Students often learn their lessons in class. They sit in the classroom listening to their     1     (teach).

This is a way of learning. Is this the only way for students to learn? Of course not. There is another way to learn. Students can teach     2     (they). For example, if you can not remember anything     3     you are doing your homework, what will you do? You can read your book to find     4     answer.

How can you teach yourself? The first thing is to read. Read something you are     5     (interest) in. The second is that you must ask yourself questions. A clever student usually does     6     (good) in asking questions. The     7     (three) is to answer the questions yourself by working hard, by     8     (read) books and sometimes by asking other people. These are the ways of teaching yourself. If you keep doing     9     these for a long time, you are sure     10     (make) great progress in your study.

Many Chinese people want to improve their English in different ways. Last year, twenty-four young singers     1     part in a competition by singing English songs.

Jiang Mei, the winner of the women’s group said that studying English helped     2     win the prize. Six months earlier, she felt her English was not good enough, so she spent     3     time learning English.

Sometimes this kind of     4     encourages people to speak English. Many people agree that they make     5     progress after learning English songs. Other ways like watching English movies and reading English books are good for learning English,     6    .

Many students learn English     7     using it often. Liu Li thinks the best way to learn new words is to read English magazines. However, Wei Ming doesn’t agree with her. He has     8     English for six years. He thinks remembering grammar is a great way. He said, “Four years ago, I found grammar was hard, so I took lots of grammar     9     in every class. Then I started to make sentences using the grammar I learned. It is amazing     10     much this helped. Now I enjoy learning English.”

Do you think learning English is difficult? If so, these two ways will help you to learn it more     1     and with more fun!

“I download English songs from the Internet. It helps improve my listening. What’s more, I am happier     2     I study this way,” said Lingling. Listening to your favorite English songs     3     actually a good way. Before you listen, you can read first     4     find out what the song is about. While listening, pick some useful words. A dictionary may also be helpful if necessary.

Watching a movie is another good and interesting way. “    5     is wonderful to watch movies, and it can help your English     6     lot!” said Daming. “You can also imitate (模仿) the pronunciation of the     7     .” So choose your favorite movie before watching. Then have paper and a pen ready as you may want to write     8     useful words.     9     this way, you can learn more words and know them better.

Enjoy using the two ways, and you are sure to learn     10     and do better than before!

In learning English, one should first pay     1     to listening and speaking. It is the groundwork(基础工作) of reading and writing. You’d better     2     your best to speak while you do much listening. Don’t be afraid of     3     mistakes, but be careful not to let them     4     you from improving your English. While you are doing this, a good way is to keep     5     diary, write notes or letters. Then if you can ask some others to go through     6     you have written and tell you where there is a mistake. Many     7     in your speaking will be easily found when you write.

    8     you want to improve your speaking, the     9     important thing is to choose something interesting to read. It mustn’t be difficult for you. When you are reading in this way, don’t stop to look     10     the words if you can guess their meanings when they have nothing important to do with the sentence. You can do that some other time.

My name is Teresa. I moved to Canada two years ago. Now I’m     1     Grade 8. My family comes from Hong Kong. I speak Chinese at home, but I     2     English at school every day. My friends ask me for advice about how to improve their English. Here     3     some tips.

First, I read a lot and use a dictionary!     4     I am free, I often read English storybooks, magazines and newspapers. Sometimes I don’t understand some words. So I look     5     up in a dictionary. Next, I watch English TV shows and movies! Every Sunday evening, I watch English movies. It helps a lot. I can enjoy myself and learn English at     6     same time. Also, I listen to English music! I love music and I often listen to English     7     . Just go on the Internet! You can find the words for many songs yourself. I usually write down the     8     in my notebook. Then I can sing along with the music. It’s fun! Besides, I speak English every day! I practise my English in class and after class. Don’t be afraid to     9     mistakes. It is the most     10     rule for learning English.

I hope these tips can help you.

How I Learned to Learn English

Last year, I did not like my English class. Every class was like a bad dream. The teacher spoke too quickly that I did not understand her most of the time. I was afraid to ask questions because of my poor pronunciation. I just kept s    1     and never said anything.

Then one day I watched an English movie called Toy Story. I fell in love with this exciting and funny movie! Although I couldn’t understand everything the characters said, their body language and the expressions on their faces helped me get the meaning. I also realized I could get the meaning by listening for just the key words. B    2     Toy Story, I started to watch other English movies too to improve my pronunciation. I also discovered that l    3     to English songs often cheered me up when I was low.

As a r    4     of the movie, now I really enjoy my English class. To a certain d    5    , learning English needs hard work. I want to learn new words and more grammar so that I can have a better understanding of English movies.

Nowadays, online learning becomes more and more p    1     among students. Many students from home and abroad c    2     to study online this year. For example, Linda from the UK is learning Chinese online. She thinks she is lucky to have a chance to continue studying online this year, which is convenient at the time of COVID-19. Most importantly, she has c    3     herself to develop the a    4     of learning by herself so far.

Many students like Linda prefer this new way for several reasons. First of all, teachers can help students solve their problems at once even if they are far away from each other. Besides, students can review their lessons through the online videos a    5    , anywhere. Moreover, students can take online exams to check their learning.