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READING COMPREHENSION

I. Ask students to find in the text English equivalents for the following Russian phrases.

mineral and energy resources (полезные ископаемые и энергетические ресурсы), ninth-largest (девятый по величине), shares land borders (граничить), the breakup of the Soviet Union (развал Советского Союза), successor state (государство-преемник), devoted to (быть посвященным чему-то), churches and cathedrals (церкви и соборы)

II. Ask students to correct the statements if they find them wrong. Use such phrase as: I agree with you. You are right. or I’m afraid I don’t agree with you. That’s not true/right.

1. TRUE

2. FALSE (It is the largest country in the world.)

3. FALSE (The area of Russia is over 17000000 square kilometers.)

4. FALSE (Russia has the world's ninth-largest population.)

5. FALSE (Because of its size, Russia's climate is also varied.)

III. Ask students to answer the following questions using the text.

1. Russia is situated both in Asia and Europe.

2. Yes, it is. Russia is rich in mineral and energy resources.

3. Yes, it is .Russia is the Soviet Union's successor state.

4. Russia share borders with 17 countries.

5. There are steppes in the south, plains and forests in the midlands, tundra and taiga in the north.

6. Because of its size, Russia's climate is also varied.

7. Russian is the official language of the country

8. Moscow is the capital of Russia, it is Russia’s largest city (. And an important economic and business center.

9. The population of Moscow is 8.3 million people.

10. No, Moscow is not only an economic and business center, its cultural tradition is rich, and there are many museums, churches and cathedrals.

IV. Ask students to divide the text into parts and to entitle them; to add necessary sentences to the entitled parts.

Text plan

the territory of Russia; (The country is washed by 12 seas of 3 oceans: the Pacific, the Arctic and the Atlantic. There are over two million rivers in Russia. Europe’s biggest river, the Volga, flows into the Caspian Sea. The world’s deepest lake is Lake Baikal);
the political structure of Russia; (Russia is a parliamentary republic. The Head of the state is the President. The legislative powers are exercised by the Duma);
the climate of Russia;
the Russian language;
the capital of Russia. (The capital of Russia is Moscow It is one of the oldest Russian cities.)

V. Ask student to do the Knowledge Quiz about Russia, its history, geography, culture and politics.

1. What is the building where the Russian President lives called?

Kreml (Kremlin)

2. Who was the last Tsar of Russia?

Nicholas II

Tsar Nicholas II (r. 1894-1917) was the last Tsar of Russia. He was forced to abdicate the throne in February 1917

3. Which Tsar rescued Russia from the Mongols?

Ivan I

Ivan the First had a brilliant idea to break away from the Mongols. He charged the Muscovites with more tax money than the Mongols demanded. He sent the required money to the Mongols, and kept the remaining tax money. Over a period of time, he was able to hire an army, and had enough men to defeat the Mongols.

4. Ivan the Terrible wasn't always terrible. What positive thing did he bring to Russia after his visit to Europe?

The printing press.

Ivan loved to read. His greatest past-time was reading. When he went to Europe (around 1556) he saw that they had invented the printing press. He brought that back to Russia, along with the new teachings of music to the schools.

5. Boris Gudonov was one of the few rulers of Russia who wasn't of Russian origin. Of what origin was he?

Tatar-Mongol

According to the legend his ancestors originated from the Tatar knyaz Chet. Ivan the Terrible died in 1584. His weaker son, Fedor ruled for a short while. He died soon after. Gudonov was left in control of Russia. Although the boyars originally disliked him because of his origin, they soon changed their opinions about him. Gudonov had an excellent mind-set for diplomatic relations with foreign countries.

Among other non-Russian leaders were Catherine the Great (German), and Alexandra Romanov (Wife of Nicholas II, and she was also German.)

6. In 1887 something tragic thing happened in Vladimir Lenin's life. His brother was charged with Tsaricide (an attempt to assasinate the Tsar.) What was the full name of Lenin's brother?

Answer: Alexander Ulyanov & Alexander Ulianov & Alexander Ilich Ulyanov. (Two Words)

Alexander Ulyanov was charged with an attempt to assasinate Alexander III. The Tsar was extremely fond of peasants, but he was a known Jew-hater. He ruled by martial law, and made counter reforms, which gave the government control over the subjects taught in college. Since Ulyanov was a college student, these reforms intruded on his school work.

7. Situated on the Lena River in the far east of Siberia and the second coldest city in the world, many dissidents were exiled here during the communist era?

Yakutsk

Kazan

Volgograd

Vladivostok

8. Known as Sverdlovsk during most of the 20th century, this city was the infamous site of the execution of Czar Nicholas and his family in 1918?

Mumansk

Yekaterinburg

Nizhni Novgorod

St. Petersburg

9. Named from a Sami word meaning 'the edge of the earth' this is the largest city inside the arctic circle and Russia's only major ice-free port in the west?

Murmansk

Vladivostok

St. Petersburg

Novosibirsk

10. Known as 'Stalingrad' during much of the communist era, this city was destroyed during World War II and represented the farthest point of the German advance?

Volgograd

St. Petersburg

Moscow

Nizhni Novgorod

11. Situated on Russia's Pacific coast, this city has been a major port and naval base and was occupied by Japanese troops after the Russian Revolution until 1922?

Yakutsk

Vladivostok

Novosibirsk

Murmansk

12. Founded originally on the Volga River by Mongol invaders and nowadays capital of the Tatarstan Republic, this city was a source of trouble for a succession of Russian administrations until finally subdued in 1774?

Noril'sk

Nizhni Novgorod

Kazan

Yakutsk

13. Known as 'Gorky' during the communist era and long a centre of trade and commerce, this city is located at the confluence of the Volga and Oka Rivers and is one of the largest cities in Russia?

Novosibirsk

Nizhni Novgorod

Chelyabinsk

Rostov

14. Name the highly revered 19th century writer who is praised in the phrase, “________ is our everything.”

Alexander Pushkin

In Russia, Pushkin holds a status that is unparalleled by any writer in American culture. Among his numerous works are: “Eugene Onegin,” a novel in verse; “The Queen of Spades,” on which Tchaikovsky based an opera; and the epic poem, “The Bronze Horseman.”

15. Which of the following is not considered one of Nikolai Gogol’s Petersburg Tales?

Viy

The Petersburg Tales also include “The Portrait” and “Diary of a Madman.”

16. Which of the following biblical characters does not appear in “Master and Margarita” by Mikhail Bulgakov?

Peter

The novel alternates between contemporary (early Soviet period) Moscow and Jerusalem in the time of Christ. Bulgakov gives his interpretation of the arrest of Jesus, his trial before Pilate, and the death of Judas, but does not mention the apostle Peter.

17. Name the Russian-born author of “The Gift” and “Pale Fire,” who spent much of his life writing in America and Switzerland.

Vladimir Nabokov

Nabokov was teaching at Cornell when he wrote his most well-known novel, “Lolita,” in 1955.

18. How many Russian/Soviet writers were awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature during the 20th century?

In the 20th century, there were five Russian Nobel laureates: Ivan Bunin (1933), Boris Pasternak (1958-declined), Mikhail Sholokhov (1965), Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1970), and Joseph Brodsky (1987).

19. What countries border on Russia? In the south? In the west? In the east?

Answer: It covers the eastern part of Europe and the northern part of Asia. In the south Russia borders on China, Mongolia, Korea, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Azerbaijan. In the west it borders on Norway, Finland the Baltic states, Belorussia, the Ukraine, it has a sea-border with the USA. (17 countries)

20 What is the population of Russia?

142 ml

Speaking practice

Ask students to discuss the topic “Russia” with their partners using newly learnt words and introduce their final work to the class. Ask them to discuss the territory of Russia; the climate of Russia; the capital of Russia and its cities: the political situation of Russia; Russian contribution to the world’s literature, using newly learnt words.

Homework

Ask students to study new vocabulary.

Lesson 2

The lesson plan

1. Introduction to the theme (5 min)

2. Lexical exercises on the topic country life, city life (10-15 min)

3. Reading the description of the picture (10-15 min)

4. Speaking practice (45-50 min)

5. Homework (1 min)

Introduction to the theme

As an introduction to the lesson “Countries and cities” for students a teacher may say that the country is so big and it differs not only in nature and climate but also in people who live in different regions. Different regions of the country are differently urbanized. The life in the city and life in the country is very different.

LEXICAL EXERCISES

I. Ask students to organise the words into two groups: describing towns/cities and describing countryside

Towns/ cities	countryside
shopping center, factory, museum, suburbs, night-life, pollution, tall buildings, theatre, streets and avenues, libraries and universities, underground, car parks, statues, lots of traffic	Field, woods, far, valleys, fresh air, lake

II. Ask students to match adjectives in A with opposites in B and to say which adjectives describe country life and life in the city.

clean	country	dirty	city
small	country	big	city
safe	country	dangerous	city
expensive	city	cheap	country
industrial	city	agricultural	country
good	country	bad	city
quiet	country	noisy	city

READING

I. Ask students to read the description of the picture “Mr. and Mrs Andrew” of one of the most famous painters of 18th century Britain, Thomas Gainsborough. Pay attention and practice the vocabulary underlined.

SPEAKING PRACTICE

I. Ask students describe the picture of a well known .Russian painter Vasili Surikov, “Taking a snow fortress” 1891 and describe it using the Present Continuous Tense, and the underlined vocabulary from the previous exercise.

Background Here is a painting that shows the continuity between the Maslenitsa celebrations of the past and the modern festivities. It is FUN to be Orthodox. Orthodox people know how to laugh well because they know to discipline themselves as well. To everything, there is a season, as the Scripture says. The traditional faith and the customs t encapsulate it. If you take away the customs, there is no framework, and the faith dies. It is truly that simple. Party Hearty! It’s the Orthodox thing to do!

II. Ask students to write the conversation between Steve and James in the correct order and guess what they are used for.

James: Oh, hi, Steve. How are you?

Steve: Fine, thanks. And you? What are you doing these days?

James: Well, I am training to be manager.

Steve: Really? Are you enjoying it?

James: Yes, it’s quite interesting. How about you?

Steve: Well, I am not working at the moment, but I’m very busy. I am building a house.

James: Oh, how interesting! Are you doing it alone?

Steve: No, my friends help me.

III. Ask students to choose one of the photos and make up a conversation between these people.

III. Ask students to make up a similar dialogue using the Present Continuous Tense to speak about their life at the moment.

Homework

Ask students to study new vocabulary and grammar.

Lesson 3

The lesson plan

1. Introduction to the theme (5 min)

2. Pre-listening discussion (10 min)

3. Active vocabulary (10-15 min)

4. Listening text II (15-18 min)

5. Listening comprehension (13-18 min)

6. Speaking practice (17-22 min)

7. Homework (1 min)

Introduction to the theme

As an introduction to the lesson “An English speaking country” for students a teacher may say that it is impossible to know the language without knowing anything about its country, culture and traditions.

Pre-listening discussion

Ask students to answer the following questions:

What English speaking countries do you know?
What do you know about Great Britain?
Where is it situated?
What are the parts of Great Britain?
Who rules the country?

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

Ask students to study the Russian equivalents to the following words and word combinations and to pronounce them correctly and to make up examples with the words:

to be situated быть расположенным

to consist состоять

surface поверхность

valley долина

influence влиять

monarchy монархия

rule править

in practice фактически, на практике

Prime Minister премьер-министр

highly developed высокоразвитый

LISTENING TEXT

Ask students to listen to text GREAT BRITAIN paying attention to the discussed words and word combinations.

Tapescript

GREAT BRITAIN

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is situated on the British Isles. It consists of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The surface of the British Isles varies very much. There are mountains in the north of Scotland and England and valleys and plains in the south and the center of the country. There are a lot of rivers in Great Britain but they are not very long. The mountains and the warm waters of Gulf Stream influence the climate of the British Isles. It is mild the whole year round.

The UK is the one of the smallest country in the world. The population lives mainly in cities and towns. The UK is a monarchy, the head of the state is the Queen. But in practice the Prime minister rules. The UK is a highly developed industrial country. Its capital is London. British men are very proud of their traditions and keep them up.

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

I. Ask students to correct the statements if they find them wrong. Use such phrases as: I agree with you. You are right. or I’m afraid I don’t agree with you. That’s not true/right.

1. TRUE.

2. FALSE The surface of the British Isles varies much.

3. FALSE There are a lot of rivers in Great Britain but they are not very long.

4. TRUE The climate of the British Isles is mild because of the Gulf stream and mountains.

5. FALSE The UK is the one of the smallest country in the world.

6. TRUE

7. FALSE The Queen is the head of the state.

8. FALSE London is the capital of Great Britain.

9. FALSE The UK is a highly developed industrial country.

10. TRUE

II. Ask students to answer the following questions using the information from the text.

1. Yes. It is. It is situated in the British Isles.

2. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are the parts of Great Britain.

3. Yes. It does.

4. No, there aren’t. There are a lot of rivers in Great Britain but they are not long and deep.

5. The mountains and the warm waters of Gulf Stream influence the climate of the British Isles.

6. The UK is the one of the smallest country in the world.

7. The UK is a monarchy. The Queen is the head of the state.

8. The Prime Minister rules the country.

9. The UK highly developed industrial country.

10. London is the capital of Great Britain.

III. Ask students to do the Knowledge Quiz about Great Britain, its history, geography, culture and politics.

1. Who is the current monarch?

Queen Elizabeth II

2. Which of the following is incorrect (not right)?

Scotland is south of England

3. Which of the following is an area of sea water adjacent (next to) to the UK?

North Atlantic Ocean

4. Which of the following is a well known British food?

Fish and chips

5. The highest point in the UK is ...?

Ben Nevis, Scotland

7. Which of the following is NOT the patron Saint of a UK country?

St. George (England)

St. Harry

St. Patrick (Ireland)

St. Andrew (Scotland)

8. How many countries are there in the United Kingdom?

4 England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

9. Who is the Prime Minister of the country?

Gordon Brown

10. The currency of the UK, the Pound Sterling, today is worth about ….RUS rouble?

11. Famous shopping streets in London are … ?

Oxford Street

12. Which of these inventions are NOT British: ?

the steam engine Thomas Savery

Sandwich – John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich

Cricket – The world's second-most popular sport traced back to the 13th cent

the bicycle German Baron Karl von Drais in 1818

13. Rolls Royce, Britain’s most prestigeous motor company, has recently been taken over by … ?

Volkswagen

14. The quickest way of travelling from France to Britain is by … ?”

Train

15. The first capital of Britain was …

Colchester

IV. Ask students to complete the table. How much do you know about Britain?

Three British rivers	Three British companies	Three British writers:	Three British singers
1. the Thames	1. Shell	1. William Shakespeare	1.Elton John
2. the Avon	2. British Airways	2. J.R.R. Tolkien	2.All members of “Beatles”
3. the Severn	3.BP (British Petroleum)	3. Jane Austen	3. Robbie Williams

Speaking practice

Ask students to discuss the text “Great Britain” with their partners using newly learnt words and introduce their final work to the class. Ask them to discuss the territory of the UK; the climate of The British Isles; the political and economic structure of Great Britain; the present and the past of the country; Britain’s contribution to the world’s science and culture.

Homework

Ask students to study new vocabulary.

Lesson 4

The lesson plan

1. Introduction to the theme (5 min)

2. Lexical exercises on the topic holidays, customs and traditions (15-20 min)

3. Reading skills development (15 min)

4. Writing practice (20 min)

5. Speaking practice (17 min)

6. Homework (1 min)

Introduction to the theme

As an introduction to the lesson “Customs and traditions” for students a teacher may say that there are many countries over the world. Different countries have different customs, cultures, languages, and religions. They also have different holidays.

LEXICAL EXERCISES

I. Ask students to check the meaning of unknown words relating to holidays, customs and traditions of the country and to make up sentences with them.

customs and traditions обычаи и традиции

public holidays официальный нерабочий день (установленный законом)

day off from work выходной

shops and factories close магазины и фабрики закрываются

family holiday семейный/ домашний праздник

party вечеринка

invite приглашать

decorate украшать

celebrate отмечать /праздновать

give/receive presents дарить /получать подарки

greeting card поздравительная открытка

visit friends and relatives посещать друзей и родственников

festive dinner праздничный обед

fun веселье, шутки

II. Ask students to arrange the sentences in the correct order and create two humorous stories.

THE INVITATION

3. A man inviting his friend to his home explained to him where he lived.

5. "Come to the third floor," he said, "and where you see the letter "E" on the door, push the button with your elbow and when the door opens put your foot against it."

2. "Why do I have to use my elbow and my foot?" asked his friend.

9. Well," exclaimed the man, "You're not going to come empty-handed, are you?"

THE FARMER

7. A curious tourist, after passing a huge field of carrots alongside the road, stopped and asked the farmer what he did with his large crop.

1. "Well", said the farmer, scratching his chin, "I'll tell you what we do."

6. "We eat what we can and what we can't eat we can".

4. The man went back to his car with a puzzled look on his face and said to his wife, "I think he must be crazy."

8. "He said they ate what they could and what they couldn't they could."

II. Ask students to match the names of holidays in English speaking countries with the dates they are on and the symbols of these holidays.

holiday	date	symbol
Halloween	31^st of October	pumpkins
Easter	March	coloured eggs
Christmas Day	25^th of December	stockings for presents
Valentine’s Day	14^th of February	sweethearts
Boxing Day	26^th of December	boxes with presents

III. Explain that there are nine words denoting holidays of different countries in this word search below. Ask students to find them. Say that the words begin with these letters.

They go across and down What countries are they celebrated in?

Independence Day	Christmas	Women Day
Victory Day	Halloween	Easter
Thanksgiving Day	New Year	Knowledge Day

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