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Unit 7 is short but important as it shifts the focus to the students and demonstrates how teachers can structure the lessons to improve the students' reading and listening skills. First, I learned the goals of acquiring reading and listening skills: for a purpose or for entertainment. Then, the unit outlined the different ways that people read and listen, which includes scanning for specific information and skimming to get a general idea of the story. The most important thing that I took away from this unit is how to select text for the class. As the interests of each student vary, the teacher must choose a variety of different text for the class and the teacher's interest should not be the focus when picking reading materials.