Pre-intermediate students need • engaging topics and stimulating texts. • challenging tasks which help them read better. Many students need to read in English for then work or studies, or will want to read for pleasure about their hobbies and interests, Reading is also important in helping to build vocabulary and to consolidate grammar | 3 PRONUNCIATION SPEAKING a Focus on the sound pictures and elicit the words and sounds house lb yacht j jazz dj . Then play the tape CD all the way through. Tell SS just to listen. Play the tape CD again pausing after each sentence for SS to repeat. CD2 Track 6 1 He hasn t helped with the housework today. 2 Have you used your new computer yet 3 Jim s just joined a judo class. Pronunciation notes Remind SS that - h at the beginning of a word is almost always pronounced h . - y at the beginning of a word is always pronounced j . Many words with u have a hidden j . use music. - j is always pronounced dj . - g before i or e is also often pronounced dÿ . manager general giraffe German etc. b Tell SS to go to Communication Has he done it yet on p. 116. Give SS one minute to look at and remember the picture. Then tell SS to go to . Go through the instructions. They should write their nine sentences with either yet or already. When SS have written their sentences put them into pairs. They read their sentences aloud to each other to see if they have written the same. Monitor to check they are forming the present perfect correctly and are putting yet and already in the right place. Finally SS check with the picture to see how many of their sentences were right. Get feedback. Tell SS to go back to the main lesson on . C 4. Tell SS they are going to hear some sounds of things that have just happened. Put SS into pairs and tell them first just to listen and make notes in their LI if they like . Play the tape CD once. Play the tape CD again pausing after each sound effect for SS to write a sentence with just and the present perfect. Check answers. Accept all correct and possible sentences. CD2Track7 Sound effects to illustrate the following sentences 1 She s just broken a plate. 2 They ve just got married. 3 He s just taken a photo. 4 She s just seen a mouse. 5 The film has just finished. 6 The dog has just seen a cat. 4 READING a Focus on the .
