Lifestyle in Britain. Дворжец О.С. - 5 стр.

                            INTRODUCTION
                        The nature and purpose of the course
        The project is topic based resource around the theme of Lifestyle in Britain.
The resource is a collection of activities from various sources adapted for lessons.
        It is a 50-60 hour course depending on the way classes are organised, how
strong their motivation is, their previous experience of English and various other
factors. It consists of 6 Units – Housing, Employment, Family Life, Leisure Activ-
ity Options, Shopping, Food and Drink – which may be used within the framework
of the project as well as independent projects.
        The project is designed for (upper-) intermediate or advanced students – in
order to cope with it they should be able to understand spoken and written English
well enough for a reasonable variety of situations and topics.
        It will take students up to a point where their receptive and productive use of
English, both spoken and written, is accurate and fluent over a wide range of topics
and situations. The materials are aimed at a hypothetical group of students taking a
course of country studies or an optional English course of oral and written practice.
Listening activities are based on some authentic interviews and video (documen-
tary, feature). These teach vocabulary, stimulate discussion and train learners to
understand natural speech. In some tasks students may not understand every word
of what they hear: they need to experience some language which is beyond their
present capacities – this happens in natural language learning all the time.
        Reading activity is based on a variety of authentic articles from British news-
papers and magazines, books by British and Russian authors.
        Speaking is based on authentic material as well as special material for discus-
sion.
        The resources are varied and flexible, they involve students in different types
of activities ranging from reading comprehension and writing compositions to ac-
tive and varied “communicative” practice on the basis of a wide selection of au-
thentic material.
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