All Speaking articles – Page 43

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    The deck of conversations

    A speaking lesson plan with Kings, Queens and Jokers.

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    Crying

    Students discuss what makes them cry and attitudes towards crying. They then 'tell' each other a short article about crying.

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    Culture shock

    Students discuss how adaptable they are and then learn about the different stages of culture shock.

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    Divorce

    A discussion class where students decide who gets what in a divorce, then discuss issues around divorce.

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    Exploring space

    The following activities are all connected to the theme of space and space travel.

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    The world's funniest joke

    The use of present tenses when telling a joke in English; pausing and rhythm in pronunciation.

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    And the Oscar goes to ...

    An information-gap activity for talking about the movies.

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    Heatwave

    Students role-play a series of arguments that take place on a hot summer's day.

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    Learning languages

    A questionnaire and interview activity. Students interview each other and discuss languages. They then self assess what they can do orally in English.

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    The office party

    A speaking mingle activity with emphasis on oral fluency; students practise making small talk at an office social event and share secrets.

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    Using OK

    Raising students' awareness of the uses of 'OK' as a discourse marker. Students find out the disputed etymology of 'OK' and practise using it as a discourse marker.

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    The wedding party

    A speaking mingle activity with emphasis on oral fluency; students practise making small talk at a wedding, share secrets and do some gossiping.

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    Sex sells

    Discussing controversial subjects.

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    This restless Earth

    Show your students how volcanoes are formed while teaching key subject vocabulary such as magma, lava and crater.

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    TOEIC Reading & Listening: Part 2 – Question-Response

    This lesson links the language used in initial meetings with Part 2 of the listening section of the TOEIC Listening & Reading test.

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    River action

    Show students how ox-bow lakes are formed while teaching them key subject vocabulary such as meander, erosion and alluvium.

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    Guessing game: used to

    A guessing activity at intermediate level to practise used to in affirmative and negative sentences and questions.

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    Mount Teide

    A worksheet with reading and discussion activities about the volcano on the Spanish island of Tenerife.

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    Experiments: 3D shadows

    In this experiment, pupils learn how to produce the illusion of a 3D shadow using two different coloured light sources and colour-filtered glasses. Matching and gap-fill activities help students revise related vocabulary and prepositional phrases. Students then discuss the outcome of the experiment with a partner and write a report ...

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    Experiments: Conductors and insulators

    Which materials are good conductors and which are good insulators? This experiment uses polystyrene foam, metal, wood, glass and plastic to explore the properties of conductors and insulators. Step by step teaching notes and student worksheets help teachers and students get the most from the experiment and develop language learning ...