Module 1

Nice to meet you. My

Hello. My name's Raquel.
I'm from Portugal and I'm
6. I love sports and playing
with my friends. I don't like
reading - it's really hard.
Hi. I'm Mahmoud and I'm
from Egypt. I'm 16 and I've
been learning English for 10
years. I like studying hard
and learning rules. Maths
and physics are my favourite
subjects. I don't like English
much as all we do is chat -
that's not serious learning.
name's Xiu Xiu and I'm from
Shanghai. I'm 26 and I'm
about to start a new job as
a sales representative in an
international firm. I speak a
little English, because I learnt
it at school. We learnt lots of
words and lots of grammar
rules. That was good, but
now I need to speak to
customers. Fortunately, I'm a
very sociable person.

2 Look at these classroom activities and at the list of learning styles on page 72. Match
the activities with the learning styles they are most suitable for.
A Giving learners lots of thinking time to answer questions
B Touching objects with your eyes closed to describe them
C Solving problems with others
D Looking at sentences containing the second conditional, and working out how to
form this tense
E Listening to songs and stories
F Asking learners to decide on their own homework
G Asking learners to brainstorm answers in one minute
H Doing a role-play activity
I Asking learners to imagine a scene and describe it to you
J Asking learners to label a picture
Which of these activities are suitable for both adults and young children?

REFLECTION
Think about these teachers' comments. Which do you agree with and why?
1 My learning style is auditory and I think most of my teaching is auditory, too.
2 I spent two lessons explaining learning strategies to my students when they started
secondary school. They just weren't interested, so I haven't tried it again.
3 Some of my students are really good at learning things by heart. but I think that's
old-fashioned.

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