Saint Paul Public Schools
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Tell Me About Yourself: Level C - Speaking Lesson
Students learn vocabulary and phrases used in a job interview.  Provides practice describing talents, likes and dislikes, as well as goals for the future.  Students interview each other using a prepared questionnaire.  Allow 90 -120 minutes for this lesson.

Giving Advice - Going To Ghana: Level C - Speaking Lesson
Students practice the language of giving and receiving advice.  The opportunity to share cultural information about students' home countries is the highlight of this lesson.  A follow-up lesson for self study has students consider what makes their own culture special and prepare a short talk for the class.

Hazards: Level C - Speaking Lesson
Students identify various hazards in drawings of potentially dangerous situations and determine what to say and do in such situations.  Practice with many new vocabulary words is offered in this lesson.

Map Reading - What Has Changed?: Level C - Speaking Lesson
Students practice prepositions of place and other phrases for giving directions.  A roll-play has students imagine they are from the same hometown.  They meet each other on vacation. One partner still lives in the hometown, the other hasn't lived there for many years.  They talk about what has changed in the community over the years.  They have the same map, but one of them is 20 years out of date! 

Persuade/Complain/Apologize/Offer and Accept Help: Level C - Speaking Lesson
Through role play in various settings - childcare center, hotel housekeeping, and on an assembly line - students practice language used to: persuade someone to trade job duties, complain about having to cover a co-worker's frequent smoke breaks (and apologize in return), and offer to help a co-worker with unfinished tasks (and accept the offer of help).