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Map Reading - Where Is That?: Level B - Speaking Lesson
Students practice prepositions of place and other phrases for giving directions. An information gap activity calls for students to give directions to each other. They have the same map, but one of them is 20 years out of date! A lesson for self study accompanies this lesson. Students must prepare a script to use when calling friends to invite them to a party. The invitation includes driving directions to their home from school. Students must record themselves leaving a message for a friend who is not at home when they call. |
Describe Someone: Level B - Speaking Lesson
Students talk about different ways to describe themselves and people they know: Students learn adjectives to describe personality, as well as verbs and adjectives to describe feelings about someone else. Pairs work together to determine the characteristics of the best and worst kind of spouse, neighbor, and friend. |
Job Duties: Level B - Speaking Lesson
In this jigsaw activity, small groups read and discuss the job skills and job duties of people in various positions. Groups reorganize to share details about the person in their story with new classmates. A follow-up lesson for self study is included with this lesson: students prepare a talk about their own current skills as well as what they would like to learn to do in the future. |
What Do I Need To Do?: Level B - Speaking Lesson
I just got a speeding ticket! What should I do now? Students practice giving advice about how to take care of the ticket. Modals 'must' and 'should' are used to strengthen or soften suggestions. |
What Happened? What's Going On?: Level B - Speaking Lesson
Everyone wants to be safe, but sometimes dangerous things happen, and when something dangerous happens, you want 1) to know how to help, and 2) to be able to warn others of further danger. Students determine how to best warn others of danger or help in an emergency through listening exercises. Audio clips 1-8 are available to be downloaded for this lesson. Tip: Right-click on the link to open it in another window. |
 What Happened? audio All 8 Dialogues - Intro Activity
Play this audio during the presentation and/or practice to introduce students to the situations they will be listening to and later speaking about. Students can write the number of each dialogue as they hear it next to the correct picture. What Happened? Audio 1
Individual Practice: 1 of 8, picture B, burglar. What Happened? Audio 2
Individual Practice: 2 of 8, picture C, girl running in store. What Happened? Audio 3
Individual Practice: 3 of 8, picture D, man choking. What Happened? Audio 4
Individual Practice: 4 or 8, picture A, man without a hardhat. What Happened? Audio 5
Individual Practice: 5 of 8, picture F, house on fire. What Happened? Audio 6
Individual Practice: 6 of 8, picture E, car hitting a tree. What Happened? Audio 7
Individual Practice: 7 or 8, picture H, man drowning. What Happened? Audio 8
Individual Practice: 8 of 8, picture G, temperature gauge, overheated car. |
