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Learning Strategies For the Teacher

The following Learning Strategies activities are intended to help students become effective learners of English. These strategies may be used as a way to prepare students for the corresponding activities in the Students Book. However, since they are intended to teach students to become effective learners, they may also be applied to other Students Book activities. The strategies included in Top Notch 1 are: Vocabulary-building - auditory representation - categorizing - creating vocabulary lists - defining new words - using new expressions in different ways - personalizing - brainstorming Reading - scanning - inferring information - personalizing - reading for general idea - skimming - guessing meaning from context - preparing to read - taking notes Listening - preparing to listen - listening for general topics Conversation - clarifying information - keeping a conversation going The following are the suggested points in the units when students can do each activity: UNIT 1 Clarifying information Before Conversation Pair Work, on page 7 Scanning After B, Reading, on page 12

UNIT 2 Auditory representation After A, Vocabulary, on page 20 Scanning After B, Reading, on page 24

UNIT 3 Keeping a conversation going Before Conversation Pair Work, on page 33

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Preparing to listen Before B, Listening Comprehension, on page 34 Inferring information After B, Reading, on page 36

UNIT 4 Categorizing After A, Vocabulary, on page 44 Personalizing After B, Reading, on page 46

UNIT 5 Creating vocabulary lists After C, Vocabulary Building, on page 55 Auditory representation After A, Vocabulary, on page 58 Reading for general ideas Before C, Reading, on page 60

UNIT 6 Defining new words After C, Vocabulary, on page 69 Preparing to listen Before C, Listening Comprehension, on page 70 Skimming Before B, Reading, on page 72

UNIT 7 Using new expressions in different ways After C, Vocabulary, on page 79 Personalizing After A, Vocabulary, on page 82 Guessing meaning from context Before B, Reading, on page 84

UNIT 8 Preparing to read Before C, Reading, on page 94 Listening for general ideas Before B, Listening Comprehension, on page 96

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UNIT 9 Personalizing After A, Vocabulary, on page 102 Preparing to read Before D, Reading, on page 108

UNIT 10 Brainstorming After D, Vocabulary, on page 117 Taking notes Before B, Reading, on page 118

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