Lexical exercises

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

Lesson 3

Homework

Reading text

Primary school, comprehensive school, craft, domestic science, woodwork, campus, nursery, tutor, Bachelor degree, preparatory, public schools.

Primary school – a school for children between the ages of four of five and eleven.

Comprehensive school – a school for students of different levels of ability between the ages of 11 and 18.

Craft – a traditional skill of making things by hand.

Domestic science – the householding.

Woodwork – the activity or skill of making things of wood.

Campus – an area of land containing all the main buildings of a university.

Nursery – a school or a place where very young children are looked after.

Tutor – a teacher in a college or university.

Bachelor’s degree – a first university degree.

Preparatory – done as preparation for something else.

Public school – an expensive private school in Britain; a school that is controlled and paid for by the government in the USA.

Macmillan Essential Dictionary for learners of English,

International student Edition.

SPEAKING PRACTICE

Ask students to read the text “Education system in Great Britain” paying attention to pronounce the new words and word combinations correctly.

Divide students into groups of 3-5 and ask them to discuss this point in groups.

Students like to discuss this theme very much, especially when the teacher tells them a few words from own experience to motivate them to start to talk. Encourage students to work together in groups and to appreciate the benefits and pleasures of working with partners, try to listen to everybody about their opinion, advise them to use the phrases of agreements, disagreements and opinion expressions.

Ask them to find additional information from the Internet resources about education in Britain and to divide into two teams. The first team finds the differences and the second one – similar features between education systems in Great Britain and Russia.

Resources recommended:

http://www.eng.umu.se/education/Default.htm

http://www.eng.umu.se/education/hist27.htm

Explain shortly the formation ofthe Present Simple Tense and ask to do grammar and revision tests.

Ask students to write a short composition about themselves “My routine day” using the Present Simple Tense sentences

The lesson plan

1. Introduction (5-7 min)
2. Active vocabulary (10 min)
3. Listening (30 min)
4. Reading text (15 min)
5. Reading comprehension (15 min)
6. On-line/off-line activity (10 min)
7. Homework

Ask students to refresh words and word combinations they have learnt at the previous lesson, matching the words and their definitions given below:

primary school – a school for children between the ages of four of five and eleven.

preparatory – done as preparation for something else.

comprehensive school – a school for students of different levels of ability between the ages of 11 and 18.

craft – a traditional skill of making things by hand.

domestic science – the householding.

woodwork – the activity or skill of making things of wood.

campus – an area of land containing all the main buildings of a university.

nursery – a school or a place where very young children are looked after.

tutor – a teacher in a college or university.

bachelor degree – a first university degree.

compulsory – obligatory.

total number – general quantity.

non-government – something, which doesn’t belong to the government.

applicant – someone who applies for something; a person who wants to be a student.

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