The seminar starts with doing some grammar exercises on the „Reported Speech“ (First certificate Unit 6 Exercise 8-10 pages 30-31; the exercises and the key can be found on ÕIS)
The seminar continues by the students working in pairs or in groups of three and doing each other’s crosswords.
The seminar continues by a discussion of the types of lexical exercises that should be included into the Worksheet (Assignment 15 – 1 day before presentation)
Types of assignments in the Worksheet:
4 questions – the questions should be based on the presentation and be arranged in the ordered the information is presented. The questions should be on the key issues of the presentation and it should be possible to summarise the presentation by using the answers to those four questions
3 synonyms and 3 antonyms - the words should be related to the field of study.
5 sentences where gaps are to be filled – the gaps may relate to minor details of the presentation, which the presenter still considers important. Numbers, geographical names, names of the species or breeds are examples of good information for a gap-filling exercise.
Homework:
Presenters prepare their presentations and worksheets (Assignment 15 – 1 day before presentation).
Assignment 16: 5 collocations from the presentation different from those presented for the report. - 1 day before the date of the presentation
Text “Researcher Uncovering Mysteries of Memory by Studying a Clever Bird” (read and do assignments 2 and 3 after the text)
