Let´s Talk 1 activity

Activity 1. How often do you like to do these in English class?
Check often, sometimes or never.
In English class, I like....
1. to work  alone.           (    ) often     (     ) sometimes     (     ) never
2. to talk with a partner.           (    ) often     (     ) sometimes     (     ) never
3. to talk in a small group.           (    ) often     (     ) sometimes     (     ) never

4. to talk in front of the whole class.           (    ) often     (     ) sometimes     (     ) never

5. the teacher to do most of the talking.            (    ) often     (     ) sometimes     (     ) never

6. to play games.           (    ) often     (     ) sometimes     (     ) never

7. to listen to audio programas.            (    ) often     (     ) sometimes     (     ) never

Activity 2. WHAT CAN YOU SAY IN EACH SITUATION?


a. Can you say that again, please?
b. What does it mean?
c. How do you pronounce this word?
d. What are we supposed to do?
e. How do you spell that?
f. What do you have for number 1?
g. Can you explain that again, please?
h. How much time do we have?


_____ 1. You don´t understand what to do.
_____ 2. You don´t know how to say a word.
_____ 3 You don´t know how to write a word.
_____ 4. You want somenone to repeat what he or she said
_____ 5. You don´t know how long an activity should last.
_____ 6. You don´t understand someone´s explanation.
_____ 7. Someone says a word you don´t understand.
_____ 8. You want to know someone´s answer for number 1.



Activity 3. COMPLETE THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE QUESTIONS FROM THE ACTIVITY 1.

Hiro:     What ________________________________________?
Sara:      We have to go over our answers together. Then we go through the discussion questions.
Hiro:     Can ________________________________________?
Sara:     Sure. We compare our answers as a group. then we discuss these questions.
Hiro:     About five minutes. What ________________________________________?
Sara:      I wrote "alone".
Hiro:      Me, too. How about you, Ming?
Sara:      I wrote "co....", um, "coop...." How ________________________________________?
Hiro:      Cooperation.
Sara:       I don´t know that word. What ________________________________________?
Ming:      It means "working together".
Sara: Oh, good answer! How ________________________________________?
Ming:       It´s C-O-O-P-E-R-A-T-I-O-N.


AFTER CHECK YOUR ANSWERS, PRACTICE THE DIALOGUE.

Now, think about it: How can you improve these things?
1. Speaking ; I can  talk a lot in English.
2. Listening: I can listen to English songs
3. Vocabulaty: I can read English articles.

Do you have more ideas? Write them to me.



ANSWERS
ACTIVITY 2:
1d     2c     3e     4a     5h    6g     7b     8f

ACTIVITY 3

Hiro:     What are we supposed to do?
Sara:      We have to go over our answers together. Then we go through the discussion questions.
Hiro:     Can you explain that again, please?
Sara:     Sure. We compare our answers as a group. then we discuss these questions.
Hiro:     About five minutes. What do you have for number 1?
Sara:      I wrote "alone".
Hiro:      Me, too. How about you, Ming?
Sara:      I wrote "co....", um, "coop...." How do you pronounce this word?
Hiro:      Cooperation.
Sara:       I don´t know that word. What does it mean?
Ming:      It means "working together".
Sara: Oh, good answer! How do you spell that?
Ming:       It´s C-O-O-P-E-R-A-T-I-O-N.