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Seminar:IndependentLearningTime:90-120minutesLevel:*****[B1/B2/C1]
LessonPlan Aim:todevelopthestudents’understandingofindependentlearningandimprovetheirawarenessofstudyskills.Thislessonprovidesaninsightintoindependentstudyinfouruniversitiesandoutlinesthekeyareasofwhatisexpectedatuniversity.1.Leadin
• Askstudents(insmallgroups)todiscusswhatis‘independentlearning’.• Feedbackideasontheboard.• Explaintheyaregoingtowatch/listentofourvideosfromfouruniversities.Take
notesoneachvideoandthesenoteswillbeusedforadiscussion(seminar).
Videos:[preparation-A4padandpens]-Studentslistenandtakenotes.Askthestudentstotakeparticularattention in their notes towhich university saidwhat (this is important because students should referverballytotheauthorinaseminar.E.g.UniversityofWestminsterhighlightedthat…).IndependentLearner#1:[giveoutworksheet]studentssummarisetheirnotesonthissheet.Againusingthecode(UoL/UoW/NTU/UoE)toindicatewhosaidwhat.IndependentLearnerActionPlan:[giveoutworksheet]studentsshouldreflectontheirindependentstudyandfillintheactionplanonhowtheycanimprovethis.SeminarQuestions#3:Holdaseminar-studentsrun&controladiscussionusingthequestions.ASeminar
• consistsof3-6people.• asetofquestions.
(giveoutquestionsatthebeginning-studentshavetwominutestoreadthroughandformulatetheiranswers).
• 25-30minutesdiscussiontime.• 5minutesbeforetheend-eachstudentsummarisesakeypointdiscussed.• StudentsCANusetheirnotes.
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AnIndependentLearnerWatchthesefourvideosandtakenotesonwhatthespeakerstalkabout.
UniversityofLeicester(UoL)-becomingamore'independentlearner'[4:44]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sfLcM0MdpE
UniversityofWestminster(UoW)-IndependentStudy[4:12]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir7H7HJGudM
NottinghamTrentUniversity(NTU)-IndependentLearning[2:45]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir8MZJkddIA
UniversityofEdinburgh(UoE)-IndependentlearningatEdinburgh[2:57]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAZ6NnHLo
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Independentlearner#1Summarisethekeyideasandimportantpointsofthevideosinthissection.
Refertowhateachuniversitysaidbyusingthecodes(UoL/UoW/NTU/UoE).Bepreparedtotalkaboutwhattheseuniversitiessaidaboutindependency.
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IndependentLearnerActionPlan
ThefollowingquestionscanhelpyoutogathertogethertheinformationyouneedtodevelopanIndependentLearningactionplanforstudy.
Whatareaofyourindependentstudywouldyouliketodevelop?
Whatparticularresearch,topicsorquestionswouldyouliketoexplore?
Whatparticulargoalswouldyouliketoachievewithyourindependentstudy?
e.g.Iwouldliketohavegreaterknowledgeof…/developtheabilityto…
Whatstrategieswillyouusetoachievethesegoals?(places/time/etc…)
Howwillyoushowthatyourgoalshavebeenachieved?
Whatmightmakeitdifficultforyoutoachievethesegoals?
Whattime-scaledoyouhaveforachievingthesegoals?
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Seminar:IndependentLearningQuestions
1. Reflectonyourapproachtoreading&listening.
2. DefineIndependentlearning(I.L).
3. WhattypesofI.Lactivitieswerediscussedinthevideos?
4. WhyisIndependentLearningfundamental?
5. WhatarethechallengesforyouimplementingI.L?
6. Discusswhereyoucanstudyatthisuniversity?
7. Discussyourgoals,actionplansandfocusforthenextcouple
ofweeks.