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Reading and listening (SB p16) An email from England
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Possible problems Students read and listen to the email at the same time. They may be distracted by unknown and unimportant vocabulary. You may want to pre-teach the following vocabulary; or set them as homework prior to the lesson: funny, near, software designer, computer company, friendly, night club, sea, happy soon or encourage them not to worry about the unknown words. 1. Read the introduction as a class. Students read and listen to Danka's mail. 2. Students match photographs with parts of mail. 3 Students read and listen to the email again, and answer the questions as a class. 4 Answers 5 Students listen to Danka in three different situations T 2.7 6 Homework: Writing This is a free writing activity. Give students a list of ideas referring back to Danka's email, e.g. name of school, number of students, where the students are from, teacher's name, a short description of the teacher. Set the writing task for homework and mark it sympathetically.
 * Where are the other students from?
 * What's their teacher's name?
 * Who are James and Becky?
 * How old are James and Becky?
 * Is Brighton big?

Everyday English (SB p18) In a Cafe 1 Students listen to the prices. Get them to write the prices they hear. 2 Students read the menu and match the food with the pictures. Students ask and answer questions about the prices on the menu. // How much is ...? //
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Students read through th e gapped conversations and try to predict possible answers. Students listen and fill in the gaps.