(
课件网) Unit 5 Languages around the World Reading for Writing What are your biggest problems with learning English vocabulary writing pronunciation grammar … teachers friends parents online sources … Whom do you ask for help when you meet these problems speaking listening reading culture Do you know what is blog Headline Date posted Introduction a video link Wang Le posted a thread (发帖) on an online forum. What is an online forum/blog An online forum is an Internet-based place where people exchange ideas and opinions about one problem. What are included in an online forum/blog post starter/blogger 楼主 original post 原帖 replies to a post 回帖 like/thumb-up 点赞 favourite/collect 收藏 comment 评论 search 搜索 home 首页 Read the posts quickly and answer the following questions. 1. Who starts this blog 2. Who responds to it 3. What is the blog mainly about Wang Le Liu Wen, Jia Xin, Li Rui Problems with learning English Hi! I've been studying English since primary school. I used to get high marks in English, but now I'm having a lot of trouble with my listening. When I listen to native English speakers talking in a video, I can catch only a few words. I can never quite get the main idea. Any advice 1. Read and find out what’s their problems. problem 2. Find supporting details of these problems. Supporting details Listening to English radio programmers helps me get used to how fast native speakers talk. I also repeat what I hear to help myself to experience the feeling of the language. Sometimes I even record my voice so I can listen to myself and compare my pronunciation with the radio host's! My biggest headache is how to be polite in English. It's so much easier to just say "Open the window!", but in English that can sound really terrible. I have to think about who I'm talking to and then decide whether to say, "Open the window, please!" or "Could you open the window, please " or even longer "Would you mind opening the window, please " Supporting details problem Yeah, that's really hard! I think it all depends on who you're talking to. If I'm talking to a close friend, I can use short requests, like “Open the window”—our relationship is close and we're equals, so I only need a few words to bridge the gap between us. But if I'm talking to someone who isn't very close to me, I must make my request longer—and I must make it a question, not a demand, e.g., "Could you open the window, please " If I'm talking to someone senior to me, then I should say, "Would you mind opening the window, please " For me, vocabulary is my biggest problem—there are just SO MANY new words! I can't keep all the new vocabulary straight in my head, and I certainly can't remember how to use them all properly. HELP! problem Supporting details Read the posts and fill in the table. Name Problem Advice Jia Xin's advice Li Rui's advice Your advice trouble with listening to native English speakers how to be polite in ... ...
