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Welcome back
to School
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O.Karpyuk-11
Introduction
It's nice to see you all again after the
summer holidays. I hope you had a great
time with your family and friends. Now,
it's time to come back to school and start
learning again. We have a lot of
interesting topics to study this year, and
I'm sure we'll have a lot of fun in our
classes. Remember, if you have any
questions or problems, don't hesitate to
ask me for help.
I hope you're ready to work hard and get

new knowledge.
How is it going after
summer holidays?
 Not bad
 Can`t complain
 Pretty good
 Couldn`t be better
 Nothing much
 Surviving, I guess
Our Book
Author`s
opening
speech
Choose the correct word and complete
Vocabulary each sentence.
1 Could you (translate / interpret) this paragraph into

English, please?
2 I’m sorry, I can’t read your handwriting. What does this
word (say / mean)?
3 Can anyone tell me the (meaning / understanding) of
‘shiver’?
4 How do you (pronounce / spell) ‘accomodation’? Does
it have one ‘m’ or ‘mm’?
Speak on what you find to be the easiest and
Speaking the most difficult about learning English.
Choose from the box and explain why.
Speaking
Ask and answer the questions in pairs.
1. How do you organise your learning process?

2. How much time do you need to do English tasks?
3. Are you a motivated learner or you are forced to learn
English?
4. How often do you speak English outside the classroom?
5. How often do you write in English?
6. How often do you read in English?
7. Have you got any chance to watch English video?
Pre- Why do people learn foreign languages?
Reading
To make new friends
To communicate with
people from different
countries and cultures.
To discover new cultures
To read literature in
origin
To improve job prospects

To open up new
opportunities and
experiences
Read the article quickly. Refer the paragraphs (1-5) to the
Reading headings (A-E) 2 Learning English is like learning to
1 Language is the most powerful tool we have for swim or play ball. We learn
reaching out to others. We can use it to express our to swim by swimming, to play ball by
feelings, to spread our ideas, and even to establish playing ball, and to speak
peace. English by speaking English.
A Concentration will bring its own reward. 3 Acquiring the ability to use a language automatically, that is to
B Language is the key to the outer world. think without stopping to think, is a process of habit formation.
C Teaching or learning? Forming a habit, any kind of habit, requires much practice.
D Just another habit.
E Learning English through action. 4 Learning English efficiently requires that you put your mind on
what you are doing and have the intention and will to learn. The
5 time you have is so short that you cannot afford to waste it by
Good luck to you then in your learning English! It’s giving less than your full cooperation in class and in home
up to you. Nobody can learn to swim for you. You studies. In other words, you have to build up language habits in
have to learn it by yourself, and you will learn if you English just as you build up language habits in your mother
really want to and are willing to practise. Language tongue.
is not to be taught, language is to be learnt.
Post- Discuss the questions
Reading
Do you have any

What does the author opportunity to
mean saying that speak English?
learning English is like
learning to swim?
What does it mean

What do you “to acquire the ability
prefer — to read or to use a language
speak English? automatically”?
Post- Discuss the questions
Reading
What does it mean ‘the

process of habit
formation’? What does the author mean
saying that “language is not
to be taught, language is to be
learnt”?
Read about the people below and decide which course (A-F)
Reading would be the most suitable for each person.
Lee is going to the university in Sweden next

year and wants to spend this year improving her
English. She wants to meet people from other

parts of the world and have a good social life.
Abraham is a journalist. He knows quite

a lot of English, but he wants to improve
his writing skills. He works long hours on
weekdays at an office in London.
Read about the people below and decide which course (A-F)
Reading would be the most suitable for each person.
Yoko is visiting England for the first time this summer. He’ll stay
for a month there and hopes to make new friends, but is rather
shy, so he’d like a school with lots of out-of-class activities.
Tina lives with a family in London and looks

after their little girls during the day. She
studies on her own but also needs a language
course that will help her prepare for her exams.
Suzy is 45. She would like to follow an individual

course of study somewhere quiet and comfortable with a
private teacher.
Courses
In groups, speak on why you want to learn English. Use the
Discussion scheme below.
Try to find as many words as you
Brainstorm can which are identical in English and your own
language (for example: radio, lift). The winner is the
group/student with the longest list.
Good friends Bad friends
Airport Bank(of the river)

Transport Affect (впливати)
Film Artist (митець)
Tennis Director (режисер)
Sport Complement
Bank (доповнення)
Skim the short article in one minute. Which of the
Reading following sentences describes the main idea of the text?
a It is important to speak English if you want to be successful in business.
b Most of the world’s mail is written in English.
c English is the most widely used language in the world.
Look at the numbers below and

say what they refer to.
Match each number with its
reference.
See you Have a
next time good one
Take care

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Welcome back

I hope you're ready to work hard and get

1 Could you (translate / interpret) this paragraph into

1. How do you organise your learning process?

To discover new cultures

To improve job prospects

Do you have any

What does it mean

What does it mean ‘the

Lee is going to the university in Sweden next

English. She wants to meet people from other

Abraham is a journalist. He knows quite

Tina lives with a family in London and looks

Suzy is 45. She would like to follow an individual

Airport Bank(of the river)

Look at the numbers below and

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