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* Panel discussion is the format of a debate in which participants representing various shades of opinion on a topic argue the case, usually under the guidance of a chairperson.
Research Work. Look for the information on the following topic in various sources of information.
Economic and social causes of low birth rates in Russia.
The relevant issues may be useful to consider while discussing the topic:
Financial and social incentives that the Russian government has announced to ensure a stable population.
Survey of the Internet discussions of the birth rate issue. Younger generation opinions on the issue.
Large families is the way out of the population crisis?
Modern families: a profile of a typical family, its living habits, challenges, prospects.
Arrange the information in the written form.
Choose a chairperson to lead the discussion.
Contribute to the discussion.
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Part 2
- Unit 1 art or entertainment? lead-in
- 1 Discuss the following questions.
- 2 Complete the text using the words and phrases given. A charge on the National cuLture
- 3 Vocabulary Work
- 6 Use the words and phrases which you heard in the listening to complete the sentences below. (The sentences are not connected with text!)
- 7 Speaking points .
- Snatched from northern climes
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- 13 Read the following text. The Museum Wars
- 14 Answer the following questions and sum up the information provided in the text.
- 15 Vocabulary
- 16 Projects and presentation skills
- If you are curious for the Sample Presentation, this is a very interesting site of Coca Cola Museum http://www.Woccatlanta.Com/
- Part 3
- 17 Read the text, summarize it and render Part 1 into English. The maximum length for the task is 300 words. What parts would you divide the text into?
- Музей: искусство или развлечение?
- 18 Role-play
- Unit 2 global issues lead-in
- 1 Discuss the following questions.
- 2 Complete the text using the words and phrases given. The legacy of the baby boom in australia
- 3 In the text find the information as referring to
- 5 Vocabulary Work
- 6 Summary Writing
- 7 Listening 1
- 8 Speaking
- Part 1
- The other population crisis
- 10 Summarize what each whole paragraph is about and write a paragraph heading and a summarizing sentence for each paragraph.
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- 12 Read the following text. Unlikely boomtowns?
- 14 Complete the sentences with the underlined words from the text. Suggest synonyms for them or explain them.
- 16 What are the implications of the following sentences. Translate underlined phrases.
- 18 Projects and presentation skills
- Part 3
- 19 Read the following article and render it into English The maximum length for the task is 300 words. Make use of the words form Tasks 13, 14,15. Город для людей
- 20 Role-play
- Unit 3 science approach lead-in
- 2 Complete the text using the words and phrases given.
- Killer blow
- 3 Find the linking words used in the text. Study the way they organize the structure of the text.
- 5 Listening 1
- Part 1
- 7 Read these comments about space exploration and discuss how far you agree with each opinion.
- 8 Read the following text. Exploration through the ages
- 9 Complete the sentences, summing and paraphrasing the information in the text.
- Part 2
- 14 Read the text and complete the tasks that follow it. Science vs. Pseudoscience
- Vocabulary work
- 16 For the words 1-7 find the appropriate definitions a-f.
- 17 Complete the following sentences using words from the above right column.
- 18 Define five factors why pseudoscience may cause problems for the society.
- 19 Summing up - Make a direct comparison: Science vs. Pseudoscience.
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- Part 3
- 21 Read the text, summarize and render it into English. The maximum length for the task is 300 words. Интернет. Дефрагментация мозга
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