8th grade. Unit 1. Lesson 3. Belarusian and British school traditions

👉Communicative area: asking and answering questions about school traditions

👉Active vocabulary: curriculum, range, variety, extracurricular

👉Active grammar: connectors and fillers

Complete the sentences about your school.

There is a wide range of subjects on our school curriculum.

We study ... . 

My favourite subject is ... . 

There is also a great variety of extracurricular activities. They are ... . 

My favourite activity is ... . 

Both curriculum subjects and extracurricular  activities develop our ..., help us to achieve ... and succeed in ... . 

They give us a wide range of opportunities to ... .

Would you like to have more English lessons on the curriculum?

Why / Why not? 

Are there any extracurricular activities in English at your school? 

What do they aim at?

Alex attends the school’s English club. They have bridge panel discussions via Skype once a month. They talk to students from other countries about different themes and subjects. Today the topic is “School traditions”. 

Look at Alex’s classmates’ notes. What questions are they going to ask their British peers?

Listen to the first part of the talk and check.

How are the words “curriculum”, “extracurricular”, “range”, “variety” used in the students’ answers?

Connectors and fillers, what is the difference? Study the information below.