You study every day and you must have many learning methods. Which one is the best? It is believed the Feynman Technique (费曼学习法) can help you learn faster and more effectively (有效地).
What is the Feynman Technique?
Developed by Richard Feynman, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, the Feynman Technique is a study method for students to learn through teaching. This study method can be used to memorize and understand difficult topics. It can also be used with other common study methods like re-reading textbooks or reviewing notes.
Why is the Feynman Technique effective?
For one, it makes students review and analyze, which can help to understand knowledge at a higher level than just memorizing. Furthermore, it requires students to connect the knowledge with their experiences. Re-reading textbooks and reviewing notes are passive (被动的) activities. In the Feynman Technique, explaining and simplifying forces the learner to learn actively.
How can you use the Feynman Technique?
If you want to use the Feynman Technique to study better, follow these five simple steps.
| Step 1 Choose a topic you want to learn. | You can use the technique for any topic. But it’s most often used to study topics related to science because the step of making it simple works best for these topics. |
| Step 2 Explain the topic as if teaching a sixth-grader. | The second step is the heart of the Feynman Technique: explaining the topic simply enough so a sixth-grader can understand it. This step will help break down difficult topics into their most basic parts. |
| Step 3 ________ | You need to try to find out what can be improved in your explanation. Maybe there is something that you can’t explain simply. When possible, you can explain to a real sixth-grader and test whether he or she can understand it. |
| Step4 Improve your explanation and make it simple. | Think about all the knowledge gaps (鸿沟), and other areas of improvement you found, and use those to improve your explanation. |
| Step 5 Repeat the steps until you’ve mastered the topic. | Keep going through each step until you’re fully satisfied with your explanation. The Feynman Technique works best when you repeat. Often, you’ll need to go through each step at least twice for the method to be effective. |
1. Who created the Feynman Technique?
2. What is the difference between the Feynman Technique and reviewing notes?
3. What does the writer want to show through Chart I?
4. Why do we need to explain the knowledge as if teaching a sixth-grader?
5. What’s the best subtitle of Step 3?
6. What do you usually do to make sure you have mastered new knowledge? How can you improve your method after reading this passage?
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When it comes to learning a foreign language, most people would choose English. Millions of people born in non-English speaking countries learn it just from textbooks and spend hours studying English grammar. However, these are the wrong ways to learn English. Let’s look at some good ways.
English media such as music, videos and TV shows are helpful. I come from a small country in Europe. When I was a little boy, there were few local TV shows or songs in my hometown. So my friends and I almost only watched English TV shows and listened to English songs. This, along with the courses we were taking at school, helped speed up our process of learning English.
Start making conversations in English when you can understand what you hear. While it may seem strange at first, but it would get more natural if you stick to it. I spent a lot of time talking with my friends in English. When we finished primary school we could speak English fluently (流利地).
I learnt three other languages when I was in college. Now I can confidently say that the only way to truly master a language is to live as though the language were your mother tongue (语言). So just forget about your textbooks and try acting like you live outside of China. Find ways to expose (使接触) yourself to English as much as possible. It will not only make you a better learner but also give you a fresh view of the language.
1. What does the writer think are the wrong ways to learn English?2. Why did the writer almost only watch English TV shows and listen to English songs?
3. How did the writer improve his spoken English?
4. When did the writer learn the other three languages?
5. What is the passage mainly about?
Learning a language is a long course that requires time, love and devotion. With the rise of language apps, it is perhaps more popular than ever. But the apps aren’t supposed to be used alone to learn a language. To language learners, apps are a kind of tool. But that doesn’t mean you have to be trapped in them.
Not everyone can attend proper language classes, what can they do? Here are some creative ways for them to learn a new language. Follow these, they will discover the truth about language learning.
Be a child, watch cartoons
One of the most common advice for language learners is to watch films and shows in the language they are learning. But to the beginners, it’s difficult to understand without the help of subtitles (字幕). They can watch children’s cartoons instead. These cartoons are often made up of basic expressions and words. Moreover, cartoons usually come with clearer and slower pronunciation, which will help learners understand without subtitles.
Let the words flow
One has the risk of making mistakes when trying to practise in public or with local people, so start small instead. Speak to your pet or an object around the house. Tell them about your day or describe how you feel.
The goal is to get used to sounding the letters and getting the words out. As you grow more confident, come up to the waiter at a real French restaurant (or whatever language you may be working on) or a local person.
A foreign stamp
A good method to test your writing skills is to keep a penfriend. Ideally, find someone who is fluent (流利的) in the language you are learning. And he is also learning your language. Through the exchange of letters, you get to practise your writing skills. What’s more, everyone gets a friend.
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| A (n) | ★With love, one also needs to spend time in learning a new language and ★Language apps | |
| Creative language learning | Be a child, watch cartoons | ★Watch cartoons ★Cartoons include basic expressions and words. And characters in them pronounce more clearly and |
| Let the words flow | ★Speak to your pet or an object first if you are afraid to ★After having more | |
| A foreign stamp | ★Keep a penfriend to practise your writing skills by writing | |
When people graduate from high school or college, they usually think their education is over. But in fact, it’s important to continue learning after finishing school. That is to be a lifelong (终生的) learner.
Being a lifelong learner can be fun. It can give you something interesting to talk about.
And it’s good for your brain. Just as exercise makes your body stronger, your mind becomes sharper (更灵敏的) when you use it.
It can also help you with your work or job. Knowledge in other areas can help you develop creative ideas in your present job. Also, becoming an expert in an area outside of your present job allows you to take a job in another field if you want to.
Then let’s talk about how to become a lifelong learner? First, you need to make up your mind to keep on learning new things even when it isn’t easy. It may help if you find friends who will encourage your learning.
Then it’s a good idea to find time to learn during your day. Carry a book with you, and read it when you have to wait. Audio books (有声读物) are also helpful. You can listen to them while traveling or doing housework.
Finding ways to use what you’ve learned can also help you remember things. For example, if you want to learn how to fix appliances (家用电器), try fixing some at home. If you are learning a foreign language, find someone who speaks that language to talk with. If you are learning facts about science, explain what you are learning to someone else. Then you can help that person be a lifelong learner, too!Title: | |
Reasons | ▲It can be fun. ▲It’s good for your brain. ▲ |
Suggestions | ▲To make up your mind to keep on learning new things ▲To find time to learn during your day. ▲ |
2).What can you learn from this passage?
【推荐1】Xi'an celebrated the first-ever China Hanfu Day on April 18. There were shows which were held by people wearing traditional Chinese clothing—Hanfu. Hanfu fans from all over China gathered there to take photos and put them online for a Hanfu photo coopetition which lasted until May 18.
China Hanfu Day is in the third month of the Chinese lunar calendar(农历), which is said to be the birthday of the Yellow Emperor. In ancient China, this day was also called Shangsi Festival(上巳节). Its purpose is to encourage young Chinese to take pride in traditional clothing.
Hanfu is the traditional clothing of the Han people who lived in China before the Qing Dynasty. It has a history of about 3,000 years. And it has changed greatly so far. However, some of its main characteristics(特点) remain. For example, there are two parts that overlap(交叠) on the front, which is called "jiao ling". Another main characteristic of Hanfu is that it usually uses ribbons(系带) instead of buttons.
China is becoming a leading country in the world, so the Chinese people feel more confident about Chinese traditional culture than ever before.
1. Where did the first China Hanfu Day take place?2. What's the purpose of China Hanfu Day?
3. When did Hanfu appear?
4. Does Hanfu usually use ribbons or buttons?
5. Why do the Chinese people feel more confident about Chinese traditional culture than ever before?
【推荐2】Life is hard. And junior middle school students have every reason to say so.
Recently, Zhejiang did a survey of young people's mental(精神的) health. It found that junior middle school students in Zhejiang feel the biggest pressure from school among teenagers. Besides, 48.8% of middle school students show signs of mental health problems.
What are students worried about?
"First, the class ranking(排名) after exams. Second, being unable to reach their parents' expectation," the Youth Time reported.
This is not only true with Chinese students.
The experts in America recently did a similar survey. The results are surprising: in the US, teenagers have a higher level of stress than adults. For them, one of the big reasons for stress is also schoolwork.
What can we do to help?
★ Be sure to have an active life.
★ Sleep for 9—10 hours a day.
★ Find someone to exercise with every day.
1. What kind of survey did people do in Zhejiang recently?2. According to the passage, how many things do the Chinese students worry about?
3. Do the students in America also have stress in schoolwork?
4. Who have a higher level of stress in America, teenagers or adults?
5. How many hours should students sleep a day in order to reduce their stress?
【推荐3】Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was invented by accident? Many people believe that tea was first drunk about 5,000 years ago. It is said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong was the first to discover tea as a drink. One day Shen Nong was boiling drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time. It produced a nice smell so he tasted the brown water. It was quite delicious, and so, one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented.
A few thousand years later, Lu Yu, “the saint of tea”, mentioned Shen Nong in his book Cha Jing. The book describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea. It also discusses where the finest tea leaves were produced and what kinds of water were used.
It is believed that tea was brought to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries. In England, tea didn’t appear until around 1660, but in less than 100 years, it had become the national drink. The tea trade from China to Western countries took place in the 19th century. This helped to spread the popularity of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world. Even though many people now know about tea culture, the Chinese are without doubt the ones who best understand the nature of tea.
1. The way that tea was invented (in two words):2. The time when tea was first drunk:
3. The taste of the brown water that was drunk by Shen Nong:
4. The person who wrote the book Cha Jing:
5. The role of the tea trade played:
