节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-01-05
难易度:High
关键字:conduct, comprehension, linguistic, distraction, learning disability
Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
I'm your teacher Gabe.
Hi. I'm Carolyn.
Good to see you again.
I'm Nathanael.
And we're glad you could be here.
We're continuing to learn about BrainPOP.
Yesterday we learned about a man named Avraham Kadar.
And he created this genius website that really has helped a lot of people to
learn about many different things - BrainPOP.
And it makes me think about interesting classes that I have had.
Different teachers in the past have found ways to make class interesting.
Carolyn, what's one interesting class that you have taken?
Well, I really like literature classes.
And probably my most interesting one was called Appalachian Literature,
which dealt with a lot of the literature written by people from the area known
as Appalachia.
Wow! That sounds really interesting.
What about you, Nathanael?
Have you taken any interesting classes?
Well, I've had some really interesting literature classes too, Carolyn.
But I also took a class about movies.
It was called Introduction to Film.
And I really liked it.
Well, I think that we've all had some interesting classes.
And BrainPOP has a way of making everything interesting.
Let's learn more about BrainPOP right now.
(Music).
BrainPOP.
Why BrainPOP?
The reason for BrainPOP's popularity among teachers is simple: It works.
A 2009 study conducted by SEG Research compared students who used BrainPOP to
those who didn't.
The BrainPOP users experienced more improvement in vocabulary, reading
comprehension, language skills and science than the other students.
And the benefits of BrainPOP are not limited to native English speakers.
One award-winning Canadian school with students from many linguistic backgrounds
makes BrainPOP available to all its teachers.
(Music).
Hey, everyone.
Well, of course our lesson starts out with a question: Why BrainPOP?
I think what they want to know is why is BrainPOP so popular.
Carolyn, why is BrainPOP so popular?
Very simple.
It works.
It is very simple - It works.
And we see those two words: it works.
If something works, that means you know that you've tried it and you don't need
to spend too much more time on it because it's a good idea, it works.
How else might you use that word, something "works" or it "worked"?
One thing that sometimes we do say is we look at someone and see what they're
wearing and say:
Oh. That really works.
It looks good together.
Your shirt matches your pants... something like that.
The outfit works.
OK. The outfit works.
How else can you use this word?
Well, a lot of times my friends will suggest: Oh. Well, why don't we go eat
dinner here?
And I will say: Oh. That works.
"That works." So that idea works.
There's different ways you can use this word.
Play with this word works.
So the reason that BrainPOP is so popular is because - all together now - It
works.
And a 2009 study conducted by SEG research compared students who used BrainPOP
with those who didn't.
And we see this Word Bank word: conducted.
If you "conduct" something, that means you are organizing it, you are leading
it.
You are the... the main leader in doing something.
You are conducting it.
How else can you use that word, Carolyn?
Well, I like to play music and sing.
And so usually you have someone who conducts the music for you.
OK. So you can conduct an orchestra or a choir.
What else could you conduct?
Maybe a university would conduct some research on some kind of subject.
A university conducted some research on nuclear energy.
All right.
They conducted research.
Maybe they conducted a survey.
And as we can see, SEG research conducted some kind of study about BrainPOP.
And it compared students who used BrainPOP with those who didn't.
The BrainPOP users experienced more improvement in vocabulary, reading
comprehension, language skills and science than the other students.
Wow! That's not a little improvement.
That is a big difference.
And we see that Word Bank word: comprehension.
That means a thorough understanding of something.
So how else might you be able to use this word?
Well, a lot of times when we're learning something, we think of our listening
comprehension and whether or not we understand what people are saying to us.
Yes, yes. Of course I understand that.
I did comprehend that.
Thank you for testing my listening comprehension.
Did you get that?
So you can test reading comprehension, listening comprehension.
This word makes me think of another word - comprehensive.
Nathanael, how are these words different, comprehension and comprehensive?
The meanings are pretty different.
"Comprehensive" is about a lot of things or about all of the things of a certain
topic.
"Comprehension" this means to understand.
So be careful how you use the two words.
OK. They are different words, even though they are similar.
So people who used BrainPOP can find out that they actually did better in
vocabulary,
reading comprehension, language skills and science than other students.
And the benefits of BrainPOP are not limited to native English speakers.
We can see those words - something is "not limited to" something else.
That means that you can use it in different ways.
It's not just for one certain group of people.
Uh, you can say something like this class is for kids but it's not limited to
kids; everybody is welcome.
Absolutely.
Or if you're going to a restaurant, there might be certain meals on the menu
that you could say:
These meals are limited to children.
But everything is available to everyone.
So it's not just limited to children.
And we could also say that where we work is not limited only to regular
employees but also possibly interns that are just there for a short time.
Great.
Or maybe in your math class, your teacher says you are not limited to using a
pencil to solve your problems.
You can use a calculator as well.
So practice using those words, "not limited to" something.
Right now I think Steve and Ken are waiting for us at the Info Cloud.
Let's say Hi to them.
Hey, guys.
Hi.
Hey, Steve.
You're a native English speaker, aren't you?
I sure am, Ken.
I grew up speaking English, so that makes me a native English speaker.
How about you?
Are you a native English speaker, Ken?
No. I'm a native Chinese speaker.
I grew up speaking Chinese.
And that's my mother tongue.
Now when you say "mother tongue," you don't mean the language spoken by your
mother, right?
Ah, good question, Steve.
One's mother tongue doesn't necessarily mean that it is the language of one's
mother.
The word "mother" can mean origin as in mother country or motherland.
So your mother tongue is the language you learned as a child at home from your
parents.
It is also called your first language or native language.
So you learned English as a second language.
That's right.
I was an ESL student when I moved to America as a child.
OK. So let's go back to the word "native." I'm a native English speaker.
I'm also native to America.
Anyone born in America is native to America.
Now does that make you a Native American then?
No, it doesn't.
A Native American is an American Indian.
Native Americans are now a minority people in the United States.
(Chinese).
Thanks, guys.
Well, the benefits of BrainPOP are not limited to native English speakers.
One award-winning Canadian school with students from many linguistic backgrounds
makes BrainPOP available to all its teachers.
It sounds like a pretty cool idea.
Well, Nathanael, can you tell us a little bit about that word "linguistic"?
Yeah. Linguistic has to do with language.
Language, so this is language backgrounds, people with different language
backgrounds.
However, we also say the word "linguistics." What does that mean, Carolyn?
Well, linguistic and linguistics - with an S on the end - are a little bit
different.
Linguistics is the study of language.
OK. So the study of a language whereas linguistic, without the S, is an
adjective that has to do with... with language in general.
So if you are studying about different languages or the sounds of different
languages, how they're used, that is linguistics, right?
Right. Absolutely. So you are studying the field of linguistics.
And you learn about people with different linguistic backgrounds, probably.
Interesting. That's right.
So we're talking about linguistic backgrounds.
You can use that word "background" in different ways too.
Of course, what you see behind me is the background.
But what's another way you could use that word "background," Nathanael?
We have different kinds of backgrounds too, our language background and our
cultural background.
All right.
So you can talk about someone's cultural background, linguistic background,
maybe your musical backgrounds.
Lots of different backgrounds to talk about.
Well, Michelle is waiting for us in the Language Lab, so let's go and say Hi to
her right now.
Hey, Michelle.
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.