Lesson 1

1. Lead-in

Introduce yourself briefly (at least 1 min). Ask about ss job, hobbies and reasons why they study English

- Where do you live? (tell about advantages and disadvantages of this place)
- What do you do for living?
10 min - Why did you choose that job?
- Do you need to study English for your work or you have another reason?
- What do you do in your spare time? Do you have a hobby? What equipment do you need for it?
- Do you think hobbies should be shared with other people?
- Why do you think people have hobbies?

2. Vocabukary

Look at the words in bold. Do you know any of them? (don`t focus on the questions, only look at the words
- 2 min)

15 min

Wordwall https://wordwall.net/ru/resource/22633676/speakout-int-11-vocabulary (match the words with

their definitions – 3 min)

Complete the sentences with the words from the word bank (3 min)
 Ask ss to repeat each word in a bold several times (2 min)

Discuss the following questions (5 min)

Check your ideas

3. Speaking

Discuss the questions

10 min
 4. Reading

25 min

Pre-teach some words before reading (3 min)

Read the text (individually) (7 min)

The discuss following questions (5 min)

Work individually, read the article once again and find the words which match each definition (5 min)
 Discuss the questions (5 min)

3 min 1) Feedback

2) Homework
1. Lead-in: ask Ss to name 3 things that describe them best (e.g. a laptop, a phone, a pen) and explain why (I work a
lot and use my laptop every day; I chat with my colleagues and friends, so my phone is always ON; I write a lot with a
pen, so I always have it in my bag). Encourage other Ss to ask follow-up Qs (e.g. What do you usually write with your
pen?) MODEL FIRST(=name your 3 things and explain) and then give Ss 2 min to prepare; (12 min)

2. Vocabulary:

a) Ask Ss what they need English for, how long they’ve been studying it and why they like it.

b) Test 1: p.8 ex.1A - Ss work individually and match the word to the definitions (WordWall); then ask them to check
their ideas with other Ss open-class, when they are done, provide the correct answers;

c) Teach: deal with the difficult words from ex.1A (only those that Ss don’t know or don’t understand); first explain
the meaning and ask CCQs, then model and drill the pronunciation;

d) Test 2: Vocabulary Extra ex.1 (do the first one together, give Ss 4 min to do the fast individually, then ask them to
check all together; provide correct answers and deal with the mistakes they made);

e) Get Ss to discuss the Qs in ex.1A (send 2 Ss to a breakout room, give them 3 min and ask to discuss 2 of the Qs;
whole they are discussing, you talk to the 3rd student and discuss the two questions; then change partners, send the
person who you talked to to a BOroom and send one person back to the main room, repeat the procedure);

f) Content feedback: day what you remember about the students and ask Ss what they remember about their partners;

g) Language feedback: write 2-3 mistakes they made on the board and elicit the correct answers from them; write 1-3
good phrases that Ss said and praise them. (40 min)

3. ex.2 - discuss the questions open-class (7 min).