Warming up Skimming Digging Critical thinking Language in use Unfamiliar words Interpreting Talking point THINKING for yourself Warming up 1. Listen and underline any words or expressions which are different from what you hear. Think about it! Here are some tips for students who want to increase their thinking power. • The more carefully you think about something, the less interesting it es. • A university student can learn a lot from TV programmes as well as from teachers. • If you take a break when you get stuck on a difficult passage in a book, it may be more difficult to understand when e back to it. • The more carefully you think about something, the less interesting it es. (more) • A university student can learn a lot from TV programmes as well as from teachers. (other student) • If you take a break when you get stuck on a difficult passage in a book, it may be more difficult to understand when e back to it. (easier) • Don’t believe anything your teacher says. Be prepared to check the facts. • Read your lecture notes again within 24 days. Otherwise they may not make sense to you anymore. • If you have any good ideas while you are in the bath, get out and write them down. Otherwise you will forget them. • It’s important to believe in your own ideas as much as anybody else’s. Warming up • Don’t believe anything your teacher says. Be prepared to check the facts. (everything) • Read your lecture notes again within 24 days. (hours) Otherwise they may not make sense to you anymore. • If you have any good ideas while you are in the bath, get out and write them down. Otherwise you will forget them. (bed) • It’s important to believe in your own ideas as much as anybody else’s. (more than) Warming up 2. Work in pairs and discuss the advice. Decide which tips you agree with, and which you don’t. Shorter points on the tips: • 1st one: The first seems true to me. If you just look at an ant for a moment, it is of little interest, but if you start thinkin