Reading A (continued) and Reading B
1. Reading A consolidating exercises 20 min.
Activity 1 Individual work: dictation
a. Books closed.
b. Read out some words, phrases or sentences learned in Reading A and students write them down.
* Dictation materials for reference:
- category, coverage, deliberate, insurer, policy, claim, feasible, severity
- Losses must be calculable, and the cost of insuring must be economically feasible.
- The more cases there are in a given category, the more likely it is that future experience will reflect insurance company predictions..
c. Use overhead projector to check the work of some students or do peer-editing, i.e. ask students to check the work of fellow students.
Activity 2 Individual work: translating expressions
a. Books closed.
b. Use overhead projector to put the table in exercise VI on the screen and invite students to finish it off hand.
c. Check answers and explain if necessary.
d. Lead in to Reading B.
Activity 3 Group work: making sentences
a. Students work in groups and make sentences using expressions from exercise V and VII.
b. Students present their work.
c. Comment on student performance.
2. Reading B 30 min.
Activity 1 Individual work: understanding the layout
a. Use overhead projector to put the life insurance application on the screen.
b. Students work individually in going through all the items listed in the statement.
c. Invite students to explain some of the items, and provide help if necessary.
Activity 2 Group work: understanding the items
a. Students discuss the questions in exercise IX.
b. Ask each group to give the answer a particular question and explain.
c. Comment on group performance.
3. Assignment
a. Students finish exercises VIII and X.
b. Students preview simulated writing.
