Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialised Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan State World Languages University Republican Scientific – Practical Centre of Developing Innovational Methods of Foregn Languages Authors

SUCCEEDING IN LIFE LONG LEARNING

In pairs, read the words and word combinations 

in the box and try to guess their meanings. 

Use the words from the box and complete the 

sentences. 

Look at the photo and guess: What will the 

listening be about?

Look through the statements below. Listen 

and decide if they are true or false.

1

2

3

4

tremendous   enables frustration affluence

fast     track     neutral     accomplish     the pay off  

working your way       towards      preferably 

start off         add up         discipline

Look at the posts. What do you think the message is? 

1.  As you continue to grow and grow towards  the 

realization of your four potentials.

2.  The habit of continuous learning ….. average 

people to become top performers in their field.

3.  It enables people to rise from poverty and …. to 

arise and success.

4.  It increases your intelligence and puts you on to 

the …… in your career.

5.  Continuous learning, like nature, is …. .

6.  Anyone can use it to …. extraordinary things in 

life. 

7.  And ….. from continuous learning will last you all 

the days of your life.

8.  You’ll be …. … … becoming one of the 

knowledgeable people in your field.

9.  Read 30 to 60 minutes each day …. in the morning 

before you …. 

10. This will …. .. to about 1 book per week.

11. You must also …. yourself leave television or radio 

off, to put the newspaper aside.

1.  Being optimistic and positive is the best reward for 

continuous development._T_

2.  Top performers enable your continuous 

learning.____

3.  The payoff from continuous learning will last  

forever.____

4.  Read at least 30 famous books in your field.____

5.  To earn PHD one should read at least 50 books in 

his field._____

6.  Average person in the world reads less than one 

book per year._____

eg: tremendous-great, huge.

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Scale up

Choose a heading to the record and prove 

your choice.

In groups of 4 or 5 make a poster   illustrating 

the idea given in the listening activity. 

Choose the most appropriate form of the 

verb. With your partner, answer the following 

questions.

Complete the sentences so they have the 

same meaning to the first one.  

Match the beginnings a-d with the endings 

1-4 to make four important rules about the use 

of the present perfect simple and continuous.