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1、2013听力原文Section AWhat Do Active Learners Do? Good morning! Today Ill discuss what is active learning and what do active learners do. In order to define active learning, Ill look at the differences between active learning and passive learning by examining six characteristics of active learners and co
2、ntrasting them with those of passive learners. Ok. Lets start with the first characteristic. Active learners tend to read with the purpose of understanding and remembering. I bet that no one deliberately sits down to read with the purpose of not understanding the text. However, Im sure that some of
3、you have been in a situation, probably more than once, where you read, quote and unquote, an assignment, closed the text and thought “what the world was that about?” When you interact with the text in this manner, you are reading passively. Active readers, on the other hand, set goals before they re
4、ad and check their understanding as they read. When they finish, they can explain the main points and know that they have understood what they have read. Now, the second characteristic of active learners is to reflect on information and think critically. Being reflective is an important part of acti
5、ve learning, because it means that you are thinking about the information. In other words, you are processing the information. For instance, you may make connections between the new information and what you already know, identify concepts that you may not understand very well, or evaluate the import
6、ance of what you are reading. An active learner reflects constantly in this way. In contrast, passive learners may read the text and listen to lectures and even understand most of what is read and heard, but they do not take that crucial next step of actually thinking about it. Lets move on to the t
7、hird one. The third characteristic is to listen actively by taking comprehensive notes in an organized way, like what you should be doing now. We lecturers are always amazed at the number of students who engage in activities other than listening and note-taking in their lecture classes. Weve seen st
8、udents reading newspapers, doing an assignment for another class, or chatting with a classmate. Perhaps the all-time winner for passive learning, however, was a student who regularly came to my class with a pillow and fell asleep. Unlike these students, active learners are engaged learners. They lis
9、ten actively to the professor for the entire class period, and they write down as much information as possible. To be an active note-taker, you must be more than simply present. You have to think about the information before you write. The fourth characteristic is to get assistance when they are exp
10、eriencing problems. Because active learners are constantly monitoring their understanding, they know when their comprehension breaks down, and they ask for help before they become lost. In addition, active learners often predict the courses (or even particular concepts within courses) that may give
11、them trouble. They have a plan in mind for getting assistance should they need it. Active learners may seek assistance from their professors or peers. Although passive learners may seek help at some point, it is often too little, too late. In addition, because passive learners do not reflect and thi
12、nk critically, they often dont even realize that they need help. The next characteristic is to question information. This means that active learners raise questions on information that they read and hear, while passive learners accept both the printed page and the words of their professors as “truth
13、”. Of course, active learners dont question everything, but they do evaluate what they read and hear. When new information fails to “fit in” with what they already know, they may differ in the conclusions they draw or in the inferences they make. The last characteristic which I think is the most fun
14、damental one is to accept much of the responsibility for learning. Active learners understand that the responsibility for learning must come from within, while passive learners often want to blame others for their lack of motivation, poor performance, time-management problems, and other difficulties
15、 that they might experience. When active learners dont perform as well as theyd hoped, they evaluate why they didnt do well and change those studying behaviors the next time. Passive learners, on the other hand, often approach every course in the same manner and then get angry with professors when t
16、heir performance is poor. It is only when students accept the responsibility for their own learning that they can truly be called “active learners”. So, from what Ive said so far, you can see that being an active learner involves both skill and will. By skill, I mean the tools to handle the studying and learning demands placed on you, like how to read with purpose, when and where to get assistance if you are having di
