TheotherdayIaskedagroupofmystudentshowtheyliketolearnEnglish.ThefirstpersontospeakupwasMax.Thiswasnosurprise—unlikemanyHongKongstudents,Maxhasneverbeenreluctanttospeak.“Iliketolearnbyspeaking,”saidMax.

TheotherdayIaskedagroupofmystudentshowtheyliketolearnEnglish.ThefirstpersontospeakupwasMax.Thiswasnosurprise—unlikemanyHongKongstudents,Maxhasneverbeenreluctanttospeak.

“Iliketolearnbyspeaking,”saidMax.“IspeciallylovetospeaktonativeEnglishspeakerswhenIcanfindthem.ItrytotalktomyfriendsinEnglish,too.Um,whatelse?IliketowatchTVandmoviesinEnglish,andIliketolearnnewwordsbyhearingthem.”

“Howaboutyou?”IaskedVeronica.“Doyouliketolearnintheseways?”

“Oh,no,”shesaid,“Icouldneverlearnlikethat.Ineedtohaveatextbook,andIliketheteachertoexplaineverythingtome.Ihaveanotebook,andIwriteeverythingdown.Iliketostudygrammar,andIliketolearnbyreading.Maxsayshelikestolearnnewwordsbyhearingthem.Iliketolearnnewwordsbyseeing.”

Veronica’sclassmateJackiewasmoresimilartoMax.Shesaidshelikedtolearnbywatchingmoviesandvideos.Shealsolikedplayinggames,listeningtocassettes,talkinginpairsandpracticingEnglishoutsidetheclassroom.ThelastpersontogivehisopinionwasJoseph.LikeVeronica,helikedtostudygrammar,althoughhedidn’tfeelthesameneedtohaveateacher.Helikedtolearnindependentlytofindhisownmistakes,andtoreadbooksandnewspapers.

Thesefourpeoplecorrespondtofourlearner“types”thataformercolleagueofmine,KenWilling,foundinastudyhedidsomeyearsago.Maxcanbeclassifiedasa“communicative”learner,Veronicaas“authority-oriented”,Jackieasa“concrete”learner,andJosephasan“analytical”one.

(1).[本题2分]MaxlikestolearnEnglishby______.

(A)watchingTVandmoviesinEnglish

(B)learningnewwordsbyhearingthem

(C)alwaysspeakinginEnglish

(D)Alloftheabove.

(2).[本题2分]WholikestolearnEnglishbywatchingmoviesandvideos?

(A)VeronicaandJoseph

(B)JackieandMax

(C)JackieandVeronica

(D)JosephandMax

(3).[本题2分]What’sthesimilaritybetweenVeronicaandJosephinlearningpreferences?

(A)Neitherlikesateachertoexplainwhattheyarelearning.

(B)Noneoftheabove.

(C)Bothliketostudyindependently.

(D)Neit