InternatIonal exaMS In englISh

Цілі:вдосконалювати лексичні навички й навички читання; вдосконалювати навички виконання тестових завдань; розвивати логічне мислення; вихову- вати правильне ставлення до підготовки до іспитів, а також загальну культу- ру учнів.

Procedure

1. Warm-up

Answer the questions.

Клас

Дата

1) Why do tourists go to France?

2) Why do tourists go to Italy / Spain / the USA / Ukraine?

3) Why do people go to banks?

4) Why do people go to post offices?

5) Why do people go to airports?

6) Why do children go to school?

7) Why are you learning English?

8) Why do you pass exams?

2. Writing and speaking

Put the words and expressions from the list in suitable places in the network. Can you add some more?

adjectives target consonants Ukrainian intonation German languages prepositions present perfect search simple past stress resource achieve

Greek

Verb tenses

Italian

LANGUAGE

Grammar

Past Сontinuous

vocabulary

pronunciation

vowels

verbs

idea

rescue

3. Reading

Do ex. 1, p. 33.

Key: 1 method, 2 record, 3 teacher, 4 adjustment, 5 progress, 6 reports,

7 colleges, 8 admit, 9 common, 10 marking, 11 percentage, 12 perfect,

13 pass, 14 minimum 15 average, 16 occasionally, 17 failure, 18 achieve- ment 19 school, 20 letter, 21 grade, 22 attitude.

4. speaking

Do ex. 2, p. 34.

5. Writing and speaking

How do you feel about subjects in the box? Use the following expres- sions to answer this question.

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2)

3)

4)

5)

6)

7)

8)

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10)

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12)

13)

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I really enjoy…

I’m extremely interested in… I’m fascinated by…

I’m quite interested in…

I’d like to know more about…

I don’t know anything about…

I’ve always wanted to learn something about… I’m not very interested in…

I don’t much like… I don’t like… at all. I’m bored with

I hate…

I think… is a complete waste of time.

I used to like…, but I’ve lost interest in it.

I used to think… was boring, but now I’m getting interested in it.

6. Reading and speaking

Do ex. 3, p. 35.

7. summary

1) What is your favourite subject?

2) What subjects are you best at?

3) What subjects are you worst at?

4) What is the most difficult subject?

5) What is the easiest subject?

6) What foreign languages do you learn?

7) Who is your favourite teacher? Why?

8. Homework

Ex. 5, p. 37.

Lesson 11

InternatIonal exaMS In englISh

Цілі:вдосконалювати лексичні навички й навички читання; вдосконалювати навички виконання тестових завдань; розвивати логічне мислення; вихову- вати правильне ставлення до підготовки до іспитів, а також загальну культу- ру учнів.

Procedure

1. Warm-up

Клас

Дата

1) If you were the world’s best at something, what would you like to be best at?

2) If you could decide what happens in your life tomorrow, what would

you want to happen?

2. speaking

Do ex.5, p. 37 (Homework)

3. Reading and speaking

Discuss the following questions before reading.

1) What do you think people study in gender studies classes?

2) Do you think men and women have different brains?

Do ex. 4, p. 35.

Key: a 3, b 1, c 4, d 2.

Vocabulary practice

Give Ukrainian equivalents to the following words:

Gender differences, in favour of, coeducational schools, attain, coed

schools, superior performance, due to, score, crucial, attitude, subject

preferences, constrained, reinforce.

opinions, Preferences   disagreeing giving reasons and offering explanations I think…, In my opinion…, I’d like to…, I’d rather…, I’d prefer…, The way I see it…, As far as I’m concerned…, If it were up to me…, I suppose…, I suspect that…, I’m pretty sure that…, It is fairly certain that…, I’m convinced that…, I honestly feel that, I strongly believe that…, Without a doubt,…, I don’t think that…, Don’t you think it would be better…, I don’t agree, I’d prefer…, Shouldn’t we consider…, But what about…, I’m afraid I don’t agree…, Frankly, I doubt if…, Let’s face it, The truth of the matter is…, The problem with your point of view is that… To start with, The reason why…, That’s why…, For this reason…, That’s the reason why…, Many people think…, Considering…, Allowing for the fact that…, When you consider that…

In groups discuss advantages and disadvantages of mixed schooling. You may use the expressions below.

4. Listening, writing and speaking

Listen to the article from the Internet, write down the tips for success- ful passing of tests which are mentioned in the text and give some pieces of advice to your partner using your notes.

HOW TO TAKE TESTS

Doing well on English examinations — or any examination for that matter — depends not only on your knowledge, but also on having a good strategy.

Here’s How:

Do not insist on completing each question before going to the next. By insisting on completing each question, you lose time and become nervous.

If possible, go through the entire test answering the questions you are sure you know.

Go through the test a second time working out the answers to more dif- ficult questions.

Once you have gone through the test twice, see if any of the questions asked can help you answer any really difficult questions.

If you have a strong feeling about a question when you first answer it, don’t go back and change it later.

Play the odds:

If you don’t know the answer, write something. In a 4 choice multiple choice question you have a 25 % chance of being right.

Do not cheat! Taking a test is as much for you as it is for your teacher. If you cheat, you won’t help yourself in the long run.

Do not translate from your mother tongue! Don’t block when listening.

Limit yourself to what you know.

Look for time signifiers when having to conjugate.

Throw out the ridiculous answers in a multiple choice question. Don’t try to be too funny or clever.

Tips:

If you don’t know an answer, don’t worry about it. Worrying about what you don’t know keeps you from showing what you do know.

Remember that tests not only given to test your ability, but also to help you learn what you need to focus on to improve your English.

If you don’t understand why you have made a mistake, make sure to ask the teacher about that mistake in a latter session. Being embarrassed about mistakes will never help you improve, so ask!

5. Reading

Do ex. 6, p. 38.

6. summary

Listen to the exam strategies and say if you accept them or not. Do you think if they are useful?

EXAM STRATEGIES

Five important points to remember on exam day.

1) Get there on time — make arriving at the exam on time as simple and straightforward as possible so you feel relaxed.

2) Take care of the technicalities — budgeting time, bringing the right equipment, writing legibly, improving weaker answers before polish- ing good ones.

3) Read the instructions.

4) Breathe deeply and don’t panic.

5) Answer the question. Establish what it asks for; then recall, select the relevant material, organise it, and formulate your answer.

7. Homework

Write down your own strategies how to pass exams successfully.

Lesson 12