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LESSON 5. JOURNAL ARTICLES (READING SPEED)

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READING II Journal articles 80 minutes 1. To have a knowledge on working with journal article 2. To develop oral speech skills on the theme 1. S.Philpot. Headway academic skills. Reading, writing and study skills 3 2. Lors and Jennifer Wilkin, Dorothy E.Zemach (2012) Skillful 2 and 3. Reading and writing. Macmillan. Book, visual aids, handouts, a dictionary, a thesaurus,

Activity 1. Work with a partner. Discuss the questions.
1. What methods of communication were used in the past?
2. What methods are used today?
3. What developments might there be in the future?
Possible answers:
1. telegraph, pigeons, runners, etc.
2. telephone, mobile phone, SMS, emails, letters, videoconferencing, etc.
3. Students' own ideas.
Warm-up. (10 min.)
Objectives: to lead-in to the topic and to raise students’ interest to it.
Procedure:
 Ask students to work in pairs and discuss the duties of the workers in the office.

Which workers (e.g. managers, receptionists, secretaries,…) do the things below:

1. do the photocopying
2. set salaries
3. meet guests in reception
4. type e-mails
5. decide/start/finish times/working hours
6. wear uniforms
 Ask random answers

Write the title of the text on the board and ask students to predict the plot of it from the title.

 Elicit the answers and write them on the board.