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Unit 1: ARRIVALS
On the plane
Studying the vocabulary about the parts of a plane such as baggage compartment, air vent, reclining seat…etc.
Exercise 1 Asking for things
Studying the language input for asking for things. Practice: How would you ask for these things? E.g. May I take another blanket?
Exercise 2 Making conversation
Completing the following dialogue using the expressions below. Checking your answers by listening to the dialogue on the CD. Now you do it: On the CD, you will hear the other passenger speaking to you, and you must answer her questions. Practice until you can do this without stopping the CD player. |
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At the airport
Exercise 3 Going through the airport
Using the pages to check you know all the terms you may need for your flight. First, studying the pictures and the notes below them. Then reading the Language input and completing the sentences which follow. Studying the language input: have to or must. Giving examples. For example: I have to go through Customs. Using have to and some of the terms on previous pages to complete the following sentences. Example: To know whether your flight is delayed, you have to look at the departure board.
Exercise 4 Changing your reservation
Studying the language input: I’d like…........
Example: I’d like to change my reservation.
Practice: What would you say in the following situations? Example: Your return ticket is for 14:00 on 10 August. You want to leave earlier on the same day. What would you say? I’d like to change my reservation. I’d like an earlier flight please. |
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Exercise 5 Asking the way
Studying the language input: Could you tell me where………………? Example: Could you tell me where the departures is, please? Practice: How would you ask the way to the following?
Exercise 6 Following directions
Practice: Below is the plan of an airport terminal. Starting at the entrance, follow the directions on the CD and then write the places where you go in the spaces beside the plan.
At the hotel
Exercise 7 Checking in
Knowing what to say when you have a reservation and what to say when you ask for a room. For this exercise, you will need to understand the following symbols seen at a hotel. Practice: The following people all have hotel reservations. What do they say when they check in? Example: When you see these symbols you say: My name is Durand. I have a reservation. It’s for three nights. A single room with shower and toilet. Could I have an early morning call, please? |
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Exercise 8 Problems
If you have a problem in your room, you may want to complain. For example; The air conditioning/heating doesn’t work. Could you see to it at once, please? Practice: What will this man say to the receptionist?
Progress check
Homework: Try it yourself
Now you have finished this unit, try to manage by yourself without the book. Use Unit 1 on the CD. On the CD, You will travel by plane, arrive at an airport, and go to your hotel. In some situations, you will hear a quiet voice telling you what to say. Practice until you can do the whole unit which lasts about five minutes without stopping the machine. |
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Unit 2 After Hours
Going out
Exercise 1 Invitations: Explaining that when we want to invite a guest or colleague to go somewhere or do something, we say: Would you like to………..? Making invitations using the following information.
Exercise 2 Accepting invitations
Explaining that when we accept an informal invitation we say: Thanks, I’d love to. If the invitation is more formal, we say: Thank you very much, I’d be delighted. Looking at the invitations. First deciding if they are formal or informal and then practicing accepting them.
Exercise 3 Declining invitations
Telling that we must be very polite when we decline an invitation, whether formal or informal. Example: Thank you, but I’m afraid I can’t; I have a prior engagement. Practicing declining invitations politely by giving reasons.
Exercise 4 To go or not to go
Listening to the CD without looking at the tapescript. You will hear your host inviting you to do several things. You will also hear a second voice telling you to accept or decline invitations. Answer the invitations accordingly. |
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Exercise 5 The social programme
Studying the language input: the present continuous tense. Explaining that we use it when we talk about arrangements we have made for the near future. Giving examples.
Reading a text in which Ronald Barret is talking about the social programme arranged for him and his colleagues during his visit in New York. Underlining the verbs in the present continuous.
Exercise 6 A busy week
Looking at a page from your diary. From the information given in it, writing down seven sentences describing what you are doing each day. Using the same verbs that Ronald Barret used.
Exercise 7 At your table
Studying the datafile about the restaurant and covering the key and seeing if you can remember the name of each item in the restaurant which has a number.
Review of the topics studied prior to mid-term examination. |
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Mid -Term Exam Week |
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Datafile: The menu
Going over a menu in English, showing the different courses in a typical meal and the names of some typical dishes.
Exercise 8 Ordering food
Explaining that when we want to order something in a restaurant, we say: I’d like…… If we order a combination of dishes, we say: I’d like ……….with……….and…………to follow. Looking at the menu again and practicing ordering different combinations of dishes.
Exercise 9 Recommending food
Telling that if we suggest a particular dish to our guest or colleague, we say: I can recommend the………and perhaps add a reason. Example: I can recommend the blue cheese. It’s a local speciality. Practising recommending food by matching the items with the reasons.
Exercise 10 Table talk
Telling that it is very important to make conversation at the table, both in a restaurant and on private occasions. Going over some of the everyday phrases used. Example: Offering: You must try my wife’s special recipe! Accepting: Just a taste(food), Just a drop(drink) Refusing: I’d love some , but I couldn’t manage more. Complimenting: This is delicious. Looking at the people eating and then studying the four phrases given. Matching the right phrase to the right person. |
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Exercise 11: Paying the bill
Looking at the dialogue. Writing the missing words from the list and then listening to the dialogue on the CD and checking your answers.
Datafile: Expressing thanks
Studying the formula for expressing thanks and response to thanks in English. Example: Thank you very much indeed. That’s very kind of you. Don’t mention it. It’s a pleasure. Exercise 12 Thank you
Practising the phrases shown in the Datafile. Writing down what you would say in the following situations.
Progress check
Homework: Now you have finished this unit, try to manage by yourself without the book. Use Unit 2 on CD. On the CD, you will go through the situations you met in the unit. Practise until you can do the whole unit, which lasts about five minutes, without stopping your machine. |
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Unit 3 : Environment
A. Answering lead-in questions.
B. Reading the text entitled The Danube Delta- A Perfect Holiday Location. After reading, answering the comprehension questions.
C. Vocabulary
Ex.1: Writing down the new words in the text as well as their meaning in the following table. Then using these words in sentences of your own. Ex.2: Looking over the text again and finding synonyms for the following words and expressions such as comprise, renowned…etc. Ex. 3. a) Working with a partner and ranking the following environmental problems such as urban smog, acid rain according to how important you feel they are. Commenting on your choice. b) Matching the problems to the possible solutions below like stricter legislation regarding waste disposal and talking about them as in the example: Urban smog is a serious problem in cities. It could be dealt with by improving public transport so fewer people use private cars.
Homework: Ex. 4. Matching the following words to form collocations and using them in sentences. Ex. 5. Finding out the meaning of the given words such as greenhouse effect, deforestation………etc and using them to complete the sentences below. |
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Checking the homework out and giving out the answers. Ex. 6. Unscrambling the words below and placing them under the following categories. Ex.7. Talking about the weather. Matching the two columns. Ex.8. As having become acquainted with a lot of words connected with weather, describing a typical day for each of the four seasons.
D. Language In Use
Narrating. Explaining what narrating is and its steps: a) We can start narrating by using expressions such as: Did I ever tell you about….., You’ll never guess what happened to me…. b) If we want to stop a digression, we can say: As I was saying…., To get back to the story…… c) And when we want to speed up the end of a story, we may say: To cut a long story short……., Anyway, what happened in the end was……. . d) Remembering that different sorts of questions can help people remember things that happened. If we want specific information, we need to use questions like these: What happened next?, What were you doing while….?,Then what did you do?......etc. Here are also some expressions that are often used to answer specific questions: As far as I can remember…., I remember quietly clearly that…., The next thing I did was to ….. etc. |
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Remembering that in a narrative text, we should use The Past Tense. Giving tasks:
1. Working in small groups. Helping each other to remember as much as possible about these topics: Your last holiday, The last time you were interviewed, The most exciting sport event you’ve seen, Your earliest memory. Reporting the most amusing or interesting details back to the rest of the class.
2. Telling the rest of the class about a) a dream you remember b) an embarrassing experience c) an experience which made you laugh d) a frightening experience. Using the expressions presented above.
Talking about the weather. Telling that this kind of conversation is what the Britons call ‘small talk’. We can start talking to someone by using weather as a topic. We can use questions such as: What’s the weather like today? What do you think about this cold/hot weather? Or we can put in remarks such as: I really hope that this terrible downpour will end soon. Let’s hope that this hot weather won’t last forever. Task: 1. Imagine your desk-mate/your teacher is a stranger. Try to start a conversation with him/her by using weather as a topic. 2. A relative from another city/another country is coming to spend a week in Bursa and before leaving, he/she calls to ask about the weather. Answer him/her while imagining that the date is: a) 20 December b) 8 October c) 1 May d) 15 August. Remark: for both tasks use the weather adjectives in the Vocabulary section of this unit. |
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E. WRITING&DISCUSSION
Writing a short essay about your best or your worst holiday. Starting by telling what you are going to write about, then in a paragraph or two describing the holiday. then mentioning why you liked it so much/why you didn’t like it at all. In the end stating your intentions for the future: what you are going to do to repeat a marvelous experience or, on the contrary, to avoid a nightmare holiday. |
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Make up and feedback session. Reviewing the topics prior to final examination. |
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