“Dreams and Reality”: Designing a Lesson Plan for the Second-Year Students Majoring in Oriental Philology

Abstract

The publication is a lesson plan on the topic “Dreams and Reality” within “General course of Western European language” for the second-year students majoring in Oriental Philology. The lesson is aimed at enhancing integrated English skills with a particular emphasis on speaking skills such as dialogical interaction, expressing opinion in a monologue and group discussion. Phonetic skills are enhanced through listening and reciting poetry. All the exercises suggested by the teacher meet the basic principles of communicative, student-centered approach to teaching foreign languages.