the teacher provides some photo of here hometown and says "I like my home town" what do you think about it? is it a big city? do you like to visit it? why?

then she says"the weather is very nice at this time of the year in Istanbul. "I like it here,, you have got many shopping centers, restaurants, ..." what else have you got in Istanbul? In groups students brainstorm some voc.

some slides are shown to the students and they are asked to name them, then the words are drilled, and students make sentences, or they are asked to give examples some of the famous places in their city to make sure of the understanding. it can be followed by some CCQs like: what do people do in a restaurant?

after a suitable pairing, they are asked to tell their partners the things they have got in their hometowns. later they would say if they like their partner's hometown or not.

three pictures are shown and the students are asked to say if they are big cities, small towns or a village? in their groups, students have to guess what people do in each place? the teacher provides some models: they sleep late. thy shops open early. ... and exchange ideas with the class

to promote skimming, the students are given a paragraph and jut 1 minute to read and match with the pictures they are given, the teacher will check with the class. later they have to read all paragraphs for detail.

they have to match some sentences with the paragraphs. therefore their comprehension is checked. they check the answer together and the teacher writes the correct answers on the board

the teacher provides an example of one similarity and one difference of her hometown with one of the places in the texts, and asks the students to tell two similarities and two differences of their hometown with places in the texts to their partners.