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Unit 9 Lesson 2
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Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• thought about and discussed your study plans
• read part of a dialogue between two students and completed it
• completed a table
• written an informal letter
A Think about what you are going to study after finishing your H S C Discuss your choice in groups and give reasons for your answer.
B Now talk to other groups and see what your classmates want to study. Then make a list of the subjects in order of preference and find out which are the most popular and which the least popular subjects.
C Read the following part of a dialogue between two students who met at a party.
Raghib: Excuse me, anyone sitting here?
Dina: No.
Raghib (Sitting down): Thanks. My name's Raghib.
Dina: I'm Dina.
Raghib: Hi, Dina. Are you a student then?
Dina: Yes, I am. I've taken the H S C exam this year from the Science group. What about you?
Raghib: So have I. From the Humanities.
Dina: Oh, I see.
Now continue the dialogue and role-play Raghib and Dina in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the following.
• Which college s/he attended
• What kind of results s/he expects
• What s/he intends to study and why
• What options s/he has
• Which college/university s/he would like to go to
• What her/his plans for the future are
• Any other questions
D Complete the sentences in the following table. The first one is done for you.
Jui is studying Medicine to be a doctor.
Alam is studying Law
to be an engineer.
Rafiq is studying Architecture
to be a journalist.
Azad is studying Literature
to be a dentist.
Ratna is studying Chemistry
to be an economist.
Hasan is studying Mathematics
to be a physicist.
Make the table longer by adding at least three more disciplines to form similar sentences.
E Write a letter of advice to your friend to take up one particular discipline when s/he has several options open to him/her.
Focus:
Skills.
Speaking,
role-play,
writing a
letter. Functions.
Asking questions and giving answers, advising.
Grammar/Structure.
Future- going to.
Vocabulary.
Option, architecture, Physicist.
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Unit 9 Lesson 2
Options open to us
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• thought about and discussed your study plans
• read part of a dialogue between two students and completed it
• completed a table
• written an informal letter
A Think about what you are going to study after finishing your H S C Discuss your choice in groups and give reasons for your answer.
B Now talk to other groups and see what your classmates want to study. Then make a list of the subjects in order of preference and find out which are the most popular and which the least popular subjects.
C Read the following part of a dialogue between two students who met at a party.
Raghib: Excuse me, anyone sitting here?
Dina: No.
Raghib (Sitting down): Thanks. My name's Raghib.
Dina: I'm Dina.
Raghib: Hi, Dina. Are you a student then?
Dina: Yes, I am. I've taken the H S C exam this year from the Science group. What about you?
Raghib: So have I. From the Humanities.
Dina: Oh, I see.
Now continue the dialogue and role-play Raghib and Dina in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the following.
• Which college s/he attended
• What kind of results s/he expects
• What s/he intends to study and why
• What options s/he has
• Which college/university s/he would like to go to
• What her/his plans for the future are
• Any other questions
D Complete the sentences in the following table. The first one is done for you.
Jui is studying Medicine to be a doctor.
Alam is studying Law
to be an engineer.
Rafiq is studying Architecture
to be a journalist.
Azad is studying Literature
to be a dentist.
Ratna is studying Chemistry
to be an economist.
Hasan is studying Mathematics
to be a physicist.
Make the table longer by adding at least three more disciplines to form similar sentences.
E Write a letter of advice to your friend to take up one particular discipline when s/he has several options open to him/her.
Focus:
Skills.
Speaking,
role-play,
writing a
letter. Functions.
Asking questions and giving answers, advising.
Grammar/Structure.
Future- going to.
Vocabulary.
Option, architecture, Physicist.