This publication is a detailed lesson plan on the topic "Rise and Fall" within the course of the English language taught as a second foreign language to the second-year students majoring in the oriental languages. The lesson focuses on enhancing topicalvocabulary through practicing speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. It also aims at developing students" skills of reasoning and evaluative judgments. The given tasks are introduced in the plan in accordance with the principles of the contemporary communicative student-oriented approach to teaching foreign languages.
