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Television. Demo Lesson
9th-form
Level – intermediate
Topic. Television. Demo Lesson
Objectives.
Practical (skills-forming): to teach students listening comprehension, speaking on the topic, answering questions on the content of the text.
Writing Informal Letters
Introduction
– I’m sorry I haven’t written for so long, but…
– Thank you very much for your letter…
– I am grateful…
– Many thanks…
– I would like to thank you…
– What a surprise it was to get a letter from you after all this time.
– I was very sorry to hear …
– I feel sure that you will be interested to know…
The reason for your letter
– I shall get straight to the point…
– Anyway…
Additional information
– There is one further point…
– By the way…
– I would like to inform you…
Conclusion
– I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon.
– Do keep in touch.
– Let me know whether/ when/where/how…
– I would be grateful if you would…
– Please be so kind as to…
– That’s all for now.
– Write soon.
– Give my regards to…
– All the best.
Ending
– Yours, …
– Your friend, …
– Yours respectfully, …
– Best wishes, …
– Regards, …
– With love, …
– Love, …
Writing Formal Letters
Greeting
– Dear Ms Dutton, (when you know the person’s name)
– Dear Sir or Madam (when you don’t know the person’s name)
Introduction
– Thank you for your letter of…
– I am writing with reference to your letter of …
– I would definitely like to go on the course.
Personal information
Purpose
Formal ending
– I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
– I sincerely hope you will be able to help me in this matter.
– I should greatly appreciate an early reply.
– Please accept our sincere apologies for the trouble this mistake has caused you.
– We apologize sincerely for the trouble caused to you, and will take all possible steps to ensure that such a mistake does not occur.
The subscription
– Yours sincerely, (if you started your letter Dear Ms Dutton)
– Yours faithfully, (if you started your letter Dear Sir or Madam)
Your signature
Print your name clearly
Education in Great Britain
In Great Britain children begin to go to school at the age of five. First they study at infant schools. In these schools they learn to draw with coloured pencils and paints. They also make figures out of plasticine and work with paper and glue. They play much because they are very young. Later they begin to learn letters and read, write and count.
At the age of seven English schoolchildren go to junior schools. They do many subjects: English and Maths, History and Music, Natural History and Drawing, Handicrafts, French and Latin. They do not go to school as early as we do, but they stay there longer. The first lesson usually starts at 9 o’clock. There are 3 lessons with short breaks of 10 minutes between them and then an hour break for lunch. After lunch they have two more lessons which are over by half past three.
If you have a look at an English pupil’s school record you will see that the marks in it differ from the marks we have. Our schoolchildren get marks from 1 to 12. At English school there are marks from 1 up to 10 and at some schools from 1 up to 100.
Junior school ends at the age of 11 when pupils take the Eleven Plus examination and then secondary school begins.
At the age of 16 schoolchildren take their GCSE exams. Only 45 per cent continue with full-time education after 16. The rest go to work or join employment training schemes.