Introduction Listening and Vocabulary Use some of the following words to describe people you know.amusing energetic funny intelligent kind lively nervous organizedpatient popular serious shy strict stupid Example: My father is lively and energetic, but he is not very patient. IntroductionTick the statements that you agree with.1. All good teachers talk a lot.2. I think teachers need to be strict.3. I like teachers who are amusing and can laugh with their students.4. The most popular teachers are always very kind.5. Good teachers always return homework quickly.6. Good teachers make sure that everyone in the class understands. 7. You should be able to ask your teacher questions at any time during a lesson.8. It doesnt matter if a teacher is not organized.Tick the statements that Alex agrees with.1. All good teachers talk a lot.2. I think teachers need to be strict.3. I like teachers who are amusing and can laugh with their students.4. The most popular teachers are always very kind.5. Good teachers always return homework quickly.6. Good teachers make sure that everyone in the class understands. 7. You should be able to ask your teacher questions at any time during a lesson.8. It doesnt matter if a teacher is not organized.Tapescript I dont agree that all good teachers talk a lot. Some good teachers talk a lot and some dont. I do think that teachers need to be strict, but they dont need to be very strict. I do believe that discipline is important. Yes, I like teachers who are amusing. I think you enjoy the lesson more and so you Learn more. And I agree with thestatement that the most popular teachers are very kind. Everyone likeskind people. Of course, good teachersalways return homework quickly. Ithink thats very important. And the next statement is obviously true, ateacher must check that everyone in the class understands. What about the next statement? No, I dont agree with that at all. There are times when a teacher needs to talk without interruption. And the last statement It doesnt matterif a teacher is not organized. Thatsreally stupid. A teacher must be organized. How can a student learn if the teacher isnt organized?Answer the questions about the words in the box.choice exam headmaster headmistress library period revision translationtimetable topic vacationListening and vocabulary 1) How much revision do you do before an exam?2) Do you do a lot of translation in your language classes?3) Do you have any free periods in your timetable?4) Is the head of your school a headmaster or a headmistress? 5) How much time do you spend in the school library?6) Do you do different topics in your language classes?7) How much vacation do you have?Complete the sentences with words in activity 1 1.This afternoon Im going to give you a _.2.2. We can either do some _ or we can do some _.3.3. Firstly, have you got your new _?choicerevision translation timetables 4. At present, you have a free _ on Tuesday afternoons.5. The _ wants to see everyone in the school _. period headmaster libraryListen to the conservation again and choose the right answer. 1.Students will have _ soon.2. (a) a vacation (b) exams (c) a test3.2. Most of the class want to do_. (a) revision (b) translation (c) comprehension3. The topic that most students want to study is “_” (a) Life in the future (b) Travel(c) Life in the Past4. Students are going to do _ on Tuesday afternoons. (a) geography (b) history (c) French 5. The headmaster wants to see the students at_ oclock. (a) three (b) two (c) one Activity 4 Think about which of theseEnglish language areas is the most difficult for you and which is the easiest.Write down the reasons why.grammartranslationvocabularyconversationlisteningreadingwritingExample: If you do well in an exam you will pass; if you do badly you will fail.2. senior school junior schoolSenior school is where you go after junior school; it is for older students.Activity 5 Explain the connection between these words and phrases.3. teacher subjectAt senior school you usually have adifferent teacher for each subject.4. playground studentsThe students go into the playground at break and lunch time; it is where they can play games, talk and walk.5. excellent goodIf you are very good at a subject, your teacher will say you are an excellent student.6. test revisionWhen you have a test, you need to do some revision to check whether you know everything. 7. result examWhen the teacher has marked yourexam you will get the results for example 75 out of 100.8. textbook schoolbagWhen you take your textbooks home todo your homework, you put them intoyour schoolbag.Tapescript (St=Student Mr S=Mr Stanton) Mr S: Okay, kids, as you know, the exams are coming up soon, so we need to start work on revision. This afternoon Im going to give you a choice. We can either do some revision or we can do some translation. Its up to you.St: Id rather do translation than revision, Mr Stanton.MrS: How many people would like to do translation?Chorus of voices: I would/Me/Id like to do translation.Mr S: Thats eight of you. So the rest of you would prefer to do revision, is that right? Chorus of voices: Yes.Mr S: Thats sixteen of you. So thats settled. Well do revision. Im going to give you a choice of topic, too. Do you want to revise Life in the Future or Travel?St: Id rather do Life in the Future. St: Id prefer to do Travel.Mr S: Hands up for Life in the Future. (Students raise their hands) Eighteen of you. The choice is made. But before we start, there are a couple of things I need to say to you. Firstly, have you all got your new timetables?Chorus of voices: Yes.Mr S: Good. Can you take a look at them? OK. Now, at present you have a free period on Tuesday afternoons. Well, thats been changed and youve got French instead. Have you got that?Chorus of voices: Yes.Mr S: Excellent. And theres one other thing. The headmaster wants to see everyone in the library at three this afternoon. OK?Chorus of voices: Yes.Mr S: Right. Lets begin our revision of Life in the future. Listening and speaking on Page 761. Two teachers are discussing language teaching in their schools.2. A teacher is talking to a student about her behavior in class.3. Students from different schools are discussing the language they are studying.FTF4. A teacher is telling another teacher from the same school about behavior problems in his class.5. Two students from the same school are talking about their language classes.TTListen to conversation 1 again and choose the correct answers.1. What is Simons problem?A. He feels lazy when he teaches his students.B. He doesnt like teaching.C. He has some lazy students in his class.D. He doesnt like teaching difficult classes.2. What does Simon expect his students to do? A. Always do their homework. B. Listen carefully to each other. C. Not do any work at all. D. Listen carefully and work hard.3. Why are Simons two lazy students a problem in his class? A. Because they love doing sport. B. Because they dont do their homework. C. Because they disturb the rest of the class. D. Because they get bad results. 4. The two students _. A. only behave badly in English lessons B. behave badly in every class. C. only behave well in PE D. dont like school5. Simon decides to _. A. speak to the headmistress B. send the students to the headmistress C. write to the students parents D. consider speaking to the students parentsTapescript 1Simon: Hi, Jane. How are things?Jane: Fine, thanks, Simon. Hows everything with you?Simon: Not bad. Ive just had a difficult class, though.Jane: Oh, what was the problem?Simon: I have a couple of lazy students in my class. Take a look at this homework. Its terrible.Jane: Youre right. Its very bad.Simon: I expect students to listen carefully and work hard, but these two kids just dont want to do any work at all. They keep coming to class late and they dont stop talking. Theyre a problem because they disturb all the other students. Jane: Do they behave badly in other lessons or is it only in English classes?Simon: Their math teacher says they dont work in her lessons either. Only the PE teacher is pleased with them. He says they love doing sport and they are very good at it!Jane: Why dont you speak to the headmistress about them?Simon: Id rather deal with the problem myself.Jane: Well, its up to you. But theyre only in their first year of Senior High. I suggest you speak to their parents. Maybe they need extra help.Simon: Perhaps youre right. Ill consider talking to their parents. Listening to conversation 2 again and complete these sentences. 1.At Bills school, they teach English, _ and _.2.2. Bill is studying _ and _.3. He doesnt like _because the _ is difficult. JapaneseRussianEnglish Japanese Japanese grammar4. Hed prefer to study _.5. Ella is studying _.6. She also likes to do _ because she wants to go to Russia one day.7. Both students would rather learn _ because its going to be important in the future. Chinese Chinese Russian Chinese Tapescript 2Ella: What languages do they teach at your school, Bill?Bill: English, Japanese and Russian. Everyone studies English and we can do Japanese or Russian as well. Thats if it fits into our timetable.Ella: And do you learn another language?Bill: Yes, I do Japanese. But I dont enjoy studying it because I find the grammar very difficult. My parents wanted me to learn it. What about you Ella? What languages are you doing?Ella: Im studying Chinese.Bill: Youre lucky! Id rather learn Chinese than Japanese. More people speak Chinese around the word and I love listening to Chinese songs and music. Ella: So do I. and I like doing Chinese. But I also like to learn Russian. I want to go to Russia one day.Bill: Its OK. But Chinese is more useful. Ella: Yes, I agree. Bill: Anyway, I think all Europeans should learn Chinese at school today. Its going to be very important in the future. Especially for business. Id rather learn something useful.Ella: Youre right. More people speak Chinese than any other language.