking responsibility for organizing your own learning
g.
other ____________________________
2. What don’t you like when you’re learning English?
a.
my teacher correcting me all the time
b.
making mistakes
c.
talking to other students
d.
using a monolingual dictionary
e.
taking notes
f.
other __________________________
3. How do you learn new words and phrases?
a.
write a translation of a word or phrase
b.
write a definition in English
c.
write an example in English
d.
just read it in the dictionary
e.
I don’t do anything
4. What do you use a dictionary for?
a.
looking up the translation (bilingual dictionary)
b.
looking up meanings (English:English dictionary)
c.
finding pronunciation of a word
d.
finding grammatical information
e.
I don’t use a dictionary
5. How could you learn English when you’re not in class?
a.
talk to other students (in English!)
b.
talk to your host family
c.
watch TV, go to the cinema, listen to the radio
d.
read English magazines, newspapers and books
e.
use the Internet
f.
What Your Answers Say About You
1.
a.
Your teacher can help and guide you, but don’t rely on him/her.
b.
A course book is a good resource, but at Anglolang we don’t just use
course books in class.
c.
Learning grammar is useful, but not the ONLY important thing.
Communication is also important.
d.
Speaking to other people is an excellent way of practising and learning.
e.
You can pick up new phrases and reinforce grammar and vocabulary
by watching TV and listening to the radio.
f.
You might like to talk about this in a LEARNER TRAINING SESSION in
one of your classes at Anglolang.
a.
Being corrected is part of learning in class, but your teacher won’t
b.
correct every error.
c.
Don’t worry about making mistakes, practise getting your message
across.
d.
Talking to other students –in English of course- is a great way of
practising and learning.
e.
Don’t be scared of an English dictionary, they’re not difficult to use.
f.
Listening and reading are sometimes enough, but it’s usually helpful to
take notes.
g.
You might like to talk about this in a LEARNER TRAINING SESSION in
class
a.
Translation can be useful, but you can learn more by defining in
English.
b.
Writing a definition in English is an excellent way of learning new
words
c.
and phrases.
d.
Writing an example will help you remember how to use a word or
phrase.
e.
Reading a new word is o.k., but you may quickly forget it.
f.
Start thinking about how you can remember new words and phrases.
a.
Translation can be useful, but you can learn more by using an English
b.
dictionary.
c.
Looking up meanings is just one use for an English dictionary.
d.
Looking up pronunciation is another good use for an English dictionary.
2.
3.
4.
e.
Grammatical information is another type of information you can find in
an English dictionary.
f.
Start thinking about using a good dictionary.
a.
Yes, talk to other students in English as much as possible.
b.
Yes, talk to your host family as much as possible.
c.
Yes, watch and listen to as much English as possible.
d.
Yes, read as much English as possible.
5.
6.
a) & b) You don’t need to learn new things every day, it helps to practise
grammar and vocabulary that you already know