W. A. Ward Dear English Teachers!

pre-reading Time: 5 min.
aim: 
preparing students for the new topic, raising students’ critical thinking 
skills.
1. 
Divide class into 3 groups. Ask them to complete the chart giving solutions to 
avoid the traffic jam in their country. Set the time. Monitor their discussion.
students' own answers.
While-reading Time: 15 min
aim:
improving students’ teamwork skills using problem solving situations
2.
tell students to look through the text and choose the best answer. 
in many big Asian cities, such as seoul, taipei and tokyo, there are many 
cars, trucks and buses in the streets. This has caused bad traffic jams that 
pollute the air but Singapore is an exception. There are no traffic jams. Its air 
is fresh – free from pollution. It is a result of the government rules to solve air 
pollution and traffic jam problems. The government has simply made it very 
expensive to own and drive a car in Singapore. The program requires anyone 
who wants a car to buy a permit. In addition to the cost of owning a car, drivers 
in singapore must pay to enter downtown on weekdays. And there is a big tax 
on gasoline.
Clearly, something must be done to change people’s lifestyles in the world’s 
large cities. Pollution from cars and trucks has already caused serious harm to 
the earth’s environment.
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post-reading Time: 10 min.
aim: 
raising students’ critical thinking skills.
3.
Ask students to look through the ideas and discuss them in pairs. the whole 
class discussion follows.
4. 
Ask students to write their own opinions. tell them to write approximately 60 
words.
lEssON 3. aChIEvING DEsIRE OUTCOmE (90 mIN)
Objectives.
by the end of the lesson students will be able to:
 
listen for gist and detailed information;
 
use 
Types of Questions
in meaningful situations.