W. A. Ward Dear English Teachers!

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knowledge is better than wealth.
3.
Ask students to find and underline antonyms in the text.
answers: 
friends – enemies
eliminate – blacken
increase – decrease
limited – boundless
generous - miserly
post-reading Time: 10 min.
aim: 
practising introduced materials.
4.
Tell students to work in pairs. Ask them to make a list of advantages and 
disadvantages of being wealthy and compare their notes with their partners. 
students' own answers.
lEssON 2. sElF-EvalUaTION (90 mIN)
Objectives.
by the end of the lesson students will be able to:
 
listen for gist and detailed information;
 
use
 adjectives and prepositions
in meaningful situations.
skills to be emphasized: 
listening, speaking, reading, writing.
Target structure: 
the usage of 
adjectives
and 
prepositions.
Target vocabulary:
 academic language, solve the problems, meeting deadlines, 
begin studying at university, adjust university life, have problems, sort out 
problems, cope with worries
materials:
photos, a tape, textbooks.
starter Time: 5 min.
aim: preparing students for the new lesson.
Draw students’ attention to the photos and tell them to guess the situations and 
ask them to answer the following questions in groups:
 
Who are they? Where are 
they? What are they doing?
possible answers:
1. to be tired of studies; 2. to hesitate where to study; 3. to 
be eager to study; 4. to use IT; 
5. to be bored; 6. to fall asleep; 7. to be forced to study; 8. to be under information 
overload. 
pre-listening
Time: 10 min
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