How t o do well I n SC hool exa MS

 

Цілі: вдосконалювати навички усного мовлення й читання; розвивати куль- туру  спілкування й  мовленнєву  реакцію учнів;  виховувати зацікавленість у розширенні своїх знань.

 

 

Procedure

 

1.  Warm-up

 

Клас

 

 

Дата

1) In your country, what percentage do you need to pass  exams?

2) Do teachers allow  you  to retake tests if you  fail  them because of poor performance or even cheating?

3) Do you think testing is useful or a waste of time?

4) Do  you  think  your  test  scores  reflect  your  true  ability  and  intelli-                                     

gence?

 

2.	Reading and  speaking
	Do ex. 1, p. 31.
3.	Listening and  speaking Listen to the  story and  discuss with your classmates if Blair was right not  to be interested in people  who didn’t speak English. Why  do you think

a sking for opinions giving o pinions What do you think? What’s your opinion? What are your ideas? Do you have  any thoughts on that? How do you feel about that? I think we should get a new car. I don’t think we need one. I believe (that) smoking should be outlawed. I don’t believe (that) it should be illegal. In my opinion, … is the  best  … ever  (made). I feel that it’s  the  right thing to do. I don’t feel that it’s  such a good idea

he did in such way?

Use the  following phrases to start speaking.

 

                                          

 

ENGLISH ONLY

Blair needed a break from the  indoor life. Sometimes it seemed like  he was in his apartment 24 / 7. He had  recently found a perfect outdoor cure.

It was a new coffeehouse which served 45 kinds of coffee and tea. He liked it                                            

because the  coffee was good and the  place  was never overcrowded.

The coffeehouse was only a 10-minute walk, which Blair now took. There                                       

were  three female customers in the  coffeehouse. None  of them were  young and  pretty. Blair was a little disappointed. He’d prefer to see good-looking women  while  he was drinking good coffee, but  you can’t have  everything.

He ordered a large “coffee of the day”, which  was $1.70. He gave  the clerk two dollars. He put the change in the tip jar and took his coffee outside. Blair preferred to drink outside. That way he could watch the  traffic on the street. He liked  to try to spot  British motorcycles and 1960  station wagons.

He sat at a table under an umbrella, opened his book, and began read-                               

ing. The  book  was  a self-improvement book.  Blair had  been  reading it on and off for about two years. He hadn’t noticed any improvement. A woman

was approaching the patio. Blair looked up to see if she was attractive. She                                            

was.  And she was by herself. He returned to the  book as she passed by him. Blair kept looking at the  pages, but  his mind was on the  woman.

A few minutes later, she came  outside holding a cup  of coffee and  sat at the  table right next to Blair’s. Her  chair was so close to his that he could

have reached over and touched her on her right shoulder. There were four                                            

other empty tables on the  patio. Why  had  she  sat  at this one,  so close  to him? Was  she telling him  that she was available? Was  she hoping that he would  make a move?

Blair went back  to his  book.  But  he wasn’t reading the  words; he was thinking about the  woman. What could  he say to her? How could  he break the  ice? What was a good line? “What blend are you drinking?” “Your per- fume smells nice”. “Weren’t we in the  same art class?”

But maybe she wasn’t interested in him at all. Maybe she just wanted to sit and drink in peace. Yet why would  she sit right here? His head was spin- ning. He must say something.

Just then, her  cell  phone rang. She  answered it, then laughed, then started talking animatedly. That’s got  to be her  boyfriend, Blair thought.

But  from the  moment she  answered the  phone, it didn’t matter if she had  a boyfriend or not, because she was speaking another language. Blair was not  interested in a girl who didn’t speak English. He went back  to his book and his coffee. It tasted good.

 

4. speaking

Do ex. 2, p. 31.

 

5. Writing

Read these statements of advice and rewrite them as if conditional sen- tences with if clauses in  the  simple present and  result clauses with will. Notice that the  meaning is the  same.

1)  Take my advice and your troubles will be over.

2)  Go to sleep early and you’ll feel better in the  morning.

3)  Listen to  the  radio, watch a show  on  TV,  for  example, a talk show, a children’s show for easy English, a documentary or a soap opera. This review can improve your comprehension and increase your vocabulary.

4)  Go to the  Learning Centre and  use listening materials to test your un- derstanding.

5)  Learn songs in English. It can improve your pronunciation.

6)  Try  a practice test in  class  before the  final, so you  know  what to  ex- pect.

7)  Take a deep breath. Calm yourself before the  test begins.

 

6. speaking

Do ex. 4, p. 32.

 

7. summary

1) Do you have  standardized exams for students in your country?

2) Have  you taken a standardized exam?

3) Why  did you take it?

4) Were you happy with the  results?

 

                                8. Homework

Education around the world is testing more and more. School and study can  seem  like  just a series of tests, and  the  wonder of learning forgotten. If you fail  a test, can’t you still succeed? If you pass  a test, can’t you still fail? And what about your life, isn’t it also a series of tests, moving towards a greater goal?

Write about what tests mean to you.

Lesson 10