Reading The teachers asks Ss which countries in the box have fastest and slowest pace of life. (ex 1) Then the teacher asks Ss to read an article about pace of life and asks the following questions (Ex 2-3): How have people’s walking speeds changed in recent years? Why are researchers interested in people’s walking speeds? What problems are associated with higher walking speeds? Work on academic vocabulary (Ex 4) In order to check Ss’ wordstock the teacher asks Ss to find academic synonyms of the following words: carried out, shown, important, sign, earlier, connected Focus on Speaking Part 1 Stereotype Ex 1 The teacher asks Ss what Stereotype means and if necessary explains them by giving examples The teacher gets her Ss to study the Useful language box and use them in speaking Ex 2 The teacher asks which country/city/people do you associate with the following: The best food very modern architecture the most skillful footballers, the most beautiful scenery, very friendly people Focus on Reading Hurry sickness The teacher asks Ss: What Hurry sickness could be? Forming a general picture Ex 1 a,b The teacher asks Ss to read through the article to understand the main topic of it (Ex 1b) Scanning for specific information In order to practise this techniques the teacher gets Ss to math the sentences with phrases from the text (ex 2) Matching the headings The teacher asks Ss to read the tips (exam briefing/ex 3) and answer questions 1-6 reminding them that the main idea of a paragraph could be understood from first 1-2 or last 1-2 sentences of each paragraph Multiple choice questions The teacher gets her Ss to study the Exam briefing with tips and asks to answer questions 1-10 (ex 4) Summary completion The teacher asks Ss to read Exam briefing box with tips in if necessary explain them to Ss (Ex5-6) and to complete the summary (questions 11-14) |