Lesson 2

The lesson plan

1. Introduction to the theme (5 min)

2. Lexical exercises on the topic country life, city life (10-15 min)

3. Speaking practice (65-70 min)

4. Homework (1 min)

Introduction to the theme

As an introduction to the lesson “Countries and cities” for students a teacher may say that the country is so big and it differs not only in nature and climate but also in people who live in different regions. Different regions of the country are differently urbanized. The life in the city and life in the country is very different.

LEXICAL EXERCISES

I. Ask students to organise the words into two groups: describing towns/cities and describing countryside

Towns/ cities	countryside
shopping center, factory, museum, suburbs, night-life, pollution, tall buildings, theatre, streets and avenues, libraries and universities, underground, car parks, statues, lots of traffic	Field, woods, far, valleys, fresh air, lake

II. Ask students to match adjectives in A with opposites in B and to say which adjectives describe country life and life in the city.

clean	country	dirty	city
small	country	big	city
safe	country	dangerous	city
expensive	city	cheap	country
industrial	city	agricultural	country
good	country	bad	city
quiet	country	noisy	city

SPEAKING PRACTICE

I. Ask students describe the picture of a well known painter V.S. Suricov “Snowtown” using the Present Continuous Tense.

II. Ask students to write the conversation between Steve and James in the correct order and guess what they are used for.

James: Oh, hi, Steve. How are you?

Steve: Fine, thanks. And you? What are you doing these days?

James: Well, I am training to be manager.

Steve: Really? Are you enjoying it?

James: Yes, it’s quite interesting. How about you?

Steve: Well, I am not working at the moment, but I’m very busy. I am building a house.

James: Oh, how interesting! Are you doing it alone?

Steve: No, my friends help me.

III. Ask students to choose one of the photos and make up a conversation between these people.

III. Ask students to make up a similar dialogue using the Present Continuous Tense to speak about their life at the moment.

Homework

Ask students to study new vocabulary and grammar.

Lesson 3

The lesson plan

1. Introduction to the theme (5 min)

2. Pre-listening discussion (10 min)

3. Active vocabulary (10-15 min)

4. Listening text II (15-18 min)

5. Listening comprehension (13-18 min)

6. Speaking practice (17-22 min)

7. Homework (1 min)

Introduction to the theme

As an introduction to the lesson “An English speaking country” for students a teacher may say that it is impossible to know the language without knowing anything about its country, culture and traditions.

Pre-listening discussion

Ask students to answer the following questions:

• What English speaking countries do you know?

• What do you know about Great Britain?

• Where is it situated?

• What are the parts of Great Britain?

• Who rules the country?

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

Ask students to study the Russian equivalents to the following words and word combinations and to pronounce them correctly and to make up examples with the words:

to be situated быть расположенным

to consist состоять

surface поверхность

valley долина

influence влиять

monarchy монархия

rule править

in practice фактически, на практике

Prime Minister премьер-министр

highly developed высокоразвитый

LISTENING TEXT

Ask students to listen to text II “Great Britain” paying attention to the discussed words and word combinations.

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

I. Ask students to correct the statements if they find them wrong. Use such phrase as: I agree with you. You are right. or I’m afraid I don’t agree with you. That’s not true/right.

1. TRUE.

2. FALSE The surface of the British Isles varies much.

3. FALSE There are a lot of rivers in Great Britain but they are not very long.

4. TRUE The climate of the British Isles is mild because of the Gulf stream and mountains.

5. FALSE The UK is the one of the smallest country in the world.

6. TRUE

7. FALSE The Queen is the head of the state.

8. FALSE London is the capital of Great Britain.

9. FALSE The UK is a highly developed industrial country.

10. TRUE

II. Ask students to answer the following questions using the information from the text.

1. Yes. It is. It is situated in the British Isles.

2. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are the parts of Great Britain.

3. Yes. It does.

4. No, there aren’t. There are a lot of rivers in Great Britain but they are not long and deep.

5. The mountains and the warm waters of Gulf Stream influence the climate of the British Isles.

6. The UK is the one of the smallest country in the world.

7. The UK is a monarchy. The Queen is the head of the state.

8. The Prime Minister rules the country.

9. The UK highly developed industrial country.

10. London is the capital of Great Britain.

Speaking practice

Ask students to discuss the text “Great Britain” with their partners using newly learnt words and introduce their final work to the class. Ask them to discuss the territory of the UK; the climate of The British Isles; the political and economic structure of Great Britain.

Homework

Ask students to study new vocabulary.