Keyword: «learner-centered foreign language teaching»

The article presents the assignment that highlights discussing the topic "Travelling around the United States and beyond". It includes three country-study texts, stating the peculiarities of travelling by different modes of transportation around America, and text related activities demanding the information search and discussion travelling around Russia and Great Britain. Vocabulary and facts from the texts are mastered through target culture related speech situations of different types on the basis of the content of the suggested texts and intercultural comparison. Provided materials can be used with English language high school students and junior language and humanities university students.

The article highlights discussing the topic "Booking and staying at a hotel". The model includes a country-study text, stating the peculiarities of staying at a hotel in the USA, and vocabulary training and text related activities demanding the information search and discussion booking and staying at a hotel in Russia and Great Britain. Vocabulary and facts from the text are mastered on the basis of the content of the suggested text and intercultural comparison. Provided model can be used with English language high school students and junior language and humanities university students.