Spotlight 10 Mod 02 Ts
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Culture Corner
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Objectives Suggested Answer Key competitors: people taking part in a contest extremely: very much get out of breath: breathe very quickly and with difficulty take part in: be involved in offers: gives majority: most raise money for charity: make money for those less fortunate race course: a place where horses run against each other presenters: people who introduce a TV programme comment on: talk about, give an opinion on smart: fashionable championship: a competition to find the best player(s) in a sport spectators: people who watch a sporting event queue: wait in a line to be served/for your turn compete: play against each other
Vocabulary: British sporting events Reading: texts about four British sporting events (matching) Skill ― reading for specific information Writing: a short article about famous sporting events in your country Speaking: talking about a sporting event (monologue ― role play)
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Focus ➤ Predicting the content of a text ñ Direct Ss’ attention to the picture and the titles. ñ Explain/Elicit meaning of any difficult words. ñ Ask Ss to think of a question for each event. ñ Ss try to answer their questions. ñ Play the recording. Ss listen and read. Elicit whether their questions were answered. Suggested Answer Key A When does it take place? (every spring) B Why do people do it? (prize money, fun, to raise money for charity) C Where is it? (Berkshire) D How long does it last? (two weeks)
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Focus ➤ Reading for specific information a) ñ Ss read the questions carefully and scan the texts for the information they need. ñ Advise Ss to underline parts of the text related to the questions. ñ Allow Ss time to complete the task. ñ Select individual Ss to present their answers. Answer Key 1 B 2 D
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b) ñ Ss explain the words in bold by giving a definition, synonym, miming, drawing, etc. ñ Encourage Ss to guess the meaning of the word from the context before using their dictionaries to check their guesses. ñ Elicit/Explain the meaning of any other words in the text that Ss do not understand.
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Focus ➤ Revising vocabulary ñ ñ ñ ñ
Allow Ss time to read the sentences. Ss work in pairs. Check Ss’ answers. Explain the meaning of the distractors.
Answer Key 1 presenters 2 spectators
3 competitors
Suggested Answer Key 1 My dad is on the board of directors of a big company. 2 The audience loved the performance very much. 3 The rowers train very hard for the boat race.
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