Unit 7 2 In pairs. Ask and answer the questions below to help improve your studying.


Improve your study environment a Where can you study quietly? A library, a room at home, a café? b Is your study place comfortable? Think about your chair, the lighting, how much space you have. c Can you concentrate? Do you work better with music? Do you turn off your phone when you are studying?


d When is a good time to study? How long do you study for? Do you have regular breaks? When is the best time of day to concentrate?


e Do you eat when you study? Do you study better with a coffee or other drink? How about snacks?


Improve your memory Everyone learns new words in different ways. Some people like reading, others like pictures. Some people like to listen to or watch people speaking. Some people make neat notes and have filing systems.


How do you learn new words best?


a alphabetically b in topic groups, for example, sports, directions, places, times, numbers


c with a translation


d with an explanation in your language e with an example sentence f with a picture g using audio


How many new words can you learn in a day? How often do you review?


This week, try some new ways of learning words. Review more often and keep a record of how many new words you learn.


3 Next week, share your results with a classmate. Does your learning improve? C CRITICAL THINKING: MAKING ETHICAL DECISIONS


1 Where do you place the situations a–f on the scale? What makes a ‘good’ ethical decision depends on many things, including


the context, your culture, and the personal values you have. 100%


Completely acceptable 0% Completely unacceptable


a You read a good student’s assignment from last year to ‘get ideas’ but not for the actual words. b A book you want to use isn’t in the library, but there is a cheap photocopy of it for sale from another student. Should you buy it?


c You found a really good site on the internet. Should you copy and paste the content into an assignment and pretend it’s yours?


d Your teacher accidentally left a copy of next week’s exam paper on the desk. Should you read it to find out what to revise?


e Your university has two classes with the same exam on two separate days. Should you ask students who took the first exam what the questions are about?


f Your best friend misses a class. He needs to sign in or he will fail the year. Should you sign his name in the register?


2 Discuss your ideas with a classmate. What do you agree or disagree about? 118 English for the 21st Century • Unit 7


C21 skills


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