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*Add your own data on any used languages in Russia and write comment.

2. Choose a country and give a description of its landmarks (1/*3/**5). Search the Internet. Write a descriptive essay (180 – 200 words).

The plan below will help you:

Introduction (Paragraph 1)

Name/location/population of the place, reason for choosing the place

Main Body (Paragraphs 2–3)

General features and particular details

(Place: surroundings, landmarks, facilities

Building: surroundings, detailed description of exterior / interior)

Conclusion (Final Paragraph)

Comments / feelings and / or recommendation

Each paragraph should start with a topic sentence summarizing the paragraph.

*3.Get ready to quiz your group mates about interesting facts connected with

English speaking countries and their landmarks. Be ready to be quizzed.

ENTERTAIN YOURSELF

Listen to the Rap and try to repeat.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN?

WARMING UP

1. People learn languages to communicate abroad.

Have you ever been abroad?

What country would you like to visit? Why?

*2.Quiz your group mates about interesting facts connected with English speaking countries and their landmarks.

3. Can you rap about countries and city’s names?

4. A greeting gesture is something friendly that you do when you meet someone. It can consist of a simple kiss, a hand shake or a hug.

a) What do people do in the pictures below?

Match the words with the pictures and answer the question above.

a)smile and wave b)hug c)bow d)kiss e)shake hand g)clasp hands

b) Read the text and get some information about greetings.

Pay attention to the words and phrases that describe gestures.

There are different ways people greet each other in different cultures. Some belong to cultures where it’s acceptable to touch others while greeting. Latin America, southern Europe and the Arab World are close-contact cultures. Other people, such as North Americans, North Europeans and East and South-East Asians prefer to keep their distance.

In Arab countries, a gesture of greeting or saying goodbye would be to shake hands and then touch your heart with the palm of your right hand.

The traditional greeting in Asia is a bow. In fact there are different ways of bows used in greetings troughout Asia. For example, in Japan, Korea and China people bow but in Japan the bow are usually lower. In India and nearby countries in South Asia most people put their hands together and bow just a little. While each Asian culture has its own traditional special greeting, these days, don’t be surprise if people in Asia just shake your hand.

c) Ask your classmates to show gestures described by the words in italics.

d) Look through the text again and answer the following questions:

· How do people in close-contact cultures greet each other?

· What do people do in salutation in North America or in East Asia?

· Where do people greet each other with a bow?

5. To express emotions or provide information, people make some movements with a part of their body, especially their hands

a) Look at the picture. Read the words and name the fingers on your palm.

b) Read the article about gestures in some countries and underline words and expressions that describe finger gestures.

Sometimes an innocent gesture in one culture may be rude in another. For example, an American might suggest everything is OK by making a ring with histhumb and index finger, in other cultures, these are rude gestures. In most western countries thumbs up means we are stating that everything is OK.

This gesture goes back to Ancient Roman times. It is believed that thumbs up was used in gladiator combats to express that the defeated gladiator should be saved in opposition to thumbs down which expressed the desire to execute the gladiator.This gesture has survived many years. However, this gesture does not mean the same thing everywhere. In some countries like Germany or France it is also commonly used to express number one. It isn’t possible to learn the meaning of all gestures in different cultures, but the most important thing is to be aware that the meaning might be different.

c) Give a title to the text.

*d)Are these gestures common in your culture? What do they mean?

LISTENING

6. Some culture customs might surprise foreignors.

What are the customs for visiting someone’s home?

a) Listen and check (Ö) the things Jean-Pierre says about behavioral states in France.

b) Listen once more and check (Ö) the things Amy says about the USA.

c) Listen to Raj Varma, an Indian businessman, talking about greetings.

Number the questions in order he answers them.

A. How do you greet members of your family?

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C. How do you greet people who are important in society?

D. Do people greet people of the opposite sex in a different way?

E. How do people greet someone they’ve just met?

F. Do you hug member of your family?

d) Answer the following questions:

· Which customs from the listed above are the same in your culture?

· What other things do you do when you visit someone’s home?

SPEAKING

7.Culture clash is a conflict arising from the interaction of people with different cultural values. To avoid this one should be acquainted with customs and traditions of a country he/she is on a visit.

a) Look at these situations. Then talk over the questions below.

· What do you think the people on the left are “doing wrong”?

· What would you offer them?

· What do you think the people on the right are “doing wrong”?

· What would you say to them?

b) Work with your partner. Discuss the following questions and be ready to present the results of your discussion to the audience.

What things can be considered «wrong» in your community?

*Have you ever had a visitor from abroad in your home?

Did he or she break any rules?

WRITING

8. In a social net young people from different countries exchange messages about gestures and customs common in their cultures. Join the chat and advise how to behave in different situations in Russia.

1. You are going to make a presentation about any country of Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia or Australia.The title is «SO MANY COUNTRIES, SO MANY CUSTOMS».

a) Choose the country you like.

b) Search the Internet, look for some information and make notes about:

— traditions towards clothing;

c) Make an outline of your presentation.

d) Select the vocabulary to each point of your outline.

3. Look through the information about making presentations in the following sources:

1) Лазарев Д. Презентация: лучше один раз увидеть. М.: Альпина Бизнес Бук, 2009. 126 c.

2) Jeremy Comfort. Effective presentation. Oxford University Press, 1995.

3) Duigi Gaubi. Visuals. Writing about Graphs, Tables and Diagrams / G.Duigi. Australia: Academic English Press, 2001. 64 p.

4) Wanessa Jakeman and Clare McDowell. New Insight into IELTS. Cambridge University Press, 2008.

WARMING UP

1. While summarizing the information on the topic “So many countries, so many customs” what ideas seem to be the main?

*2. Whose region, his religion. Can you guess what it means?

READING

3. You can present any information by any means. One of them is a presentation.

A presentation is the process of presenting a topic to an audience.

It is typically a demonstration and a speech meant to inform, persuade, or build good will.

a) Revise some rules of making presentation.

It is wrong to prepare a presentation at once on the computer. You waste too much time not on creativity, but for technical moments: preservation of files, change of font sizes and color of lines. It is better to do the spadework on a list of paper. Switch off the computer and take felt-tip pens: the man-made storyboard becomes faster and more effectively. Creating a storyboard manually, we help ourselves to simplify and structure own ideas in a head.

Presentation process includes the following stages:

1. Generation of ideas

2. Grouping and definition of the central idea

4. The Preliminary storyboard on a paper

5. The Storyboard on the computer

b) Sum up the information about creating a presentation.

What tips do you consider the most useful?

4. Experts say that the first few minutes of a presentation are the most important. If you are able to get the audience’s attention quickly, they will be interested in what you have to say. Below there are techniques you can use to start your talk.

a) Read them aloud and choose one or two the most appropriate for you.

b) Think over and say which sentences suit to each technique.

1. Is it important to have an idea about the country you are going to visit?

2. At a party with my friends, I was once asked the following question….

3. Do you know why in Australia to call a waiter in a restaurant you should raise your index finger?

4. Imagine you decided to study abroad. What difficulties will you face?

5. There is an idiom “Talk to England”, and it means “to talk a lot”.

6. Don’t let me talk to England, agreed?

7. I remember when I came to Beijing for the first time, …

8. When saluting each other the Chinese say, “Have you eaten your rice?”

9. Cultures do not develop identically.

10. What are some examples of culture clash?

c) According to the techniques above, choose some sentences you might use in your would-be presentation. Voice them.

WRITING

5. Use the outline of your presentation and the techniques above and

a) write the introduction of your talk. Stick to the plan.

b) Voice it and listen to your partner’s opinion.

READING

6. Besides the techniques for good introductions there are some strategies for good conclusions. On his website, the American presentations guru Charlie F. Elroy talks about them.

a) Read them. Mark the most interesting and useful tips.

Make a good last impression!

I personally think the end of your talk is even more important than the beginning because people tend to remember most the last thing that they are told.

Make a lasting impression!

Your conclusion is the place to make sure that you have planted the key ideas of your talk in your listeners’ minds. Don’t miss this opportunity!

Here are some of my strategies for effective conclusions:

1. Summarize the main points

This is the most widely used method but borrrrrrring! However, sometimes you will find it’s the best strategy. Just some up the main points you have covered in the middle section.

2. Quote a famous person

Quote something from a famous person that fits the content of your talk and use it as a final statement. You can find lots of quotations on the Internet.

3. Ask a provocative question or make a surprising statement

Ask a question which surprises, shocks or provokes your audience – anything to make them think and to make a lasting impression.

4. Use the «sandwich» technique

Think of your presentation as a sandwich with two slices of bread (introduction + conclusion) and the cheese in the middle (the main part). The «sandwich» strategy means that you have a connection between the beginning and the end of your talk. If, for example, you start telling a joke or (funny) story in the introduction, stop at an exciting moment and move on to the main part. Then finish the joke/story in the conclusion.

5. Thank the audience

Forget standard phrases such as «Thank you very much for your attention» or «Thank you for listening». After a good presentation, it is the audience who should be thanking you!

b) Which tips have you found the most interesting and useful? Why?

WRITING

7. Write a proper conclusion to your presentation.

Voice it and listen to your partner’s opinion.

DIY

1. Make a ten minutes presentation on the topic

«So many countries, so many customs».

2. The words and expressions below will help you

to make a main part of your oral report to support your slides.

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