Dates English Teacher

Activity 2a Work in pairs. Look and answer the questions. 4 min
Objectives: to acquaint the pupils with some animals met in Australia; to teach pupils to say the new words correctly
STEP 1: Introduce the new words: island, platypus, emu. Ask the pupils to listen and repeat after you.
STEP 2: The pupils look at the map of Australia and answer the questions. Explain to the pupils that Australia is a country and an island. Some animals live only in Australia: koala, platypus, emu. Emu is an important bird in Australia. It is the second largest bird in the world after the ostrich. Koala “bear” is not a bear. It is marsupials and has a “pocket” for little babies like kangaroo. Platypus is a very strange looking animal. Its babies come from eggs like ducks or crocodiles. But their mother feeds them with milk.

Activity 2b Listen and repeat. 3 min

Objectives: to learn four more points of the compass; to acquaint the pupils with some geographical names in English; to teach pupils to say the new words correctly
STEP 1: Ask the pupils to look at the wind rose. Ask if they know the four more points of the compass in their mother tongue. Elicit the answers.
STEP 2: Then play the DVD. First, they listen and repeat the four more points of the compass, and then the other geographical names.
Activity 3a Listen and complete the map. 9 min Objective: to practise listening for specific information STEP 1: Ask the pupils to copy the map from theWorkbook.
STEP 2: Then the pupils listen to the DVD and complete the map.
Answer key:1a Australian Alps; 2c the Murray River; 3f Canberra; 4b the Pacific Ocean 5d Perth; 6e the Indian Ocean;

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Activity 3b Work in pairs. Say True or False. 5 min
Objectives: to check the pupils‟ comprehension of the listening text; to practise talking about Australia
This is a normal True and False activity in which the pupils should also be ready to give true sentences instead of the false ones.