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V. LISTENING
Becoming independent learners
1. Tick (✔) the columns to complete the following table about you. Compare your answers in pairs.
| Yes | No | |
| 1. Are you interested in learning new things? | ||
| 2. Do you set your learning goals and make plans to achieve them? | ||
| 3. Do you try to understand a problem on your own before asking for help? | ||
| 4. Do you want to know more about the world? |
2. Listen to a conversation between Mai and Mike, and choose the correct answers A, B, or C. 🎧
1. What is the conversation mainly about?
A. What motivates independent learners.
B. Independent learners' sense of responsibility.
C. What makes a successful independent learner.
2. What makes independent learners study hard?
A. Their motivation for learning.
B. Their learning goals.
C. The responsibility for their own learning.
3. What do independent learners do if the task they are working on is too difficult?
A. They give up and move on to something harder.
B. They make every effort to finish it.
C. They ask questions about it.
4. Which of the following descriptions of independent learners is NOT mentioned?
A. They're self-motivated and responsible.
B. They're confident and highly organised.
C. They're curious about the world and they don't give up.
3. Listen to the conversation again and answer each of the following questions using no more than THREE words or a number. 🎧
1. How many characteristics of independent learners does Mike find on the website?
2. What do independent learners take responsibility for?
3. What do they use to help them achieve their learning goals?
4. What are they not afraid of doing?
4. Work in groups. Discuss the following questions.
Which of the characteristics of independent learners do you think you have? Which one do you want to develop in the future?
