Labeling the map

1. Labeling the map

8th grade

2. Objectives of our lesson:

• understand specific information in extended
talk;
• recognise the opinion of the speaker; put the
following labels on a map;
• to understand and distinguish specific
information about Kazakhstan;

3.

• Half of the class are given questions and half
are given answers.
• You must silently go around the room trying to
find out who their partner is. Could also be
done with them talking and the questions and
answers being stuck on your backs to make it
a bit more challenging.

4. Video

5. This is a map of Kazakhstan. It shows cities and towns. We can also see that Kazakhstan is connected to other places in the

world. Rivers and seas help
people travel to and from Kazakhstan. Russia is the country to the north.
Uzbekistan is the country to the south. This section will explore the
geography of Kazakhstan.

6.

7. Vocabulary

• Shrub- куст
semi-desert -полупустыни,
• Pastures -пастбища, shrubbery- кустарник
mountainous- горный
• Glaciers -ледник, limestone-известняк ,
• plateau -плато, arid- засушливый,
• wetlands-заболоченный,
• Swamps- болота, meadow- луг,
• mountain range –горная цепь,
• vegetation- растительность ,