TOPICS 9.c/A SOLUTIONS PRE-INT. 5-7

I.TOPICS

1. Shops and shopping – your preferences, your shopping habits, grocery stores vs hypermarkets

2. Traditional shops vs shopping malls, your favourite shopping centre

3. Shopping on the Net vs traditional shopping

4. Bids to become famous and Internet shopping

5. Gift-giving in Hungary and in Britain, Christmas and other holidays in Hungary and in Britain

6. Advantages, disadvantages, dangers of Facebook, your opinion and habits of using Facebook.

7. Advantages, disadvantages, dangers of smartphones, your opinion

8. Introduce the invention of your choice (ppt)

9. Body language and social manners in Hungary and a foreign country.

10. Body language and social manners in Hungary and Britain.

11. Thanksgiving

Situations:

1. Buying clothes – you have one problem but in the end you buy the piece2. Buying shoes - – you have one problem but in the end you buy the pair3. Arranging to meet – 2 roles4. Making invitations – 2 roles5. Invite someone to the theatre and recommend the play you would like to see.6. Argue with your teacher about which the most useful appliance is 7. Talking about manners in Britain and Hungary

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Term 2 – Solutions Pre-Intermediate, Units 7-10

Topics

1. Body language and social manners in Hungary and a foreign country (p. 65). Gestures and their meanings (p.64). What different meaning do they carry in other countries? What is considered rude in other countries that is normal behaviour in Hungary, or just the other way round? Say 5 examples.

2. Thanksgiving and its history.3. Introduce a festival held abroad and one in Hungary. Your opinion about festivals, ideas

to improve them (using the second conditional).4. Global issues. Explain 3 global issues and 3 Hungarian problems in detail. Causes and

your suggestions to solve them. (Second conditional)5. Environment pollution and protection - global problems. What can you as an individual do

to protect the environment? Also, your own practice and ideas. 6. Crimes and criminals. Types of crimes, your experiences7. Tell me about Sherlock Holmes.8. Computer crime and its types (viruses, stealing personal data, bullying, harassment,

etc.). Dangers of the Internet, paying online, social networking sites. 9. Introduce Alcatraz.10. The written word. Types of newspapers and other publications. Tell me how paper is

made. What newspapers or magazines do you know/read? 11. Types of books (e.g. in a bookshop - p.100), literary genres. Mention an example of each

genre, talk about your preferences. Tell me about your favourite book. Author, title, plot, characters, why you like it - based on the book review on p.101.

12. Introduce Shakespeare. Mention two of his tragedies and two comedies. Summarise Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet in about 5-8 sentences.

13. Introduce Wiki websites. Tell me what wiki pages you usually visit, your opinion about them.

Situations:

1. You are planning to visit Great Britain in the summer. Ask your teacher questions about social and table manners there. (Must, mustn’t, needn’t, should, shouldn’t.) Also, the teacher will ask you about a country of your choice.

2. Invite your friend (the teacher) over and invite her to another programme. Also, the teacher will invite you somewhere: accept the first invitation, decline the second one.

3. Invite your teacher to a festival. Convince her to go there, explain what you will do there and why you recommend it. The teacher will invite you, too, ask her questions about it.

4. Ask for and give advice in different situations.5. You are an expert in environment protection. Give your teacher advice about how to

protect the environment in everyday life.6. Reporting a theft, both roles. 7. You have witnessed a crime. Answer the police officer’s (the teacher’) questions about it.8. You are a reporter. Ask your teacher about his/her favourite book: author, title,

characters, plot, why he/she likes it. The teacher will ask you, too. 9. Buying books, both roles.10.