W. A. Ward Dear English Teachers!

students' own answers.
pre-listening Time: 15 min.
aim:
teaching new vocabulary.
1. a) 
Ask students to look at the words in the table and match them with their 
synonyms.
answers:
Actually
truly
kind of
similar to
in my opinion
i think 
Plenty of
Many, much 
spare
Free
With pleasure
I’d love to 
b)
Ask students to make up sentences using the words and phrases above. 
e.g.
I think I remember better when I see and do something.
While listening Time: 10 min.
aim: 
listening for gist.
2. 
Tell students that they are going to listen to the conversation between 
Jakhangir and Lola about their study. Ask them to complete the conversation.
Jakhangir:_hi,_Lola._how_are_you_how_is_your_study_lola:_hi,_Jakhongir,_i’m_doing_(1)_great'>TapE sCRIpT 14.
answers: 
Jakhangir:
hi, Lola. how are you? how is your study?
lola:
hi, Jakhongir, i’m doing (1)
great
. My studies are going well too. 
What about you?
Jakhangir:
Oh, nice to hear it. Actually i’m doing well too but there are some 
(2)problems
with my studies.
lola:
Really? What kind of problems do you have? Maybe... I can help 
you.
Jakhangir:
I’ve got an exam soon, but in my (3)
opinion
i’m not ready. i got a 
very low score in last term’s exam.
lola:
Why didn’t you prepare well for it in this (4)
term
? i think you had a 
plenty of time, right?
Jakhangir:
Yes, i had but as you know i work and study at the (5)
same
time. 

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Teacher’s book
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That’s why I couldn’t find spare time for preparation.