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1. Teaching 21st Century Skills
with New Matrix
Natalia Kozlova, school 6,
Balakhna, N.N. region

3. Teaching Tasks
 to develop students’ individual ability to think
outside the box;
 to find solutions to possible problems;
 to collaborate and reach a consensus across
cultural and national borders

5. 5 Essential Strategies
 get your students lead the learning;
 create an inquiry
environment;
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 encourage collaboration;
 develop critical thinking skills;
 encourage creativity.
classroom

6. Teaching with New Matrix
 Can teaching with New
Matrix develop any of
21st Century skills?
 How can it be done in
the teaching
environment where
English is not the first
language?

7. New Matrix: Writing Skills
 understanding the task type;
 planning;
 choosing an appropriate style;
 using correct spelling, grammar
punctuation;
 writing the right number or words;
 checking / proof reading.
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8. New Matrix Intermediate:
Varieties of Writing Task Types
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E-mail;
A letter giving advice;
A description;
A formal letter;
An essay ‘for and against’;
A letter of enquiry;
A story;
A message and an informal letter;
A discursive composition;
A formal letter of application.

9. An opinion essay

10. Examples
A Letter Giving Advice
An Essay “for and against”

11. My questions
 What are the peculiarities of these types of
writing in New Matrix?
 How is the idea of four C- skills, especially
Critical thinking, implemented there?0

12. A Letter Giving Advice
Writing skills
Understanding the task type
Planning
Choosing an appropriate style
What students do
Read and understand a short pre-story
(who, when, where, what).
Make notes for each of the points on
the list.
Decide how to write each paragraph;
set the best order for their paragraphs;
decide how to begin and end the letter
21st Century skills
creativity
critical thinking
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Using correct spelling, grammar and
punctuation
Imagine they are Jim reading the letter
and check that their punctuation and
grammar are correct; they have spelled
words correctly. If necessary, they use a
dictionary.
Writing the right number of words
Write 120-150 words.
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Checking / proof reading
Imagine they are Jim reading the letter
and check that it is easy to understand;
they have included all the information
Jim needs; their letter is written in an
informal, friendly style; they have
written 120-150 words.
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13. An Essay “for and against”
Writing skills
What students do
Understanding the task type
Brainstorm their ideas about the fame and wealth.
Make notes. Make a list of three or four points for
and against the expressed view. Decide which
paragraph(s) each student will write.
Creativity
Work in small groups. Look at two composition
types and decide which composition they prefer to
write.
Planning
21st Century skills
Choosing an appropriate style Choose an impersonal style. Decide how they will
begin and end their composition; what link words
they will use. Write their own paragraph(s) on a
small piece of paper. Arrange their paragraphs in
order on a large piece of paper.
Critical Communithinking cation
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Collaboration
Using correct spelling,
grammar and punctuation
Check their spelling, punctuation and grammar. If
necessary, they use a dictionary.
Writing the right number of
words
Write 200-250 words.
Read through their composition and check that the
paragraphs are in the correct order; they have
written in an impersonal style; they have used
suitable linking words to introduce their points for
and against and their conclusion; they have
written between 200-250 words.
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Checking / proof reading
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14. Conclusion
 We can encourage our students to begin
to think more critically, to ask questions
and seek answers, and to express
themselves creatively.

15. A list of used articles
 Vilina C. Critical Thinking in your lessons – It’s easier than you think!//
http://oupeltglobalblog.com
 Vilina C. 5 Ways to Prepare Your Students for the 21st Century //
http://oupeltglobalblog.com
 Gude K. Making Your Mark with Matrix. OUP: RELOD – 2003.
 New Matrix Intermediate / Английский язык. Новая Матрица: учеб. для
9 кл. общеобразоват. учреждений / К.Гуд, Дж.Уайлдмен,
Е.А.Хотунцева. – М.: OUP: Изд. «РЕЛОД», 2008. – 160 с.
 New Matrix Intermediate Teacher’s Book/ Английский язык. Новая
Матрица: Книга для учителя к учеб. для 9 кл. общеобразоват.
учреждений / С.Бетертон, К.Гуд, А.Конибер, Дж.Уайлдмен,
Е.А.Хотунцева. – М.: OUP: Изд. «РЕЛОД», 2008. – 160 с.