Different means of traveling

                                (students of 19-20 years)

Occupation type: practice in communication;

Type of occupation: classes in development of speech competence, namely speech and readings;

Practical purpose: formation and development of ability to use rules of creation of the contents of the statement;

Sociocultural purpose: formation of abilities to enter the communicative relations;

The developing purpose: development of speech abilities of students, and also development of different types of memory and attention;

Educational purpose: education of the positive relation to the country, language and culture;

Professional purpose: to show different ways and training receptions to a foreign language, to prepare the introspection of results;

Beggining of class!

Teacher: Good morning, students! Our topic today is “Different means of traveling”. Let's discuss the following questions: 

1. What means of travel do you know?

2. Why are many people fond of travelling?

3. Have you ever travelled by air? How do you like it?

4. What do you think about walking tours?

5. What is, in your opinion, the most enjoyable means of travel?
6. What way of traveling afforda most comfort for eldery people? (Give your reasons).
7. Do you think travel helps a person to become wiser?

Teacher: Let’s do these exercises with you.

Insert prepositions where necessary:

1. I saw the mysterious stranger ... the morning. 2. I met her ... the first time ... a warm sunny morning ... last spring. 3. I recognized her face ... the window. 4. I saw no sign ... envy ... her eyes. 5. Did you confess ... anything ... return? 6. Wait ... me ... platform No. 3 ... the St. Petersburg railway-station ... half past ten. 7. What have you got ... your hand? 8. I never acted ... the stage. 9. She smiled ... her fellow-passengers. 10. I heard him recite ... a concert ... last week. 

Teacher: Let’s do the following task:

Role-playing. Work in groups of four or five:

You are a family deciding on the type of holiday you will go on next summer. Then report to the other families on your final decision, explaining the reasons for your choice. Point out advantages and disadvantages, giving warning based on personal experience.

 Translate the following into English:

1. В какие порты будет заходить "Победа"? Зайдет ли она в Дувр? 2. Я не очень люблю морские путешествия. Я плохо переношу море и всегда страдаю морской болезнью. 3. Сегодня вечером наш пароход зайдет в Неаполь. Там мы пересядем в поезд и завтра будем в Риме. 4. Он не мог позволить себе ехать на поезде. Плата за проезд была слишком высока. Домой он добирался пешком и на попутных машинах. 5. В прошлом месяце группа наших студентов совершила интересную поездку по Англии. 6. Море было бурное, и несколько дней пассажиры не выходили из кают. Некоторые из них накануне хвастались, что не знают, что такое морская болезнь. Но и они не показывались на палубе. 7. Свое первое путешествие он совершил на борту старого грузового судна, направлявшегося в Европу. 8. В поезде был всего лишь один спальный вагон, в котором не было ни одного свободного места. Вагона-ресторана не было совсем. Начало поездки нельзя было считать удачным. 9. У вас есть булет на поезд прямого сообщения? Терпеть не могу пересадок, особенно если много багажа.

Teacher: OK. Well done!

Home assignment:

Teacher: Your home task will be to do exercises X (a, b, c) and XI on page 121-122 from unit 8.

End of class:

Teacher: Today we read the text about different types of traveling. We revised grammar constructions with articles. You worked a lot and got high points. Thank you for your attention. Good bye!

Sources:

1.     Oxford Dictionaries online

2.     Arakin 2^nd course

3.     Philip Kerr, Ceri Jones. Straightforward Upper-intermediate (Student’s book). - Macmillan, 2007. – 154 p.

4.     Eckersley C.E. "Essential English for Foreign Students", Book 4, Lnd.,1955)

April Fools' Day

The 1^st of April (April Fool's Day)– this day doesn’t belong to any holiday or significant date but one can refer it to the international one because of its popularity in Russia, Ukraine, Germany, England, France, on the Scandinavian peninsula and even in the East. In some countries this day is called the Day of Humor, in the others – the April Fool’s Day. Everyone tries to crack a joke or to make laugh at somebody on this day; nobody is insured against jokes and even the most serious person smile.

50 EASY APRIL FOOL’S DAY PRANKS TO PLAY ON YOUR FRIENDS

50. Borrow someone’s cell phone and change the language setting to a foreign language.
49. Change the language for Google on someone’s computer.
48. Change the coffee in the office coffee maker to decaf.
47. Swap the signs on the men’s and ladies’ rest rooms.
46. Hide scented air fresheners all over someone’s office.
45. Add food coloring to milk that comes in a cardboard container.
44. Add food coloring to the windshield washer fluid of someone’s car.
43. Switch around random keys on someone’s keyboard who isn’t a very good typist.
42. Switch the Push and Pull signs on a set of doors.
41. Hide food in a trash can and when someone comes by grab some and eat it.
40. Replace Oreo cream-filling with toothpaste and offer one to someone.
39. Dip the tips of someone’s cigarettes in Orajel so their lips will go numb.
38. Bring multiple sets of clothes to work, change every hour, and act like nothing’s different.
37. Cup some water in your hand and pretend to sneeze on the back of someone’s head.
36. Take something from someone’s office and leave them a ransom note.
35. Add several odd appointments with alarms set to go off during the day to a co-worker’s Outlook calendar.
34. Hide all of the desktop icons on someone’s computer and replace the monitor’s wallpaper with a screen-shot of their desktop.
33. Put a “Please Use Other Door” sign on the entrance to your office building if it only has one entrance.
32. Put a balloon on the tailpipe of a someone’s car so it will pop when they start their car.
31. Glue the headset of someone’s phone down to the cradle.
30. Take the door knob off a door and put it back on backwards, then lock it and leave the door open.
29. Put plastic wrap around the door frame of a commonly used door.
28. Cover a toilet seat with plastic wrap.
27. Take a squirt gun into the rest room stall next to someone and shoot little drops over the wall every couple of seconds while pretending to pee.
26. Leave a note on someone’s car apologizing for an accident that never actually happened.
25. Glue all the eggs into the carton.
24. Hard boil all the eggs in the carton and place them back in the refrigerator.
23. Paint a bar of soap completely with clear nail polish so it won’t suds up.
22. Turn every setting in someone’s car to the maximum: the heat, the radio, the wipers, the seats, etc.
21. Place a small piece of Post-it note over the ball under someone’s computer mouse so that it won’t work.
20. Switch the handles on the refrigerator to the side that doesn’t open.
19. Conference call two people then don’t say anything, just listen.
18. Place a ‘house for sale’ ad in the newspaper for someone’s home.
17. Paint the tips of someone’s pen and pencil with clear nail polish so none of them work.
16. Hide a small radio in the ceiling tiles above someone’s desk and turn it on very softly.
15. Fill someone’s hair-dryer with baby powder.
14. Put marbles in the hubcaps of someone’s car.
13. Leave cryptic notes warning someone of an impending prank then do nothing all day.
12. Rubber band the sprayer on the kitchen sink into the “on” position.
11. Place a pair of pants and shoes inside the only toilet stall in a rest room to make it appear someone is using it all day.
10. Pour vegetable oil on the exhaust of someone’s car so it will smoke when started up.
9. Hide an alarm clock in someone’s bedroom and set it for 3:00 a.m.
8. Remove the shower head and place a Lifesavers candy in it, then put the head back on.
7. Remove the shower head and place a chicken bouillon cube in it, then put the head back on.
6. Rearrange somebody’s drawers or file cabinets in a different order.
5. Tape magnets to the bottom of a cup, put it on the roof of your car and drive around.
4. Put food coloring in the hand soap dispenser.
3. Put an ad in the paper for a garage sale at someone’s house beginning at 6 a.m.
2. Buy some underwear, write a co-worker’s name in them, then leave them on the floor of the office bathroom.
1. Install the Blue Screen of Death screen-saver on someone’s computer.