W. A. Ward Dear English Teachers!

students' own answers. 

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Teacher’s book
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pre-reading Time: 10 min.
aim: 
preparing students for the new topic, raising students’ critical thinking 
skills.
1. 
Divide class into small groups. Ask them to discuss the following questions.
a) When did you begin learning english?
b) What kind of ways did you use to remember new words?
c) What techniques of learning english do you know?
d) 
What challenges do you come across while learning?
students' own answers.
While reading Time: 10 min.
aim: 
reading for specific information.
2. 
Ask students to read the text individually and answer the question: 
How did 
Mansur learn English?
Hi! I’m Mansur. l live and study in Tashkent. I’m doing my Bachelor’s Degree 
in maths but at the same time i’m learning english as well. i speak english rather 
well and i’d like to share my experience with others.
At my early age of 6, my father inspired me to listen to english songs. While 
listening, I found the language attractive. At that time I could guess not much but 
soon I started to understand every word, especially the ones which appeared 
in the titles. today i can understand the songs clearly, so listening was my 
first motivation. When I was 13, I started reading science fiction books which 
were written in Uzbek. Later, i was interested in reading those kind of books in 
english. i tried to learn each new word which i came across in the texts. now 
i’m learning maths in english. i know that learning languages is essential for my 
future career.
students' own answers.
3.
After reading the text, tell students to mark statements with 
true
or 
false
.
answers:
1. Mansur is an architect. 
false
2. he began learning english when he was six. 
true
3. he began learning by reading books. 
false
4. he began reading english books when he was 13. 
true
5
. 
he learnt the language with a tutor. 
false
6. 
he knows that his english is useful for his future. 
true