Little space on the hard drive

CONTENTS

Speaking and Writing Tasks on Profession

Informal conversation: Little space on the hard drive; Connection to the Internet; Choosing the higher education; Internet, love, marriage? 6

Formal conversation: Business meeting of a software developing

company; Think up a new device; Making appointments; Describing

Projects; Terms of payment 7

Formal writing: A formal letter asking for information; Asking for

information about the company; What to say to Bill Gates?; Profession

profile 13

Problem solving: How to download the apps on your new iPhone;

How to compile PDF files; What to do about a wet laptop 14

General Topics

English and Career 17

Reading texts: English and Information Technology; The Most

Widespread Language in the World; People with a Strong English

Vocabulary; pre-reading and after-reading tasks

Speaking: retelling the texts, interactive task “Rotating trios”

Writing: reports about reasons to study English

Personal Information 23

Interactive task: Who are you?

Reading a text: About Myself; pre-reading and after-reading tasks

Speaking: giving personal information; interactive task “Change place,

change face”

Writing: resume, CV, completing personal profile on websites for

job-seekers

Vinnytsia: To Live, To Study, To Work 30

Reading a text: Vinnytsia; pre-reading and after-reading tasks

Speaking: interactive task “Two circles”

Writing and speaking: project “One day in Vinnytsia”

Higher Education 35

Reading a text: Vinnytsia National Technical University; pre-reading

and after-reading tasks

Speaking: about VNTU, role play, project “Communicate with

native-speakers”

Writing and speaking: project “Aims in life”

It‘s Our Country 41

Reading a text: Ukraine; pre-reading and after-reading tasks

Speaking: general information about Ukraine

Writing and speaking: project “Computer presentation about Ukraine”

When in Ukraine, Do as Ukrainians Do 48

Reading a text: History, Culture and Traditions of Ukraine; pre-reading

and after-reading tasks

Speaking: retelling the text

Writing and speaking: activity “Quiz”

The Glory of Ukraine 55

Reading a text: The Outstanding People of Ukraine; pre-reading

and after-reading tasks

Speaking: making up riddles, speaking about a famous person,

interactive task “Create a biography”

Writing: project “Top five”

Literature 60

SPEAKING TASKS

Informal conversation

Little space on the hard drive

People: 3 friends

Place: home of one of the friends

Time: evening

Two friends came to the third one and brought him/her 10 films on CDs. They are not going to leave them. But the host has little space on his hard drive. Friend №1 advises him to buy one more hard drive; friend №2 proposes to connect to the Internet. The host of the house makes his/her choice as to the way of extending the storing space of his computer. Then all of them decide what to do with the 10 films now.