Unit 10: Melting ice in Arctic

Listening:

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/140609-arctic-ice-maps

Questions:

1.   When does the man in the video say there will be no ice in the Arctic?

• a. In one century
• b. In 10 years
• c. In 2 centuries

2. In the 80’s what was the length of the Arctic poles?

• a. Between 7 and 8 million km2
• b. Between 8 and 9 million km2
• c. Between 6 and 8 million km2

3. And in 2007?

• a. It stayed the same
• b. There was a small decline
• c. There was a drastic decline

4. And in 2012?

• a. It went up to 3 thousand km2
• b. It went down to 3 thousand km2
• c. It went down to 3 million km2

5. What does the data mean?

• a. It has been a reduction
• b. It has stayed the same
• c. It has increased

6. How many levels do they reflect?

• a. 22
• b. 2
• c. 12

7. Does ice change during the year?

• a. Yes, during the summer there is less
• b. No, it remains the same
• c. Yes, during the winter there is less

8. For how long does data show it has been decreasing?

• a. Last century
• b. Last decade
• c. Last year

Comment in pairs on the importance of the information from the video.

Then whole class.

Unit 9: Interview in the Ellen show to Pharrell Williams (Listening)

Unit 8: What Is Beauty?

   Pre-listening

Discuss in groups of 3:

• What is beauty for you?
• Do you think beauty is the same in all cultures?
• Do you think it is important in our society?
• Do you think beauty is also in the inside of people?

Whole-class discussion.

Some names that will come up in the video: (and show their pronunciation)

-       Papua New Guinea

-       Hui bachelor cult

-       The mud men

-       Ethiopia

-       Distorted

-       Wig

-       Bound

Video about beauty in different cultures:

Unit 3: 10 Most BIZARRE World Records! (video)

Unit 2: Sequence, direction + connectors

listening + deduce rules

Write on your notebook the different ways you have heard.

Listening exercise

Part 1: Worksheet on BBC + listening activityto practice.

Part 2: with the teacher and other students as source:

• Give a map to each student and teacher gives instructions. First one who gets there is the next one giving them. 

Unit 2: Shop for food, ask sthing you want, ask about price (video)

Video about asking for products and prices:

1. First time only listen, 
2. second time answer questions 1- 4 to get the general idea, 
3. third listening rest of questions and check.

Questions for video

Unit 1. Introducing people (Videos)

Videos on how to introduce people: examples from TV series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeEJhW0_gqA 

1. 1st time: only listen
2. 2nd time: try to extract and write down 2 ways

• Share answers in pairs, then all class will correct together. 

• Students will write their answers on board.

Then watch next video:

• 1st time: only listen. Do you catch the humour of the scene?
• In pairs, comment what you have understood

• 2nd time: answer questions