Unit

8

Uni
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BECOMING
FAMILYINDEPENDENT
LIFE

LESSON 5

LISTENING

Becoming independent learners

LESSON 5

WARM-UP

LISTENING
Reorder the steps.

PRE-LISTENING

Task 1. Tick the columns.

• Task 2. Choose the correct answer.
• Task 3. Answer the questions.

WHILE-LISTENING

POST-LISTENING

CONSOLIDATION

Discussion.
• Wrap-up
• Homework

WARM-UP

REORDER THE STEPS
1. Reward yourself at important milestones.
2. Learn through practical experience.
3. Teach yourself using many sources.
4. Compare your work with an expert's.

3-2-4-1

PRE-LISTENING

1

Tick the columns to complete the following table about you.
Compare your answers in pairs.

WHILELISTENING
Listen to a conversation between Mai and Mike, and choose the

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correct answers A, B, or C.

1. What is the conversation mainly about?
A. What motivates independent learners.
B. Independent learners' sense of responsibility.
C. What makes a successful independent
learner.

WHILELISTENING
Listen to a conversation between Mai and Mike, and choose the

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correct answers A, B, or C.

2. What makes independent learners study
hard?
A. Their motivation for learning.
B. Their learning goals.
C. The responsibility for their own learning.

WHILELISTENING
Listen to a conversation between Mai and Mike, and choose the

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correct answers A, B, or C.

3. What do independent learners do if the task
they are working on is too difficult?
A. They give up and move on to something
harder.
B. They make every effort to finish it.
C. They ask questions about it

WHILELISTENING
Listen to a conversation between Mai and Mike, and choose the

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correct answers A, B, or C.

4. Which of the following descriptions of
independent learners is NOT mentioned?
A. They're self-motivated and responsible.
B. They're confident and highly organised.
C. They're curious about the world and they
don't give up.

WHILELISTENING

3 Listen to the conversation again and answer each of the
following questions.

1. How many characteristics of independent learners does
Mike find on the website? Four / 4
2. What do independent learners take responsibility for?
Their own learning

3. What do they use to help them achieve their learning
goals? (Detailed) study plans
4. What are they not afraid of doing? Asking difficult questions

POST-LISTENING

5

Work in groups. Discuss the following questions.

1. Which of the characteristics of independent
learners do you think you have?
2. Which one do you want to develop in the
future?

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have you learnt today?
• Characteristics of independent learners
• Listening for main ideas and specific
information about becoming idependent
learners

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework

• Do exercises in the workbook.
• Prepare for Lesson 6 - Unit 8.

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