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Bog'liq 2 course reading and writing lesson 4
LESSON 4. JOURNAL ARTICLES (MAKING INFERENCES)
Module: Topic: Time: Aim:
Material:
Aids:
| READING II
Journal articles
80 minutes
1. To have a knowledge on working with journal article
2. To develop oral speech skills on the theme
1. S.Philpot. Headway academic skills. Reading, writing and study skills 3
2. Lors and Jennifer Wilkin, Dorothy E.Zemach (2012) Skillful 2 and 3. Reading and writing. Macmillan.
Book, visual aids, handouts, a dictionary, a thesaurus,
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Activity 1. Work with a partner. Discuss the questions.
1. What methods of communication were used in the past?
2. What methods are used today?
3. What developments might there be in the future?
Possible answers:
1. telegraph, pigeons, runners, etc.
2. telephone, mobile phone, SMS, emails, letters, videoconferencing, etc.
3. Students' own ideas.
Activity 2. Look at the title and headings of the text. Tick (/) the topics you predict the text will contain.
a. carrier pigeons
b. computers
с. flags (semaphore)
d. mirrors
e. newspapers
f. radio
g. telegraph
h. telephones
i. television
j. typewriters
Answer:
Students' own answers.
As this is a prediction task, there is no 'right' or 'wrong' answer at this stage.
Activity 3. Skim the text. Were your predictions in exercise 2 right?
Activity 4. Skim the text again. Which paragraphs would you read intensively to get information about...
1. how the first telegraph system worked?
2. the early stages of computer technology?
3. the first three types of mobile phones?
4. future developments of mobile telephony?
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