How to Be a Successful Learner

Read the passage and choose A, B, C or D to fill each gap.

Read the passage and choose A, B, C or D to fill each gap.

I. VOCABULARY IN USE

For self-assessment you are advised to do the following activities.

Now read the rubric and write your own article.

Stage 5 Check

Stage 4 Write

· Remember that you will be given credit for a wide range of vocabulary. You could achieve this in part by including a few idiomatic expressions that you know.

· What would be a suitable way to end your article?

· Read the article again. Have you made your opinions clear to the reader?

· If you have included a piece of direct speech from a character, check that the punctuation is correct.

The University where you are studying has asked you to write an article for new students, to be published in the newsletter. In your article, you should point out two or three things students should expect from university life and give suggestions as to the best ways of dealing with them.

Ø OVERVIEW

The American professor Howard Gardner is best known in educational circles for his theory of multiple intelligences, and his questioning of the (1)…….. of the notion that there exists one single human intelligence that can be assessed (2)……….. by standard psychometric instruments. In his ground-breaking book “Frames of mind”, Gardner (3)………. the concept that every human possesses several distinct intellectual faculties, rather than a singe trait called “intelligence”, (4)……….. with its own way of developing and operating. Individuals vary in the degree to which they possess these different forms of intelligence; some people may show a dominance of linguistic, musical or logical mathematical intelligence, whereas others may be more (5)………. at tasks requiring spatial or interpersonal intelligence (i.e. social skills). The implications of Gardner's work are particularly significant for educators as they highlight the differences between learning styles and point the way towards (6)…………. each individual's potential to the full.

1) A right B validity C exactness D authenticity

2) A tidily B truly C definitely D precisely

3) A meets B introduces C enlists D conducts

4) A all B each C every D any

5) A able B capable C suited D adept

6) A developing B increasing C growing D enlarging

We all know that some students are better at learning a foreign language than others. Why is this so? And what is it that makes a good language learner? The writer H. H. Stern has (1)……… four basic factors.

The first of these is the (2)……… to develop an active learning strategy. In other words, good language learners have the ability to select goals and sub-goals, and recognise the stages and (3)……… of their learning.

Secondly, they are able to see the language as a formal (4)…………. with its own rules and relationships between forms and meanings. Furthermore, they analyse the language and develop (5)………… of practice and memorisation. They can check their own performance, and revise it in order to progress.

The third way is to develop a social (6)………..… for learning. This means that good learners understand that, in the early stages, they will be vulnerable and dependent, and can (7)………..… this. However, they also seek contact with native- speakers of the language. They work out ways of (8)……..…….. with difficulties in the language. And finally, they become actively (9)………….... as participants in authentic language use.

The final area is psychological or emotional. All language learners will have emotional and motivational (10)……………… while they are learning. In spite of this, a good learner will cope (11)……………. and will cultivate positive attitudes towards themselves, towards language learning (12)………..…. and the target language, society and culture.

1) A identified B noticed C surveyed D researched

2) A aptitude B capacity C ability D dexterity

3) A consequences B sequences C complications D challenges

4) A unity B segment C complex D system

5) A approaches B techniques C methods D skills

6) A strategy B tactic C process D rhythm

7) A appreciate B perceive C deny D accept

8) A ignoring B dealing C meeting D performing

9) A involved B involving C accepted D concerned

10)A features B guidelines C anxieties D problems

11)A effectively B efficiently C discriminately D specifically

12)A in fact B in detail C in general D in part

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