Задание

1. Read the task and get ready to read the text out loud

Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation, and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.

Of all the different types of animals, dogs are unique in how well they work with us. Many thousands of years ago, dogs started helping humans to hunt, guard sheep, and protect our homes. In return, humans provided shelter and food for the friendliest and best-working dogs and their puppies.

Nowadays, you can see the results of thousands of years of dogs living with humans, something scientists call domestication. For example, dogs pay more attention to humans than their wild wolf relatives do. Dogs watch where we go, as well as where we look and point. Because dogs are so interested in us, we can train them to do a variety of behaviours.

Scientists who study psychology understand a lot about how dogs learn to make associations between our words and their actions. If trainers repeatedly reward a behaviour like sitting with food or a toy, then a dog will do it more and better.

2. Do the task in class or record it and send it to your teacher

Total: out of 1.

Note: Study the section "Assessment" for the detailed criteria of scoring.

Assessment

Pronunciation

The student's score is 1:

The speech is distinct: there are no unjustified pauses; it satisfies the requirements of the rules of pronunciation, sentence stress, and intonation.

The student has made no more than 5 pronunciation mistakes including 1–2 mistakes breaking the communication.

The student's score is 0:

The speech is indistinct because of many pauses, hesitations, mistakes in stress patters and pronunciation of words.

OR The student has made more than 5 pronunciation mistakes.

OR The student has made 3 and more mistakes breaking the communication.

Баллы: 1

Речь воспринимается легко: необоснованные паузы отсутствуют; фразовое ударение и интонационные контуры, произношение слов — без нарушений нормы; допускается не более 5 фонетических ошибок, в том числе 1–2 ошибки, искажающие смысл

Баллы: 0

Речь воспринимается с трудом из-за большого количества неестественных пауз, запинок, неверной расстановки ударений и ошибок в произношении слов,

ИЛИ сделано более 5 фонетических ошибок,

ИЛИ сделано 3 и более фонетические ошибки, искажающие смысл.