2 Answer the questions.

1 What countries does Kazakhstan border with ?

2 How many regions does Kazakhstan have?

3 What is the population of Kazakhstan?

4What does Astana mean?

5What is the period of president’s election?

3 Retell the text.

SPEAKING

1 Speak on the given topics.

1. The best place to go on holiday.

b. History of Kazakh language.

c. The greatest achievements during the independence.

1. Work in pairs. Discuss the questions according to the topic.

1. What do people from other countries think about Kazakhstan and the Kazakhstan people?

2. Imagine a tourist from Britain is coming to visit you. Where would you take him/her in Kazakhstan? What would you like him/her you see?

3. What important natural resources does Kazakhstan have?

3 Describe the nature of Kazakhstan.

WRITING

1 Complete the text with given words.

Bear animals birds Almatinsky Nature Reserve species leopard

“I really love animals. I’ve to the ………………. A few times. Last time I saw an enormous brown …….. there are snow ….. there too, but I’ve never seen one. We have some amazing ………. and …… in Kazakhstan, and some are very rare, like the snow leopard. We need to protect these ….. I hink our national parks and nature reserves will be very important in the future.” Berik, Almaty

2 Correct the mistakes in the text.

Turkestan

We travell to the famouos Silk Road town of Turkestan. Here we’ll see the Mausoluem of hoja Ahmed Yasawi. It’s one off Kazahkstan’s most imppornt buildings. It’s 39 metres high and it has fabulous blue domes. Khoja Ahmed Yasawi is buried here. He taughted the Islamic religioin to many people and wroten poetry in the Turkic langguage.

3Complete the sentences with said, told, or asked.

1. Jane ___ me if I could lend her some money.

2. I ____ him that I couldn’t meet him tonight.

3. I _____ that I was too busy to go out.

4. We _____ the man if he could help us.

5. Annie ____ : ‘I have a problem’.

Questions for computer based test

1 ‘I love you’. She said she ____ me.

a love

b loved

c is loving

d loves

2 I asked her if ___ to dance.

a he wanted

b she wants

c she wanted

d she want

3 She asked the boy what ______.

a was his name

b is his name

c his name was

d his name is

4 Jane asked me if I________ some money.

a could her lend

b her could lend

c could lend her

d can lend her

GLOSSARY

English	Russian	Kazakh
Fabulous	Невероятный, потрясающий	Керемет, ғажайып
Bury	хоронить	жерлеу
Border	граница	шекара
Hospitable	Гостеприимный	Қонақ жай
Occupy	Охватывает, распространяеться	Алып/ созылып жатыр
Fraternal	Плоский, ровный	тегіс
Domes	Купол, величественное здание	Үлкен ғимарат
ancient	древний	көне
government	правительство	үкімет
deputation	делегация	делегация

SIW: Write an essay ‘Kazakhstan in the future’, what do you think Kazakhstan will be like in 20 year’s time? (100-120 words)

Office hours: exercises 1 a,b,c [2, p. 78]

References:

Main literature

1. “New English File” by Clive Oxenden and Christina Koenig for Pre-intermediate level. Student’s book. Oxford University Press. 2010.

2. “New English File” by Clive Oxenden and Christina Koenigfor Pre-intermediate level. Work book. Oxford University Press. 2010.

3. New Inside out by Sue Kay & Vaughan Jones for Pre-intermediate Student’s book. Macmillan, 2013

4. Messages 3 (for Kazakhstan) by Diana Goodey, Noel Goodey and Miles Graven for Pre-intermediate. Student’s book. 2012.

Additional literature

4. Романович А.Ю.,Михайлович Е.Д. Brush up your English, Устный экзамен по английскому языку без проблем Москва 2008

5.“Essential grammar” R.Murphy. Second edition. Pre-Intermediate level. Cambridge University Press. 2009

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