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XORAZM MA’MUN AKADEMIYASI AXBOROTNOMASI –11/3-2022__________ 
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one activity. Below, there is one activity with its original and modified version which is support by 
the opinions of prominent applied linguists. 
Original Activity " Crisps challenge"( by Saodat Tadjibayeva) 
Skills: Students can revise previous topics and also improve their speaking skills. 
Materials: An empty crisps pocket, questions written on slips, tape recorder. 
Procedure: 
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Every student stands up. 
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The teacher plays the music and the students dance. 
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while dancing they pass the pocket to each other. 
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The teacher pauses the music, the student who holds the pocket takes a question and answer 
it, and the process goes on until the pocket becomes empty. 
Description of the modified version. The modified name: "Cunning crisps packet" Time of the 
activity: 20-25 minutes 
 Objectives: 
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Students will be able to develop speaking skills by answering the questions individually. 
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Students will be able to enhance reading comprehension by reading the text and 
reconstructing its missed or incorrect parts. 
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Students will be able to improve listening skills especially listening for specific data. 
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Students will be able to enjoy and enrich general knowledge through the information in the 
reading text. 
Age: from 16 to older ages. 
Level: intermediate and advanced. 
Content of specification: General English. 
Skills: reading, listening and speaking. 
Applied methods: Communicative language teaching, Direct Method and Audio Lingual 
Method. 
Teacher’s instructions: 
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Prepare a text and copy it to be available for all students in the class. 
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Distribute the reading texts to students. 
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Give students 5-6 minutes to read the text individually. 
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Play the recorder to give a chance to students to listen to the audio of the text that they have 
just read. 
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Tell the students that they need to correct the wrong points of the text and reconstruct the 
missing points as well. 
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Prepare questions related to the reading text on slips of paper like crisps and place them into 
the empty crisps pocket. 
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Tell the students to stand up, give the packet to the first students in the row. 
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Play the music, tell the students to dance and pass the packet to each other
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Pause the music while they are dancing and tell the student who holds the packet to take a 
crisp out of the packet. 
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Ask him or her to answer the question. 
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Give a “well done” sticker if he/she can give the right answer. 
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Continue the activity in this manner.