Unit 1 Communications

Homework:
Ex: 2e.


Date:
Form: IX
Subject: English
Theme: Industry in the UK and the USA
Aim:
• to enable PP to talk about industry in the UK and the USA
• to practise working with the map of the UK
• to practise reading for specific information
Equipment: picture, dictionary
T h e p r o c e d u r e o f t h e l e s s o n
1. The beginning of the lesson
2.Checking up the homework
T h e m a i n p a r t o f t h e l e s s o n
Activity 1
Objective: to prepare for reading
Ask PP to work in groups. They should copy the table into their Ex.Bks. Then each group should discuss and agree on three things they know, three things they think they know and three things they would like to know about industry in the UK and in the USA.
Activities 2a and 2b
Objectives: to practice reading for specific information; to practise asking
for and giving information about industry in the UK Ask PP to work in pairs. One P reads the card for Pupil A on the Classbook page, the other reads the card for Pupil В on page 90. Ask PP not to look at each other's pages. Each P copies the card into their Ex.Bk. Then they read the text and.complete the information in their Ex.Bks. Go round and monitor and make sure all PP are doing the task correctly. When pairs have finished, ask them to move on to 2b, which is a normal information gap activity.
Activity 3a
Objective: to practise listening for specific information
Ask PP to copy the list of industries into their Ex.Bks. Then tell them they are going to listen to an information broadcast about industry in the USA. They should tick the industries which are mentioned in the broadcast.
Tapescript
Good morning and welcome to today's programme. The USA remains a world leader in industry and high technology. It exports cars, consumer goods, food and machinery. It also exports pop culture (movies, music, fashion, sports and more). Most American industry is located in the eastern and mid-western parts of the country. The south and west are where the agricultural industry is located. The main branches are cattle-farming, poultry-farming and vegetable-growing. The main crops are corn, wheat, cotton, tobacco and fruit.
Now for some details about the industries. Washington is the centre of the atomic and electronic industries. There is also some light industry there and a large food industry. New York is the centre of the shipbuilding, machine-building, aircraft, and chemical industry, and, like Washington, it is a centre for light industry and the food industry. Chicago is famous for its tinned meat industry. Detroit is one of the biggest producers in the motorcar industry and Kansas City is well known for its coal mines. The textile industry is concentrated in Boston. And Los Angeles ... well, I'm sure you all know what Los Angeles is famous for.
Key:
Machine-building Atomic/electronic
Chemical Poultry-farming
Aircraft Film business
Cattle-farming Vegetable-growing
Light (Los Angeles is famous for its film business.)
Shipbuilding
Food
Activity 3b
Objective: to practise summarising the information
At the end of the lesson PP look through the texts very quickly / remember the information from the listening activity and check if their information was correct in Activity 1, and if they have found answers for their questions. (If they haven't you could suggest they look in an encyclopaedia in the school library and/or try logging onto an appropriate site on the Internet.)