Welcome to our class
WARM - UP
Act 1: Play the game
“Name the pictures” (team work)
keyboard
mouse
CD ROM
printer
CPU
floppy disk
speakers
Are they parts of a radio?
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UNIT 5: TECHNOLOGY, Lesson 2: Reading
I. PRE-READING
What do you use
computers for?
Act 2: Brainstorming
Answer the question (ind.):
While reading
Act 4:Read the passage and decide whether the statements are true or false (pairwork)
1. Computers do not help us visit places of scenic beauty.
2. We receive letters from and send them to almost every part of the world with the help of computers.
3. A computer cannot do calculations with lightning speed and perfect accuracy.
4. A computer doesn’t allow you to type and print any kind of document.
5. You can relax by playing computer games or listening to computer- played music.
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Act 5: Answer the questions (group workpairwork)
What can a computer do to help us in our daily life?
It can help us


2.Is a computer a magical typewriter?
3.Is it a personal communicator which helps you to interact with other computers and people around?
4.How can you relax with a computer?
While reading
visit
pay
read
receive
send
learn
What can a computer do to help us in our daily life?
It can help us visit shops, offices, and places of scenic beauty
pay bills
read newspapers and magazines
receive letters
send letters
learn foreign languages.
Computers have become part of our daily lives. We visit shops, offices, and places of scenic beauty with the help of computers. We pay bills prepared by computers. We read newspapers and magazines which have been produced on computers. We receive letters from and send letters to almost every part of the world with the help of computers. And we can even learn foreign languages on computers.
We visit
shops, offices, and places of scenic beauty with the help of computers. We pay bills prepared by computers. We read newspapers and magazines which have been produced on computers. We receive letters from and send letters to almost every part of the world with the help of computers. And we can even learn foreign languages on computers.
Correction
It is an electronic storage device which manages large collections of data. It is a magical typewriter which allows you to type and print any kind of document – letters, memos or requests for leave .It is a personal communicator which helps you to interact with other computers and with people around the world. And if you like entertainment, you can relax by playing computer games or listening to computer – played music.
2. Is a computer a magical typewriter?
Yes, it is.
It is a magical typewriter which allows
you to type and print any kind of document – letters, memos
or requests for leave
3. Is it a personal communicator which helps you to interact with other computers and people around?
Yes, it is.
It is an electronic storage device which manages large collections of data. It is a magical typewriter which allows you to type and print any kind of document – letters, memos or requests for leave. It is a personal communicator which helps you to interact with other computers and with people around the world. And if you like entertainment, you can relax by playing computer games or listening to computer – played music.
It is a personal communicator which
helps you to interact with other computers and with people
around the world.
4. How can you relax with a computer?
We can relax by playing computer games or listening to
computer - played music.
It is an electronic storage device which manages large collections of data. It is a magical typewriter which allows you to type and print any kind of document – letters, memos or requests for leave. It is a personal communicator which helps you to interact with other computers and with people around the world. And if you like entertainment, you can relax by playing computer games or listening to computer – played music.
you
can relax by playing computer games or listening to
computer – played music.
While reading
Correction:
What can a computer do to help us in our daily life?
It can help us visit shops, offices, and places of scenic beauty; pay bills; read newspapers and magazines; receive and send letters and even learn foreign languages.
2. Is a computer a magical typewriter?
Yes, it is.
3. Is it a personal communicator which helps you to interact
with other computers and people around?
Yes, it is.
4. How can you relax with a computer?
We can relax by playing computer games or listening to
computer - played music.
Act 3: Read the passge quickly and choose the best title for the passage (pairwork)
The computer – A new invention
The computer has become part of our life
C. What can the computer do ?
While reading
C. What can the computer do ?
Post reading
Game:Pass the parcel
Listen to the music and pass the parcel to your next friend. The person who keeps the parcel when the music stops will fill in the gap with one suitable word (ind.)
Act 6: Fill in the gaps with the suitable words/ phrases (ind.). One minute for you to think the answers in your mind :
A computer can (1)…………….us a lot in our daily life. It helps us (2)……………..shops, offices,pay bills, (3)……….......... newspapers and magazines, receive or (4)…………….. letters and learn foreign languages. It is also a magical (5) …………. It can calculate speedly, store a large collections of data. It help us (6)……………..with people around the world and we can(7)…………….games or listen to (8)……………..on computers.
music
play
interact
typewriter
send
read
visit
help
Post reading
One minute for you to think in your mind the other use(s) of computers and tell in front of the class.
e.g. A: What do you use computers for?
B: We use it to read news.
Act 7: Arrange these words into a meaningful phrase (group work)
Consolidation
computers our the
of uses daily
life in
Correction:
The uses of computers in our daily life
Homework
1.Do the exercises in the textbook again (page 55).
2.Write a paragraph about the other uses of computers in our daily life (about 50 words).
UNIT 5: TECHNOLOGY, Lesson 2: Reading
I. Warm up: Play game
II. Lead-in the lesson:
III. Pre reading: Brainstorming
IV. While reading
Choose the best title
Choose true/ false statements
Answer the questions
V. Post reading:
Listen to music and fill in the gaps to complete the passage
VI. Consolidation: Arrange the words into a meaningful phrase
VI. Homework
Thanks for your attention