Завдання для розвитку вмінь сприймання на слух учнів 7-го класу при вивченні теми "Шкільне життя"

                              Why English?

Pre-listening activity 

        Questions:

• Is it important to know foreign languages?
• Do foreign languages help to read more interesting books?
• Do we need English to have a good job in future?

         While-listening activity.

    Listen to the text and say why do we learn the foreign languages?

1. I think that it’s important to know foreign languages if you want to travel. How can you understand people in other countries? I like travelling a lot. My dream is to travel around the world and see all the famous places.
2. I think that foreign languages help me learn more about my hobby – ships. There are thousands of books about them. And  they are all in different languages. Some of those books have translations, but some – don’t. If I learn some foreign languages I will be able to read those books and will know more about ships.
3. I am studying English because I want to have a good job in future. I want to have my own business. I will have partners in different countries of the world and I will need English to discuss different questions with them. 
4. Foreign languages give us a chance to talk to more and more people. If you know one language, you can talk to those people who know it. But if you know two languages, you can make more friends. My dream is to learn three foreign languages: English, Spanish and German.
5. When I learn a foreign language it helps me understand my own language better. I compare, find something similar and something different and then develop my own rules about how these languages work.
6. I think foreign languages open other worlds for us. We can read about the country and its people, their traditions and culture in a foreign language.
7. Our world is so big. There are so many inventions and discoveries in it. If we know many foreign languages we can read about all of them and became more educated.

    Post – listening activity.

• Why do people learn the foreign languages?

1. Listen to some people’s explanations, and choose the reasons that they mention from the list below

-to better educated;

- to travel abroad;

- to get more money;

- to be famous;

- to be able to talk to people from English-speaking countries.

b) What other reasons do they speak of? Which of these reasons are true for you? What other reasons can you add?