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1.AnEnglishSong,ABC,2.Word-web,3.Blank-filling,4.ActiveVocabularyandPassiveVocabulary,-,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,QuestionsabouttheSong,5.Discussion,BeforeReading_1.1,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,ABC,,,■,BeforeReading_1.2,QuestionsabouttheSong,HowmanyyearshaveyoubeenlearningEnglish?WhatdoyouthinkofyourselfasfarasEnglishlearningisconcerned?Areyousatisfiedwiththeprogressyouhavemade?Whyorwhynot?,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,BeforeReading_2.,Word-web,FindasmanywordsaspossibleaboutEnglishlearning.,Directions:,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,EnglishLearning,listening,speaking,reading,writing,Englishcorner,electronicdictionary,BBC,VOA,BeforeReading_3.,Internationallanguagesincludebothlanguagesthathavebecomeinternationalmeansofcommunicationandlanguagesthispurpose.ThemostfamousandartificialinternationallanguageisEsperanto;however,themostwidespreadinternationallanguageisnotartificial.Today,Englishisusedinmorecountriesasanlanguageorasthemainmeansofinternationalcommunicationthananyotherlanguage.billionpeopleliveincountrieswhereEnglishhasofficial.Oneoutoffiveoftheworld’spopulationspeakssomeEnglish.AndatoneinfiveislearningEnglish.Aboutoftheworld’siswritteninEnglish.And90%ofallinformationintheworld’selectronicsystemsisstoredinEnglish.,,,■,EnglishAsanInternationalLanguage,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,existing,_______,artificiallyconstructed,__________________,widespread,__________,official,_______,Worldwide,_________,status,_____,present,_______,85%,____,mail,_____,retrieval,_______,toserve,over1.4,Directions:,Listentothepassageandfillintheblanks.,Blank-filling,BeforeReading_4.,Evennativespeakersofalanguagehavebothanactiveandapassivevocabulary.Activevocabularyconsistsofthewordsyouusefrequentlyandcomfortablyinspeakingandwriting,whilepassivevocabularyconsistsofthewordsyourecognizewhenyoureadandlisten.Therefore,whenyouencounteranewwordorexpressionthatyouwanttolearn,youhavetodecidewhetheryouwanttobeabletorecognizeitagainortomakeitpartofyour“active”vocabulary.,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,ActiveVocabularyandPassiveVocabulary,Question:Accordingtothepassage,whatisactivevocabularyandpassivevocabularyrespectively?,,,■,BeforeReading_5.1,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,Discussion,1)DoyouthinkitusefultolearnEnglishwiththehelpofsomestrategies?2)WhatstrategiesdoyouthinkcanbeemployedinEnglishlearning?,Makeyourownopportunitiesforpracticeinusingthelanguageinsideandoutsidetheclassroom.,BeforeReading_5.2,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,SuggestedStrategies:,1.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________,Specificways:,Askyourteacherquestionsbefore,duringandafterclass.,1)_____________________________________________________,Speaktoaforeigner.,2)_____________________________________________________,ListentoanEnglishradioprogram.,3)_____________________________________________________,WatchanEnglishmovie.,4)_____________________________________________________,ReadanEnglisharticleontheInternet.,5)_____________________________________________________,UseEnglishsoftware.,6)_____________________________________________________,Bewillingtomakemistakesinordertolearnorcommunicate.,2.__________________________________________________________,Usecontexttounderstand.,3.__________________________________________________________,GlobeReading_main,1.TrueorFalse,2.QuestionsandAnswers,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,3.MultipleChoice,4.DiscourseAnalysis,5.RolePlay,GlobeReading.1.1,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,Directions:,Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaboutthetextaretrueorfalse.,TrueorFalse,Languagelearnersshouldmemorizeallthenewwords.,Whileactivewordsdemandconstantpracticeandmemorization,wordsthatdonotoftenoccurineverydaysituationsrequirejustanoddingacquaintance.,F,(),1.,It’simpossibletocramtoomanywordsintoyourheadatatime.,T,(),2.,Themeaningofawordandthewaynativespeakersuseitareequallyimportant.,3.,T,(),GlobeReading.1.2,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,ListeningtoEnglishoccasionallywillimproveyourearandspeakingskills.,OnemustlistentoEnglishonaregularbasis.,F,(),4.,It’simportanttocatcheverydetailinEnglishlisteningcomprehension.,Thefirsttimeonemaynotcatchagreatdeal,butwitheachrepetitiononewillgetsomethingmore.,F,(),5.,LanguagelearnersdonotfindmanyopportunitiestopracticeoralEnglishatschool.,6.,RehearsingaloudisausefulwaytopracticespokenEnglish.,T,(),7.,T,(),GlobeReading.1.2,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,Readingistheonlyreliablesourceoflanguageinput.,8.,TherearevariouswayslikekeepinganEnglishdiaryorwritingtoapenpaltokeepwritinginEnglishregularly.,Readingisthemainandmostreliablesourceoflanguageinput.,F,(),9.,Readingandlisteningaremoreimportantinlanguagelearningthanspeakingandwriting.,Abalancebetweeninputandoutputisimportant.,F,(),10.,T,(),GlobeReading.2.1,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,QuestionsandAnswers,1)Whatisyourdefinitionof“l(fā)anguagelearningstrategy”?2)Canwetreatallnewwordsinthesameway?Ifno,howtodividenewwordsintodifferentcategories,whichdeservedifferenttreatment?3)WhatdoestheauthorwanttotellusinParagraph4?Doyouknowthedifferentmeaningsofthefollowingtwosentences?A)BesidesTom,everybodyherehasbeentoBeijing.B)ExceptTom,everybodyherehasbeentoBeijing.4)WhatshouldyoudoifyoucannotunderstandverywelltheEnglishconversationorpassageinatape?5)Ifthereisnopartner,howcouldyoupracticespeakingEnglish?,GlobeReading.2.2,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,6)Doyouagreewiththeauthorthatinourlearningenvironmentreadingisthemainandmostreliablesourceoflanguageinput?Why?7)Whatshouldbetakenintoconsiderationwhenyouchoosereadingmaterials?8)Accordingtothetext,couldyoumakealistofallthatyoucanwriteregularly?9)Doyouhaveapenpal?Ifyes,whatdoyouoftenwritetohimorher?10)Whatistherelationshipbetweenreading,listening,speakingandwriting?,GlobeReading.3.1,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,MultipleChoice,1.Inthefirstsentence,“bynomeans”means____.A)withoutmethodB)notatallC)absolutelyD)aboveall,2.Accordingtotheauthor,inordertohaveagoodcommandofEnglishonemust____.A)employasmanylearningstrategiesaspossibleB)expecttogainaneasiertaskC)exertoneselfconstantlyD)sustainoneself,Directions:ChooseONEbestanswertocompletethesentence.,GlobeReading.3.2,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,3.Intheauthor’sopinion,ifyoucannotmemorizeallthenewwordsyouarelearning,itisbecause_____.A)youareforgetfulB)youarenotworkinghardenoughC)youarenotinterestedinmemorizingEnglishwordsD)youaretryingtomemorizetoomanynewwordsatatime,4.Asforwordswhichdonotoftenoccurineverydaysituation,youjustneedtobeableto____.A)recognizethemB)nodatthemC)concentratemuchonthemD)practiceusingthemconstantly,GlobeReading.3.3,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,5.Ifyoulistentothetapeagainandagain,youmay____.A)wanttoretellthegeneralmeaningofwhatyouhearfromthetapeB)feelsoboredthatyoucannotunderstandwhatyouhearfromthetapeC)understandwhatyouhearfromthetapebetterandbetterD)repeattheexactwordsyouhearfromthetape,6.Accordingtothetext,whichofthefollowingisNOToneofthepossibleactivitiesforyoutopracticespeakingEnglishatschool?A)Totalktonativespeakersoncampus.B)TospeakEnglishtothewaitressinEnglishasyoupayforamealinarestaurant.C)Torehearsealoudbyyourself.D)TotalkwithyourclassmatesinEnglish.,GlobeReading.3.4,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,7.Intheeyesoftheauthor,oneshouldstartfrom______inwidereading.A)interestingmaterialsB)bookswithveryfewpagesC)materialsnottoodifficultD)bothAandC,8.Apenpalprovidesgoodmotivationforyourwritingbecauseheorshe____.A)livesfarawayfromyouB)knowsChinaalotsothatyoucanhavealottotalkaboutC)alsokeepsadiaryD)mayinformyouofmanyinterestingthingsinhisorherculture,GlobeReading.4.1,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,DiscourseAnalysis,Astrategyreferstoasetofcarefullyplannedmethodsforachievingsomethingthatisdifficultandmaytakealongtime.Inintroducingsomestrategies,theauthoradoptsthestructureofProblem—StrategywithinaparagraphtoshowustheproblemsinEnglishlearningandthenproposesstrategiestosolvetheproblems.PleasescanthetextforsomeexamplesoftheProblem—Strategystructure.,Youdon’tknowtheidiomaticusageofsomewords.,2.________________________________________________________,GlobeReading.4.2,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,ProblemsStrategies,Itisimpossibletomemorizeallthenewwordsyouarelearning.,1.______________________________________________________,Dealwithactivevocabularyandpassivevocabularydifferently.,1.______________________________________________________,Watchoutfornotonlythemeaningofawordbutalsothewayitisusedindailylife.,2._______________________________________________________________________________________,Youmaynotbeabletocatchalotafterlisteningtoapassageforthefirsttime.,3.____________________________________________________________________________________,Listentoitoverandoveragain.,3.___________________________,TherearefewsituationsforyoutopracticespeakingEnglishatschool.,4.__________________________________________________________,SeizeeveryopportunitytospeakEnglishwithorwithoutapartner.,4.______________________________________________________,GlobeReading.5,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,RolePlay,Formagroupoffour.OnestudentplaysasanEnglishteachertogivesomeEnglishlearningstrategiestotheotherthreestudents,whocomplaintohimorherabouttheproblemstheyhaveencounteredinEnglishlearning.,Article1_S,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,Asweareatthestartofthecourse,thisseemsagoodmomenttooffersomeadviceonhowtomakethetaskoflearningEnglisheasier.,LearningEnglishisbynomeanseasy.Ittakesgreatdiligenceandprolongedeffort.Nevertheless,whileyoucannotexpecttogainagoodcommandofEnglishwithoutsustainedhardwork,therearevarioushelpfullearningstrategiesyoucanemploytomakethetaskeasier.Herearesomeofthem.,Article1_S,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,SomeStrategiesforLearningEnglish,Article2_S,1.Donottreatallnewwordsinexactlythesameway.Haveyouevercomplainedaboutyourmemorybecauseyoufinditsimplyimpossibletomemorizeallthenewwordsyouarelearning?But,infact,itisnotyourmemorythatisatfault.Ifyoucramyourheadwithtoomanynewwordsatatime,someofthemareboundtobecrowdedout.Whatyouneedtodoistodealwith,,,,,,,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,newwordsindifferentwaysaccordingtohowfrequentlytheyoccurineverydayuse.Whileactivewordsdemandconstantpracticeandusefulwordsmustbecommittedtomemory,wordsthatdonotoftenoccurineverydaysituationsrequirejustanoddingacquaintance.Youwillfindconcentratingonactiveandusefulwordsthemosteffectiveroutetoenlargingyourvocabulary.,Article3_S,,,,,,,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,2.Watchoutforidiomaticwaysofsayingthings.Haveyoueverwonderedwhywesay,“IaminterestedinEnglish”,but“IamgoodatFrench”?AndhaveyoueveraskedyourselfwhynativeEnglishspeakerssay,“l(fā)earnthenewsorsecret”,but“l(fā)earnofsomeone’ssuccessorarrival”?Theseareallexamplesofidiomaticusage.InlearningEnglish,youmustpayattentionnotonlytothemeaningofaword,butalsotothewaynativespeakersuseitintheirdailylives.3.ListentoEnglisheveryday.ListeningtoEnglishonaregularbasiswillnotonlyimproveyourear,butwillalsohelpyoubuildyourspeakingskills.Inadditiontolanguagetapesespeciallypreparedforyourcourse,youcanalsolistentoEnglishradiobroadcasts,watchEnglishTV,andseeEnglishmovies.,ThefirsttimeyoulistentoatapedconversationorpassageinEnglish,youmaynotbeabletocatchagreatdeal.Trytogetitsgeneralmeaningfirstandlistentoitoverandoveragain.Youwillfindthatwitheachrepetitionyouwillgetsomethingmore.,Article4_S,,,,,,,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,4.Seizeopportunitiestospeak.ItistruethattherearefewsituationsatschoolwhereyouhavetocommunicateinEnglish,butyoucanseekoutopportunitiestopracticespeakingthelanguage.Talkingwithyourclassmates,forexample,canbeaneasyandenjoyablewaytogetsomepractice.Alsotrytofindnativespeakersonyourcampusandfeelfreetotalkwiththem.Perhapsthe,easiestwaytopracticespeakingistorehearsealoud,sincethiscanbedoneatanytime,inanyplace,andwithoutapartner.Forinstance,youcanlookatpicturesorobjectsaroundyouandtrytodescribethemindetail.Youcanalsorehearseeverydaysituations.Afteryouhavemadeapurchaseinashoporfinishedamealinarestaurantandpaidthecheck,pretendthatallthishappenedinanEnglish-speakingcountryandtrytoactitoutinEnglish.,Article5_S,,,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,5.Readwidely.Itisimportanttoreadwidelybecauseinourlearningenvironment,readingisthemainandmostreliablesourceoflanguageinput.Whenyouchoosereadingmaterials,lookforthingsthatyoufindinteresting,thatyoucanunderstandwithoutrelyingtoomuchonadictionary.Apageadayisagoodwaytostart.Asyougoon,youwillfindthatyoucandomorepagesadayandhandlematerialsatahigherlevelofdifficulty.,Article6_S,,,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,6.Writeregularly.Writingisagoodwaytopracticewhatyoualreadyknow.Apartfromcompositionsassignedbyyourteacher,youmayfindyourownreasonsforwriting.Apenpalprovidesgoodmotivation;youwilllearnalotbytryingtocommunicatewithsomeonewhosharesyourinterests,butcomesfromadifferentculture.Otherwaystowriteregularlyincludekeepingadiary,writingashortstoryandsummarizingthedailynews.,Languagelearningisaprocessofaccumulation.Itpaystoabsorbasmuchasyoucanfromreadingandlisteningandthentrytoputwhatyouhavelearnedintopracticethroughspeakingandwriting.,LearningEnglishisbynomeanseasy.Ittakesgreatdiligenceandprolongedeffort.Nevertheless,whileyoucannotexpecttogainagoodcommandofEnglishwithoutsustainedhardwork,therearevarioushelpfullearningstrategiesyoucanemploytomakethetaskeasier.Herearesomeofthem.,Article1_S_1,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,SomeStrategiesforLearningEnglish,,,Whatistheimpliedmeaningofthesetwosentences?,Ontheonehand,theauthorstatesthefactthatEnglishlearningisaverydifficulttask;ontheotherhand,theauthorforeshadowsthatsomestrategiesareneededtohelpusfulfillthetoughtask.,LearningEnglishisbynomeanseasy.Ittakesgreatdiligenceandprolongedeffort.Nevertheless,whileyoucannotexpecttogainagoodcommandofEnglishwithoutsustainedhardwork,therearevarioushelpfullearningstrategiesyoucanemploytomakethetaskeasier.Herearesomeofthem.,Article1_S_2,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,SomeStrategiesforLearningEnglish,,,,Paraphrasethesentence.,AlthoughyouhavetoworkhardcontinuallyinordertobegoodatEnglish,youcanalsomakeuseofsomelearningstrategiestohelpyouattainyourgoal.,Article2_S_1,1.Donottreatallnewwordsinexactlythesameway.Haveyouevercomplainedaboutyourmemorybecauseyoufinditsimplyimpossibletomemorizeallthenewwordsyouarelearning?But,infact,itisnotyourmemorythatisatfault.Ifyoucramyourheadwithtoomanynewwordsatatime,someofthemareboundtobecrowdedout.Whatyouneedtodoistodealwith,,,,,,,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,newwordsindifferentwaysaccordingtohowfrequentlytheyoccurineverydayuse.Whileactivewordsdemandconstantpracticeandusefulwordsmustbecommittedtomemory,wordsthatdonotoftenoccurineverydaysituationsrequirejustanoddingacquaintance.Youwillfindconcentratingonactiveandusefulwordsthemosteffectiveroutetoenlargingyourvocabulary.,,TranslatethesentenceintoChinese.,如果你一下子把太多的生詞塞進(jìn)頭腦，必定有一些生詞會(huì)被擠出來(lái)。,Article2_S_2,1.Donottreatallnewwordsinexactlythesameway.Haveyouevercomplainedaboutyourmemorybecauseyoufinditsimplyimpossibletomemorizeallthenewwordsyouarelearning?But,infact,itisnotyourmemorythatisatfault.Ifyoucramyourheadwithtoomanynewwordsatatime,someofthemareboundtobecrowdedout.Whatyouneedtodoistodealwith,,,,,,,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,newwordsindifferentwaysaccordingtohowfrequentlytheyoccurineverydayuse.Whileactivewordsdemandconstantpracticeandusefulwordsmustbecommittedtomemory,wordsthatdonotoftenoccurineverydaysituationsrequirejustanoddingacquaintance.Youwillfindconcentratingonactiveandusefulwordsthemosteffectiveroutetoenlargingyourvocabulary.,,1.TranslatethesentenceintoChinese.2.Analyzethestructureofthesentence.,你需要做的是根據(jù)生詞日常使用的頻率以不同的方式對(duì)待它們。,whatyouneedtodo是一個(gè)名詞短語(yǔ)作主語(yǔ)，todealwith是動(dòng)詞不定式作表語(yǔ)。what可引導(dǎo)類(lèi)似的名詞短語(yǔ)，例如:Yourhealthiswhatwereallycareabout。,Article2_S_3,1.Donottreatallnewwordsinexactlythesameway.Haveyouevercomplainedaboutyourmemorybecauseyoufinditsimplyimpossibletomemorizeallthenewwordsyouarelearning?But,infact,itisnotyourmemorythatisatfault.Ifyoucramyourheadwithtoomanynewwordsatatime,someofthemareboundtobecrowdedout.Whatyouneedtodoistodealwith,,,,,,,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,newwordsindifferentwaysaccordingtohowfrequentlytheyoccurineverydayuse.Whileactivewordsdemandconstantpracticeandusefulwordsmustbecommittedtomemory,wordsthatdonotoftenoccurineverydaysituationsrequirejustanoddingacquaintance.Youwillfindconcentratingonactiveandusefulwordsthemosteffectiveroutetoenlargingyourvocabulary.,,1.Whatdoestheauthormeanby“anoddingacquaintance”?,Thisphraseisusedasametaphor.Anacquaintancereferstosomeoneweknowslightlybutwhoisnotaclosefriend.Soweonlynodasagreetingwhenweseehimorher.Thisinterpersonalrelationshipisusedtointerprettheattitudeweshouldholdtowordsthatdonotoftenoccurineverydaysituations.,Weshouldoftenpracticetheuseofactivewords,thosewhichfrequentlyoccurineverydayuse,andlearnbyheartthoseusefulwords,whileweonlyneedrecognizethosewordswhichoccurlessfrequentlyineverydaysituations.,2.Paraphrasethesentence.,3.Analyzethestructureofthesentence.,while引導(dǎo)的兩個(gè)并列的轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系從句直到memory結(jié)束，與隨后的主句構(gòu)成對(duì)比，從而對(duì)比了對(duì)待兩類(lèi)詞匯的不同方式。while作為連詞意思有：與此同時(shí)，然而，雖然等。本句中while可譯為“然而”。,Article3_S_1,,,,,,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,2.Watchoutforidiomaticwaysofsayingthings.Haveyoueverwonderedwhywesay,“IaminterestedinEnglish”,but“IamgoodatFrench”?AndhaveyoueveraskedyourselfwhynativeEnglishspeakerssay,“l(fā)earnthenewsorsecret”,but“l(fā)earnofsomeone’ssuccessorarrival”?Theseareallexamplesofidiomaticusage.InlearningEnglish,youmustpayattentionnotonlytothemeaningofaword,butalsotothewaynativespeakersuseitintheirdailylives.3.ListentoEnglisheveryday.ListeningtoEnglishonaregularbasiswillnotonlyimproveyourear,butwillalsohelpyoubuildyourspeakingskills.Inadditiontolanguagetapesespeciallypreparedforyourcourse,youcanalsolistentoEnglishradiobroadcasts,watchEnglishTV,andseeEnglishmovies.,ThefirsttimeyoulistentoatapedconversationorpassageinEnglish,youmaynotbeabletocatchagreatdeal.Trytogetitsgeneralmeaningfirstandlistentoitoverandoveragain.Youwillfindthatwitheachrepetitionyouwillgetsomethingmore.,,1.TranslatethesentenceintoChinese.2.Analyzethestructureofthesentence.,在學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)時(shí)，你不僅必須注意詞義，還必須注意以英語(yǔ)為母語(yǔ)的人在日常生活中如何使用它。,本句用notonly…butalso連接了兩個(gè)并列的名詞性結(jié)構(gòu)作動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)的賓語(yǔ)，第二個(gè)結(jié)構(gòu)中存在一個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句thewayinwhichnativespeakersuseitintheirdailylives，原文中省略了inwhich。,Article3_S_2,,,,,,BeforeReading,GlobalReading,DetailedReading,AfterReading,2.Watchoutforidiomaticwaysofsayingthings.Haveyoueverwonderedwhywesay,“IaminterestedinEnglish”,but“IamgoodatFrench”?AndhaveyoueveraskedyourselfwhynativeEnglishspeakerssay,“l(fā)earnthenewsorsecret”,but“l(fā)earnofsomeone’ssuccessorarrival”?Theseareallexamplesofidiomaticusage.InlearningEnglish,youmustpayattentionnotonlytothemeaningofaword,butalsotothewaynativespeakersuseitintheirdailylives.3.ListentoEnglisheveryday.ListeningtoEnglishonaregularbasiswillnotonlyimproveyourear,butwillalsohelpyoubuildyourspeakingskills.Inadditiontolanguagetapesespeciallypreparedforyourcourse,youcanalsolistentoEnglishradiobroadcasts,watchEnglishTV,andseeEnglishmovies.,ThefirsttimeyoulistentoatapedconversationorpassageinEnglish,youmaynotbeabletocatchagreatdeal.Trytogetitsgeneralmeaningfirstandlistentoitoverandoveragain.Youwillfindthatwitheachrepetitionyouwillgetsomethingmore.,,Whatcanweinferfromthesentence?2.Paraphrasethephrase“improveone’sear”.,Listeningpracticeiscontributivetothedevelopmentofbothlisteningandspeakingskills.,“Ear”heremeanssenseofhearing.Thisphrasemaybeparap