UNIT 5. COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
LESSON 42
COMPUTERS
Цілі: формувати лексичні навички й навички вимови; вдосконалювати навички читання й усного мовлення; розвивати мовну здогадку й мовленнєву реакцію учнів; виховувати зацікавленість у розширенні своїх знань.
Procedure
1. Warm-up
1) What do you think of today’s technology?
2) Is technology a good or a bad thing?
3) What new technology could you not live without?
4) Has technology made our lives better than our grandparents’ lives?
2. Writing and speaking
Do ex. 1, p. 72.
3. Listening
Listen to the text and do the task.
World Telecommunication Day (WTD) celebrates the advances we have made in how we communicate with each other. It is
The ITU changed its name to the International Telecommunication Union when technology moved on from telegraphs. Its website says it is “the leading United Nations agency for information and communication technology issues, and the global focal point for governments and the private sector in developing networks and services”. It has 191 member countries and it is “committed to connecting the world”. Today the ITU manages many aspects of our lives. It helps make
Put the lines in the correct order according to the text.
The way scientists try to communicate with outer space and possible aliens | |
1 | World Telecommunication Day (WTD) celebrates the advances we have made in how we communicate with each |
The developing world, and to protect individuals and societies from cybercrime. WTD raises our | |
Awareness of the importance of telecommunications in today’s global village | |
Wireless technologies; it helps airplanes and ships navigate the skies and seas; and it oversees | |
Other. It is on May 17 each year because that is the day in 1865 when the International Telegraph Union (ITU) | |
In 1876, the world’s first satellite in 1957, and the Internet. The ITU has worked to improve telecommunications in | |
Many important developments in our history. These include the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell | |
Technology issues, and the global focal point for governments and the private sector in developing networks | |
Started. The ITU manages how the world shares and uses communications. It has successfully coordinated | |
And services”. It has 191 member countries and it is “committed to connecting the world”. Today the ITU | |
Manages many aspects of our lives. It helps make the rules for broadband Internet and the latest-generation | |
The ITU changed its name to the International Telecommunication Union when technology moved | |
On from telegraphs. Its website says it is “the leading United Nations agency for information and communication |
4. Speaking
Do ex. 2, p. 72.
5. Reading
Do ex. 3, p. 72.
6. Reading
> Practise the vocabulary
Do ex. 4, 5, p. 74.
7. Writing
Do ex. 6, p. 75.
8. Speaking
Do ex. 9, p. 75.
9. Summary
Do ex. 8, p. 75.
10. Homework
Ex. 7, p. 75.
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