Main Objective: This activity's main objective is to improve the student's ability to understand English texts used in normal writing, made by natives, using the words and grammar rules that are applied in everyday use, by doing this, the student will acquire multiple words, phrase structures, and expressions at one time.
Methodology: The communicative approach focuses on language as a means of communication. Recognizes that all communication has a social objective - the student wants to be understood and understood.
Required Materials: Computer, charts, pictures, whiteboard, sound system.
Lesson Procedure:
1st: Copy of the text from the source (could be a whiteboard or screen), one paragraph at a time, leaving some space between the paragraphs to translations that will occur later.
2nd: Reading of the text, the students will repeat after the teacher to acquire the correct pronunciation, and immediately after, start to translate that paragraph that they just finished reading.
3rd: After reading and translating, the students will summarize the main ideas and create a text that is no more than 1/3 of the size of the original text.
4th: The students will read the summarized version of the original text to the teacher.
Expected results: Improve in general Speaking and Listening skills, improve speech recognition, and more articulated vocabulary.
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River, situated in the place that is now the country Egypt. Ancient Egyptian civilization followed prehistoric Egypt and coalesced around 3100 BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology) with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under Menes (often identified with Narmer). The history of ancient Egypt occurred as a series of stable kingdoms, separated by periods of relative instability known as Intermediate Periods: the Old Kingdom of the Early Bronze Age, the Middle Kingdom of the Middle Bronze Age and the New Kingdom of the Late Bronze Age.
Translation:
Egypt reached the pinnacle of its power in the New Kingdom, ruling much of Nubia and a sizable portion of the Near East, after which it entered a period of slow decline. During the course of its history, Egypt was invaded or conquered by a number of foreign powers, including the Hyksos, the Libyans, the Nubians, the Assyrians, the Achaemenid Persians, and the Macedonians under the command of Alexander the Great. The Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom, formed in the aftermath of Alexander's death, ruled Egypt until 30 BC, when, under Cleopatra, it fell to the Roman Empire and became a Roman province.
Translation:
The success of ancient Egyptian civilization came partly from its ability to adapt to the conditions of the Nile River valley for agriculture. The predictable flooding and controlled irrigation of the fertile valley produced surplus crops, which supported a more dense population, and social development and culture. With resources to spare, the administration sponsored mineral exploitation of the valley and surrounding desert regions, the early development of an independent writing system, the organization of collective construction and agricultural projects, trade with surrounding regions, and a military intended to assert Egyptian dominance. Motivating and organizing these activities was a bureaucracy of elite scribes, religious leaders, and administrators under the control of a pharaoh, who ensured the cooperation and unity of the Egyptian people in the context of an elaborate system of religious beliefs.
Translation:
The many achievements of the ancient Egyptians include the quarrying, surveying and construction techniques that supported the building of monumental pyramids, temples, and obelisks; a system of mathematics, a practical and effective system of medicine, irrigation systems, and agricultural production techniques, the first known planked boats, Egyptian faience and glass technology, new forms of literature, and the earliest known peace treaty, made with the Hittites. Ancient Egypt has left a lasting legacy. Its art and architecture were widely copied, and its antiquities carried off to far corners of the world. Its monumental ruins have inspired the imaginations of travelers and writers for centuries. New-found respect for antiquities and excavations in the early modern period by Europeans and Egyptians led to the scientific investigation of Egyptian civilization and a greater appreciation of its cultural legacy.
Order of events: Copy - Reading the paragraphs and translation - Produce a summarized text - read this out loud.
Original: Ancient Egypt
