The pedagogical task of designing and developing language teaching materials is a consequent implementation of a language course. Language teachers should be involved in this task by taking into account learning objectives, information processing stage
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The pedagogical task of designing and developing language teaching materials is a consequent implementation of a language course. Language teachers should be involved in this task by taking into account learning objectives, information processing stages, and discourse functions, in order to satisfy learning needs. Such a task requires the design of learning activities which encourage learners to develop learning strategies.
Teachers’ commitment in the task of implementation, by developing their own language materials, makes them aware of their role in promoting learners’ strategies. This task, then, provides teachers with autonomy of analysis, selection, design and development of their materialsDownloads
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Appendix: The shooting squad gunned him down
(My Book of English N°8 2ème AS)
A 25-year-old man convicted of murdering a pregnant woman was publicly executed on Tuesday by a five-man army squad on the Indian Ocean Comoro Islands. Youssouf was given a bottle of soft drink at his request before being tied to a post at the port in the capital Maroni. Magistrates turned down his request to speak to reporters.
He was told to say his final prayers and then his head was covered in a hood. The five-man shooting squad climbed out of a car which was parked nearby, took up their firing position and gunned him down. The squad returned to the car and drove out of the port at a high speed to cheers and applause from thousands of on-lookers who witnessed only the second public execution in Comoran recent history.
President Mohammed Taki, elected in March, has ordered the death penalty to be carried out for murder in a crackdown on crime. “Someone who is tempted to kill a fellow human being will think twice before carrying his foul enterprise,” Taki said last month when he ordered the death penalty to be enforced.
A few words explained
Army squad A group of soldiers
Carried out Executed, applied, done
cheers Loud sounds of pleasure
convicted Condemned, found guilty
Crackdown on crime Decide to start war on crime
Gunned him down Shot him with a gun
pregnant A woman expecting a baby
Soft drink Not alcoholic
Turned down Refused, rejected
witnessed Saw, were present at
Answer the following questions according to the text
What was Youssouf’s crime?
What was his last wish?
What was he told to do?
How was he executed?
Was that the first execution in the Comoran Islands?
Why did president Taki order the death penalty to be enforced?
Rewrite sentence (b) so that it means the same as sentence (a)
a) A 25-year-old murderer was publicly executed by a five-man army squad.
b)Afive-man army squad…………………………………………….
a) His head was covered in a hood
b) They …………………………………………………….
Are these statements true, false, not mentioned or don’t you know?
Statements T
T
F NNM ??
The man killed a pregnant lady in the Comoran Islands.
He was executed publicly in the next day.
He was shot by a five-man squad.
The witnesses of the execution were shocked.
This is going to be the last public execution in the island.
President Taki wanted to stop the death penalty.
The number of murders has decreased ever since.
Find in the text words, phrases or expressions that are closest in meaning to the following:
a) demand b) not very far c) shot
Cross the odd man out.
convicted jailed sentenced judged
magistrate lawyer judge tribunal
car bike automobile taxi
action enterprise party operation
order command instruct perform
executed accomplished started achieved
murder crime assassination fire
Find words of the same family as:
Give
Speak
Cover
Execute
Enforce
