When do students hear, read, or speak English?

When they watch DVDs, when they play video games, when they use the Internet, when they watch films and programs on cable TV, when they go shopping and read labels or instructions, etc.

EXPANSION Units 1–4

1 Language Review

A. Answer the questions. Tick (T) the boxes.

B. In a group, share your answers.

• What jobs are good for you? Doctor, teacher, dentist, an engineer.
• What do other group members think? Teacher, dentist, writer, designer.
• Do they agree on a job? Yes, they do.
• Do you agree with them? Yes, I do.

C. Write your schedule. Then interview classmates.
Whose schedule is most like yours?

E. Choose four activities from the chart, and write how often you do them.

1. I usually ise a computer.
2. I sometimes play tennis.
3. I always read stories.
4. I never drive a car.

F. Write two activities you can do at your school and three that you can’t do.

1. I can read books at school.
2. I can use a computer at school.
3. I can't play tennis at school.
4. I can't play chess at school.
5. I can't rollerblade at school.

2 Reading

After Reading

A. Read the text. Answer yes or no.

1. no Some students never use English outside the classroom.
2. yes Some words we use for computers also have a general English meaning.
3. no Students don’t need English when they search for information on the Internet.
4. yes Most films on cable TV are in English.
5. no There are no English labels on products we buy at the supermarket.

B. Answer the questions.

1. What is computer jargon? Find examples in the text.

words and phrases that we use to talk about computers.

Examples: windows, mouse, click, drag, website, Internet.

2. What are some English words for food and clothes that different speakers use?

Food: burger, chips, Clothes, jeans, T-shirt.

3. When do students hear, read, or speak English?

When they watch DVDs, when they play video games, when they use the Internet, when they watch films and programs on cable TV, when they go shopping and read labels or instructions, etc.

Discussion

1. What other English words do you use in your country?

Taxi, Party, Football match, Game.

2. What Arabic words do English speakers use?

.السلام عليكم، شكرا، مع السلامة، مرحبا

3. Do you read the subtitles when you watch films? Why? Why not?

Yes, I do. I like to know what kind of films I watch.

4. How do you feel about using English in games or on the Internet? Why?

I fell normal because most of the games are invented by English inventors.

5. Why is it important to know how to speak English? Give examples.

It is important because it is the most speaking language in the world. Example: most of technologies are in English.

Vocabulary

A. Match the two parts. Write the number in the blank.

a. 3 when we meet someone for the first time.
b. 5 to move on the screen and click.
c. 1 is something the teacher says.
d. 2 when we meet a friend.
e. 4 when we write an answer to an email.

B. Put the words into the correct groups.

Comprehension

Answer yes or no.

1. no A circle has 4 sides.
2. yes When you spell your name, you need to say each letter separately.
3. no We put a pad under the keyboard.
4. yes We click with the mouse.
5. yes There are sites on the Internet.